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Mass Demolitions, Evictions As Nigeria Continues Housing Push

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Demola Adeleye and his family were sleeping in their three-bedroom bungalow when they were awoken by the sound of bulldozers demolishing the homes around them. In February a task force sent by Lagos s...

World Cup Eliminations Dash Small Business Hopes From Colombia To Nigeria

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BOGOTA/LAGOS, April 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombian food vendor William Abella had been counting on the World Cup 2022 as an opportunity to offset his losses from long COVID-19 lockdowns. W...

Deadly Clashes Over Cattle Continue In Nigeria Despite Grazing Ban

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MAKURDI, Nigeria, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the ambulances drove into the square in Makurdi city carrying more than 70 coffins, the air filled with the sound of weeping as hundreds o...

Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones In Security Clampdown

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The government says the crackdown will boost security and stop crime but rural and poor citizens cut off from family and business contacts

Privacy Concerns Hobble Nigeria's Digital ID Push

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Nigerians are pushing back on a new law that mandates linking their national identity numbers to their mobile numbers

FEATURE-Empty Houses Litter Nigeria's Cities Despite Housing Crisis

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Chigoziri Onuoha was hoping to spend her final year at the University of Lagos living in the university’s student accommodation, but when she realised the huge demand for spaces could leave her strand...