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A young woman from Nigeria, Mirabel, whose video went viral in which she was seen having s3x with a dog, died due to infection at a private hospital in Yaba. The video was made in Lagos in the Lekki area.

An investigation by the BBC has found that a group of Nigerian separatists is making use of social media to spread violence and hatred among people against the opponents of Biafran independence. This group is from outside the country.

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan's spokesman, said on Monday, 9 May, that he has not approved a bid to have him seek a ruling party ticket to compete in the presidential elections in 2023.

After a report by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) that a person in England had been found infected with Monkeypox, after travelling back from Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that almost 558 people are diagnosed with the same in 32 states of the country.

The health authorities of the UK have confirmed one case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed on from infected animals like rodents to humans, in someone who recently travelled to Nigeria, where he is believed to have caught it.

The Fulani team that is led by one Ibrahim Abdullahi from Kaduna is not a member of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders' Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), and he is not even a participant of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, as per a statement by a member of a team.

Protesting students in Lagos, Nigeria slammed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday, 9 May, for the extension of its three-month-old strike by 12 more weeks which is ruining the future of university students.

More than 100 gas and oil projects will initiate operations in Nigeria in the coming four years, accounting for over 24% of the estimated total projects starting during that time, as per predicted by GlobalData, a data and analytics firm.

The under 20 Football national team of Nigeria, the Flying Eagles, beat their Ghanaian counterparts by 2-0 during the opening match of Group B of the WAFU B U20 Championship held in Niamey on Sunday, 8 May.