Nigeria

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.

A network of women-led organisation in Nigeria, known as "Women Support Women", has disclosed their plans to fully support credible female candidates during Enugu State elections ahead of the 2023 general election.

The airlines of Nigeria have called off the plan regarding ground domestic flights from today, 9 May, in protest against the spiralling cost of aviation fuel.

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.

Local officials and residents of northwest Nigeria said on Sunday, 8 May, that shooters killed over 48 people during attacks on three villages in Zmafara state.