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Updated 27/10/2026, 20:42:25 UTC

Nigeria is drawing attention across 5 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

The coverage

WorldBBC News2h ago

Deaths in detention cells in Nigeria were entirely preventable, inquiry finds

Overcrowding and poor ventilation caused the deaths of 33 detainees in a prison cell in Minna state.

WorldBBC News2h ago

Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria

Yahaya Masussuka had posted videos in which he rejected some elements of mainstream Islam.

PoliticsThe Guardian3h ago

Schrödinger’s racism, Nige’s latest wheeze to dodge his associates’ bigotry | John Crace

We are apparently to believe Raheem Kassam calling Kemi a ‘Nigerian scammer’ was racist and not racist at the same time Back to the future. Some of us can remember the days when the key to surviving a nuclear war was to kneel down under the kitchen table and keep your eyes closed till you were incinerated or died of radiation poisoning. Now the government wants you to hoard some baked beans and a few litres of water in the hope of getting through the next three days. But when the apocalypse does come, you can bank on there being one survivor. The politician with seemingly limitless powers of regeneration. As one party of his dies, so another rises from the ashes. Fuelled not by water and tinned food, but by alcohol and grievance. Somehow, Nigel Farage is always the victim in his own story. The man who is forever misunderstood. Continue reading...

WorldAl Jazeera5h ago

Death toll from attack by gunmen in northeastern Nigeria rises to 62

Bandits targeted Binnari village in Taraba state, setting fire to homes, shops, food supplies and motorcycles.

WorldBBC News2d ago

Death toll in Nigeria village raided by gunmen rises to 48, police say

Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles swooped on a remote village on Friday, looting shops and setting houses ablaze.

WorldAl Jazeera2d ago

Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo

Kampala says country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.

WorldAl Jazeera3d ago

Nigeria’s missing: Families in the northeast still wait for answers

People across northeastern Nigeria continue searching for loved ones who went missing during years of violence.

WorldAl Jazeera3d ago

Gunmen kill at least 10 people in eastern Nigeria, police say

Nigerian police say a large group carried out the attack on Binnari village in Taraba State.

EntertainmentVariety3d ago

Cynthia Erivo Plays Glinda in ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sketch on ‘SNL U.K.’: ‘She Wants a BBL That Defies Gravity’

Cynthia Erivo spoofed Wicked during her stint hosting SNL U.K., this time taking on the role of Glinda in Nigerian Wicked. Alongside Ayoade Bamgboye as Elphaba, Erivo — sporting a blonde wig and pink velour tracksuit — starred in a lo-fi, melodramatic version of the Oscar-nominated musical in which the two enemies-turned-friends go off to […]

WorldThe Guardian4d ago

Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda Health officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infected, amid fears the outbreak could spread further after reaching a fourth African country. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Friday the patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, had not travelled to the Democratic Republic of ⁠Congo, where the outbreak was first detected in mid-May before spreading to Uganda, Kenya and now Nigeria. The woman was believed to have contracted Ebola while travelling with her husband in Uganda, the ministry added. Continue reading...

Science & HealthNPR Health4d ago

Authorities investigating whether first Kenya and Nigeria Ebola cases crossed paths

Nigeria this week recorded its first case of Ebola in the current outbreak, which has spread from the epicenter in Congo to several other African countries.

WorldBBC News4d ago

Woman with Ebola in Nigeria confirmed as wife of Swiss diplomat

Her husband is currently in isolation but has not developed any symptoms, Swiss officials say.

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