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Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, centre, participates in the Opening Gong Ceremony of the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offer at the Nigeria Stock Exchange in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Africa’s biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership, sparking excitement among retail investors

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Nigerian nationals repatriated from South Africa, following concerns about unrest, reacts upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian migrants returning from South Africa face the same economic issues they left behind

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

FILE -A worker carries out confiscated drugs from a warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan.15, 2003. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

Nigeria’s anti-drug agency shut down large meth laboratory in a raid

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

In this photo, released by Adamawa State Government House, a soldier takes photos of burned motorbikes in Guyaku, northeastern Nigeria, Monday, April 27, 2026, following an attack by Militants with the Islamic State group on Sunday. (Adamawa state government house via AP)

Estimated 175 Islamic State fighters dead in joint Nigeria-U.S. strikes

By Ope Adetayo and Ben Finley - Associated Press

People dressed in costumes perform on the street during the Fanti Carnival in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, April 6, 2026, (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Thousands flood Lagos’ vibrant Fanti Carnival to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage

By Dan Ikpoyi and Sunday Alamba - Associated Press

In this photo released by Christian Association of Nigeria, a man walk past belongings at the St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Christian Association of Nigeria via AP)

‘Convert or die’: Nigerian Christians face Islamist ultimatums

By Mary Kiara - Special to The Washington Times

People arrive for a Group Therapy rave in Lekki, an upscale part of Lagos, Nigeria, early Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A Lagos rave rewrites the rules of nightlife, drawing young Nigerians priced out of club culture

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

FILE - Singer Tiwa Savage hands back a portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti to a fan at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Fela Kuti’s Grammy lifetime achievement award is a major win for African music

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Josianua Agbokpasu poses with her twins at their demolished stilts house in Makoko Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan.30, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Mozambique's Witi, right, and Nigeria's Wilfred Ndidi, center front, challenge for the ball during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between Nigeria and Mozambique in Fez, Morocco, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Father of Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi dies in a car crash

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Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

By Grace Ekpu - Associated Press

Police and government officials gather at St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov.25, 2025. (AP Photo/Yunusa Umar )

Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions

By Grace Ekpu - Associated Press

FILE - The Dangote oil refinery sits in Lagos, Nigeria, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa’s biggest oil refinery

By Dyepkazah Shibayan - Associated Press

A woman sells shea butter on a street, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, Aug 28, 2025. (AP Photo/David Durowaiye)

Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products to help grow local economy

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

People interact using sign language during a church service at the Christian Mission for the Deaf in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

‘God understands us’: Inside a Nigerian church where deaf people find faith and community

By Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Godwin Emefiele, suspended Central Bank governor, leaves after a court hearing at the Federal High Court in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Nigeria's suspended Central Bank governor appeared in court on Tuesday in the economic hub of Lagos on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and live ammunition. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor appears in court more than a month after his arrest

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

United States runners Larry James, left, Lee Evans, center, and Ron Freeman are shown after receiving their medals for the 400-meter race at the Mexico City Games in Mexico City, in this Oct. 18, 1968, file photo. Evans won gold, James took silver and Freeman got the bronze medal. Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday, May 19, 2021. He was 74. USA Track and Field confirmed Evans' death. The San Jose Mercury News reported that Evans' family had started a fundraiser with hopes of bringing him back to the U.S. from Nigeria, where he coached track, to receive medical care after he suffered a stroke last week.(AP Photo/File) **FILE**

Record-setting sprinter, ‘68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies

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A man carries his empty oxygen tank to be filled after arriving at the head of the line, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, early Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021. A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

By CARLEY PETESCH and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 file photo, people drive past burnt toll gates with anti police slogans sprayed across, in Lagos. Nigeria's army has on Tuesday, Oct. 27 admitted its soldiers were deployed at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where live rounds were fired last week, killing several peaceful protesters prompting global outrage. At least 10 protesters were killed in the Lekki plaza shooting on Oct. 20, according to Amnesty International.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, file)

Nigeria’s army admits its soldiers were at Lagos shootings

By SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

People inspect burnt out government transportation buses at the Berger station near Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Lagos streets were empty and shops were shuttered Thursday, as residents of Nigeria's largest city obeyed the government's curfew, stopping the protests against police brutality that had lasted for two weeks. The #EndSARS demonstrations began in early October with calls for Nigeria’s government to shut down the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS. (AP Photo)

Nigeria says 51 civilians, 18 security forces dead in unrest

By SAM OLUKOYA and LEKAN OYEKANMI - Associated Press