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Indeed a great honour to be an @Africa_Oxford @TORCHOxford Visiting Fellow. Looking forward to a very refreshing and highly rewarding time at @UniofOxford. @DavidKerr_1 @EricaCharters @OxfordHistory @oxfordgeography @oxfordafrica @CASCambridge #AfoxFellow

Details: - Word count: 1,500–3,000 words - Deadline: 22 March 2026 - Payment: $200 for accepted stories If you have a story about Nigeria’s place in the world, we want to read it. Apply here: rpublc.com/dispatch/ficti…

This week, @Nature published an article on how I use mathematical models to study what is otherwise very hard to measure: the scale and dynamics of cartels. How a mathematician is cracking open Mexico's powerful drug cartels. 👇🧮🧑‍🔬 nature.com/articles/d4158…

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria Vector Control Working Group opens its 21st workshop in Nairobi 🇰🇪 300+ participants from 40+ countries united to strengthen vector control and #EndMalaria. #RBMPartnership #GlobalHealth

@republicjournal @Ayoelesho

Legendary global health hero & physician dies at 89 . In eastern Nigeria, during a smallpox outbreak, he pioneered 'ring vaccination' - a lifesaving strategy that led to smallpox eradication globally! 💡🇳🇬. Thanks for the legacy, Dr Foege Smallpox eliminated. #GlobalHealth

★ Prof. Abosede Babatunde (APN IRF 2015) was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of the "African Studies Review" journal. We congratulate her on this professional success.

Dear IIAS Community, We're excited to share with you the line up of events for the Q1 2026 Webinar Series! Please don’t miss any of what promises to be great events. Please, share with friends and colleagues. Stay tuned for more updates. Best, IIAS Webinar Team! #iias

- Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire - @bodleianlibs has over 13 million printed items - A superhero studied at @PembrokeOxford For #TriviaDay, we’re sharing a round-up of Oxford facts you might not have heard before.

We've selected 6 fellows for the second cohort of The Archivi.ng Fellowship. Meet: Ameze Belo-Osagie (@mezbeloo) Chioma Onyenwe (@Ch10ma) Festus Naphtali Adda (@FestusAdda) Kossiso Udodi (@kossisoroyce) Olamide Adio (@Adio_Samsa) Osasikemwen Ogieva (@OsasikemwenO)

Meet the Green Eagles squad that won Nigeria's first AFCON in 1980.

When Charlie Hicks, 78, a regular at the Shrimp Basket, stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him. He ended up saving his life. wapo.st/4aRt87x

In the late 1980s, one December concert changed how Lagos experienced live music. It turned end-of-year shows into a tradition that would later be known as Detty December. This week on Previously in Nigeria…

When Nigeria played in the UK without boots and won 5-2 back in 1949.

Burkina Faso has released Nigerian soldiers who were detained after their aircraft made a forced landing in the Sahelian country earlier this month, Nigerian officials said... businessday.ng/news/article/b…

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 – 𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗥 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: punchng.com/improved-human…

“Nigerian Aladuras Storm Britain” — Spear, 1972 “It is no coincidence that the spread of the Aladura movement which is catching on like wildfire throughout and all over West Africa is crossing the Atlantic into the British shores.”

The best way to teach people critical thinking is to teach them to write

More Spear magazine covers from 50 years ago.

Both Marty McFly skins in Fortnite have been revealed.

@Hon_Jesugbemi In btw Kolapo and Nwosu, was Naval Commodore Sode.

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Governors of Oyo State from Inception till Date 😎