The AfOx Visiting Fellowship programme is open for applications until 6th June 2025. Fellows are affiliated with University of Oxford for 12 months and will come to Oxford in-person for May and June 2026. To find out more and apply: shorturl.at/iNuub

Morocco supplied electricity to Spain during the nationwide blackout in the country yesterday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez thanked Morocco and France for their support.

If you're 18–25 in Lagos and ready to lead on climate, upcycling, and flood resilience, this is for you. 📅 June 9–13 📷 bit.ly/lagosfellowship Deadline: May 9th 2025. #ClimateAction #FloodMitigation

The streets of Oxford are alive with the sound of music...and bells...and Morris Dancers!

You can now read The Sunday Magazine (TSM) on Archivi.ng. In 1995, General Sani Abacha imprisoned TSM's publisher and editor-in-chief, Chris Anyanwu, over a report on a failed coup d’état. She remained in prison until Abacha died in 1998.

*Interdisciplinary Disease and Narrative Workshop!* Register below for this in-person event College of Arts+Law in Arts 103 on Weds 18th June (5.00-7.15pm) hosted by Media and Epidemics & 19CC Bham to explore sensational tales of disease:

Applications are open for the AfOx Visiting Fellowship programme till 6th June 2025. A great opportunity to be a fellow University of Oxford for a year. Please, don’t miss it. Click here and apply: shorturl.at/iNuub

Are you an early-career academician or a junior-level postgraduate student in West or Central Africa with an interest in biostatistics and health research? Apply now for the Advanced Biostatistics Regional Training Workshop, taking place from September 22–26, 2025, in Dakar,

I’m sharing the Radio Kudirat programme schedule from 12 June 1997. It’s 2025 and it’s unconscionable that there still isn’t a museum that honours the memory of those who died for Democracy, stood up to Abacha during ‘the struggle’ and fought for our freedom from tyranny.

"Why I Dumped Nigeria — Obikwelu" — P.M. News, 2003 Nigeria's former 100m champion, Francis Obikwelu, has attributed his decision to run for his adopted country, Portugal, to the poor treatment offered Nigerian athletes by the Athletes Federation of Nigeria (AFN)."

My videos have been coming in slower lately because I'm working on a time-consuming film project, and I need more help. I'm looking to work with a creative director who is highly innovative, has experience in film production, is available to travel, and is also very, very

RIP Peter Rufai, aka Dodo Mayana (1963 to 2025) He played for football clubs including Stationery Stores, Femo Scorpions, Dragon of Cotonou, Lokeren, Go-Ahead Eagles, Farense, Hercules, Deportivo La Coruna and Gil Vicente.

I attended the 2025 PASGR Joint Annual Academic Seminar(JAAS) in Limuru, Kenya last week to present my ongoing research University of Ibadan aimed at suggesting strategies to effectively integrate local agency into Nigeria’s national disaster management policies for more sustainability.

This afternoon, The King received the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, @NarendraModi, at Sandringham House. 🇮🇳 During their time together, His Majesty was given a tree to be planted this Autumn, inspired by the environmental initiative launched by the Prime Minister, “Ek

The University community extends hearty congratulations to Prof. Caesar A. Caesar Atuire on his appointment as Professor of Global Health Ethics at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. #ImpactfulResearch #EngagementAndPartnerships

From childhood dream to Oxford grad 🎓✨ Dr Jaimie Lee Freeman visited Oxford when she was 8 and told her parents she’d study here one day. 21 years later, she graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil). 📷 LinkedIn | Rod Freeman #ThrowbackThursday #GoingToOxford

📷 Excited to share highlights from our 2025 Research Proposal Development Workshop with the University of Mauritius in Ebene, #Mauritius: ssrc.org/.../july-2025-… #Africa #AfricanPeacebuilding #ConflictResolution

If you ever unwrapped a Trebor Luckies, you know the thrill. What’s your very first memory of it? Source: Newswatch, 1988

Since Archivi.ng launched with tens of thousands of old newspaper pages in 2023, hundreds of people have used our archives to explore Nigerian history in all kinds of ways. We spoke to a few of them.