Daredevil train ride in Lagos

With the rate of insurgency in Borno State, many lives and families have been severely affected, with thousands being displaced and forced to live in internally displaced camps (IDP). A mother, who has lost neighbors, family, friends, and loved ones still in captivity, shares her heartbreaking experience of living in constant fear. She calls on the government to provide more basic amenities to help her and others in the IDP camp in Chabbol village, Borno state.

For more than 60 years, the Dogu Express train has connected Turkey's capital Ankara to the eastern city of Kars.

Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian Chess expert who smashed the previous Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon has returned to Nigeria. The founder of Chess In Slums Africa broke a new record of 60 hours of playtime in New York’s Times Square last Saturday, which is still receiving confirmation from GWR.

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Guardian Woman Festival: Fostering inclusion and empowerment in aviation.

FG to integrate over 20% unbanked Nigerians into banking system says Shettima and more