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1. Nation Isn't Ready to Deal With Rising Covid-19 Cases [The Conversation Africa] With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened concern about how well the country is prepared to deal with them. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade asked public health expert Doyin Odubanjo what Nigeria should do.
    
   
2. The Global Education Summit and the Nigerian Paradox [Nigeria Health Watch] Sticky post
    
   
3. Tokyo Olympics - Ese Brume Qualifies for Long Jump Final [Premium Times] Brume is Nigeria's sole representative in the jumps in Tokyo since the disqualification of Ruth Usoro.
    
   
4. Shootings, Injuries As APC Ward Congress Turns Violent in Ebonyi [Premium Times] The exercise was largely peaceful in most parts of the state but gunmen invaded Ugwuachara Central School, Ebonyi Local Government Area, shooting sporadically.
    
   
5. All Eyes On Banks As New Policy On Forex Takes Effect Monday [This Day] - ... as analysts weigh the pros and cons of new policy
    
   
6. Covid-19 - Nigeria Records 497 New Infections [Premium Times] Nigeria is currently experiencing a spike in infections attributed to the highly transmissible Delta variant discovered in the country a few weeks ago.
    
   
7. Journalism Clinic Goes Live With Mytori As Showcase [Premium Times] "I hope that MyTori would show readers why it is okay to feel lost, and help readers realise that they are not alone; that moments of doubt and uncertainty are all normal on the journey of life."
    
   
8. How I'm Shaping New Narratives in Nigeria's Motion Pictures [This Day] Streaming services are the new gold in the global movie industry, and in Nigeria, Kike Moronkeji, a qualified scientist and engineer in different fields, joins the race with the launch of Gidi Box Office, writes Vanessa Obioha
    
   
9. Anticipating Kó's Visual Feast of Two Solos [This Day] Two artists - Busayo Lawal and E. D. Adegoke - are holding two solo exhibitions at the same time - from Saturday, August 7 to Thursday, August 26 - and at the same gallery space: kó, which is located along Cameron Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. That's right, two solo exhibitions. Not a joint exhibition.
    
   
10. APC and Electronic Transmission of Results [This Day] Sexuality education in our clime is erroneously viewed as promoting unhealthy sexual relationships among young people which unfortunately is not the case. Sexuality education seeks to equip young people with life skills and values needed to determine and enjoy their individuality. It views femininity/masculi
     
    
11. Paris Club Refund Unsettles Abia Govt [This Day] If one of the dividends of democracy is that leaders should always give account to their true employers, the people, many have wondered why the Abia State government is silent on the alleged irregularities in the recovery of the state's share of the Paris Club Refund, Shola Oyeyipo writes
     
    
12. Abba Kyari - Superstar Cop in the Soup [This Day] Mallam Abba Alhaji Kyari, the deputy commissioner of police widely celebrated as "Super Cop", dotes on limelight like an ant on sugar. But the celebrity cop may be seeing the dying days of his super stardom with his stinging indictment in the US. The principal character in the case is the self-confessed Nigerian inter-continental scam artist, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, best known as Hushpuppi. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has secured a warrant of arrest to pick up Kyari, who has denied all allegati
     
    
13. Tokyo 2020 - Adegoke Beats 2021 World's Fastest Man [Daily Trust] Nigeria's fastest man, Enoch Adegoke has defeated the fastest man in the world this year and seventh fastest of all-time, USA's Trayvon Brommel who tops the pre-Games world list with the 9.77 seconds he ran last month in Florida, USA.
     
    
14. Maro Itoje, More Than a Rugby Player [New Frame] The English star and art collector says the Benin Bronzes looted from Nigeria during the colonial era should be returned to their rightful owners.
     
    
15. Adichie Speaks at UCT Lecture After Boycott Calls From Students' Council [allAfrica] Johannesburg -- On July 28 internationally acclaimed Nigerian author and renowned feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented the second University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture titled The Idolatry of Theory: A Defense of Storytelling.
     
    
16. Kwara Governor Appoints New Lafiagi Emir [Daily Trust] Ilorin -- IlorinThe Kwara State Government has appointed Mohammed Kudu Kawu as the 14th Emir of Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of the state, ending days of intense lobbying by top indigenes of the community.
     
    
17. Banned Athletes Protest in Streets of Tokyo [This Day] Ten would-be Olympians were banned from competing in the track and field competition after Nigerian sports officials allegedly failed to properly register them for three mandatory out-of-competition tests.
     
    
18. Okagbare Suspended From Tokyo Olympics, Tests Positive for Dope [This Day] Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare has tested positive to banned substance and has provisionally been suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic.
     
    
19. Shell's Niger Delta Cleanup - Ogoniland's Uncertain Future [DW] A Dutch court in January ruled that Shell had polluted the Niger Delta and ordered the energy giant to pay compensation. But many are now questioning whether it is enough to put right the misery suffered by the people.
     
    
20. Covid-19 - Infections Surge in Nigeria, As NCDC Records 1,683 Cases in 3 Days [Daily Trust] There is a COVID-19 infections surge in Nigeria after the country recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday.
     
    
21. Flood Cuts Off Bauchi-Kano Highway, Kills 3 [Daily Trust] Three people reportedly drowned while the road linking Bauchi to Kano was cut off after a heavy downpour that flooded the Kwanar Mulka bridge in Ningi Local Government of Bauchi State.
     
    
22. Nigeria's d'Tigers Fall to Italy, Crash Out of Olympics [Daily Trust] Nigeria men's basketball team, D'Tigers, on Saturday morning, lose their third Group B game in the men's basketball event of the Tokyo Olympics 71-80 to Italy.
     
    
23. Lagos State Govt Shuts Ladipo Market [This Day] The Lagos State Government has shut down the nation's largest auto spare part market, Ladipo Market, in Mushin Local Government Area of the state indefinitely.
     
    
24. Nigerian Athletes Not Banned for Drugs, Says AFN [This Day] The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has described as misleading the headline in some national dailies (not THISDAY) which described as a ban the ineligiblity of 10 Nigerian athletes to compete at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to non-completion of their mandatory three out of competition test (OCT).
     
    
25. Resolving Nigeria's Population-Productivity-Insecurity Problem [African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books.
     
    
26. Kaduna Govt Files Fresh Charges Against El-Zakzaky [Daily Trust] Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has filed further charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky under the Treason and Treasonable Offences Act before a Federal High Court.
     
    
27. Govt Has Registered Over 320 NGOs to Muzzle Civil Space - Report [This Day] Abuja -- Going by a recent report, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has established over 320 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ostensibly to muzzle the civil space and propagate its agenda and programmes, while attacking discerning voices.
     
    
28. Distraught Borno Farmers Displaced By Boko Haram Languish in IDP Camps [Premium Times] Farming, the commonest means of livelihood in these impacted areas, remains a difficult, nearly impossible enterprise due to the sustained Boko Haram conflict.
     
    
29. Key Broadcasters Increase YouTube Footprint but Android App Numbers Drop Away [Balancing Act] London -- In July 2020, we published an analysis of African broadcasters and their subscriber or follower numbers for YouTube, Android apps and Facebook. This year we provide comparisons for YouTube subscribers and Android App downloads. Russell Southwood looks at what has changed.
     
    
30. Covid-19 - Again, UAE Extends Travel Ban Against Nigeria, South Africa [Leadership] Emirates Airline has extended the suspension of its flights from Nigeria to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to at least August 7.