Nigeria choose AFCON squad stacked with star strikers
Johannesburg – Forwards and former CAF player of the year award winners Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman headline the... Read more
12 Dec
Nigeria seek fresh start at AFCON after missing World Cup again
Johannesburg – Victor Osimhen-inspired Nigeria are hurting after another unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign, and the quickest route to... Read more
11 Dec
Sahel nations denounce emergency landing of Nigerian plane
Abidjan – The allied military-led nations of the Sahel denounced the emergency landing of a Nigerian military aircraft in... Read more
9 Dec
100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: UN source, presidency
Minna – Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school... Read more
8 Dec
Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader
Abuja – Nigeria has granted asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa, who ran against ousted president... Read more
2 Dec
Nigeria’s defence minister resigns amid security crisis: presidency
Abuja – Nigeria’s defence minister has resigned, the presidency said on Monday, as the country reeled from a security... Read more
2 Dec
Ime Okon shuts Nigeria talk: ‘My heart is with South Africa’
Cape Town – Hannover 96 defender Ime Okon has moved decisively to end any lingering uncertainty over his international... Read more
28 Nov
24 students freed after kidnapping in northwest Nigeria last week
Lagos – Two dozen Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their boarding school last week in the country’s northwest... Read more
26 Nov
Nigeria reassigns police bodyguards in security crisis
Lagos – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Sunday reassigned VIPs’ police bodyguards to core policing duties and ordered tens... Read more
24 Nov
Nigeria convicts Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for ‘terrorism’
Abuja – A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for “terrorism” after a legal drama... Read more
21 Nov
