Moving on from the disappointment of missing out on the World Cup, Nigeria face Tanzania in their AFCON 2025 opener. Victor Osimhen, the focal point of Nigeria’s attack, will carry the burden of ...

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Nigeria beat Tanzania 2-1 in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Group C opener in Fes, Morocco. Semi Ajayi headed home Alex Iwobi’s cross on 36 minutes to open the scoring and it looked like Nigeria had ...

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Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now free Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren ...

Ademola Lookman was Nigeria's African Cup of Nations hero once again as the Super Eagles claimed an opening 2-1 win over Tanzania in Group C. Atalanta star Lookman was Nigeria's joint top scorer as ...

Wilfred Ndidi now has the armband as Nigeria go to Morocco seeking a fourth AFCON title and first since 2013, having been bested in the final by hosts Ivory Coast in the last edition. With Victor ...

Ademola Lookman curls home to restore Nigeria's lead two minutes after Charles M'Mombwa draws Tanzania level Hull City defender Semi Ajayi puts Nigeria ahead with a header in first half Victor Osimhen ...

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said the “remaining” students taken from a Catholic school had been freed, but the local diocese said that only a “second batch” had been released. By Ruth ...

St Mary's Catholic school in central Nigeria where schoolchildren were abducted Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped from a ...

Lagos is busy at the best of times, but as the year draws to a close, the sprawling Nigerian city is transformed. The annual festivities of Detty December bring blazing lights, pounding music and a ...

Ahead of the February 11 Local Government election in Oyo State, the state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced plan to conduct... In its efforts to fast-track food ...