Confederations Cup 2013: Nigeria team profile
BBC Sport takes a closer look at the eight teams who will contest the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. Nigeria are back in the competition after… Read full story on [...]
June 10, 2013
Ghana arrests gold miners from Niger, Nigeria and Togo
… intervention’ Immigration spokesman Francis Palmdeti told the BBC that of the 55 arrested, 51 were from Niger, three from Togo and one from Nigeria. Read full story on author [...]
Roger Palmgren resigns as Namibia coach after receiving threats
… and his family,” the Namibia FA said. The Swede’s resignation comes just 48 hours before the ‘Brave Warriors’ host Group F leaders Nigeria in… Read full story on author [...]
‘My wife’s not allowed in the UK’
New migration rules for people from outside the European Union are “tearing British families apart”, a group of MPs and peers claim in a report. Read full story on author [...]
June 9, 2013
Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup
Nigeria have made nine changes to their squad for the Confederations Cup from the one that won the African Nations Cup in February. Coach Stephen… Read full story on author [...]
June 8, 2013
Kenya captain Victor Wanyama to miss Malawi match
Kenya’s new captain Victor Wanyama will miss Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Malawi after being injured in their midweek defeat by Nigeria. Read full story on author website »
From Our Own Correspondent: Mussolini’s Gay Island
Correspondents’ despatches from around the globe. Who’ll emerge victorious from the struggle in Taksim Square? Paul Mason gives his view after… Read full story on author website »
June 7, 2013
Gary Hyde told to pay £780,000 over Nigeria arms shipment
An arms dealer jailed for supplying guns to Nigeria without a licence has been ordered to pay £782,000 or have four years added to his sentence. Read full story on [...]
Nigeria’s army gunning for Boko Haram
… officials ran away,” said a white-bearded elder in Kirenowa, as he described how his village in northern-eastern Nigeria came under the control… Read full story on author website »
The Listening Project: Linda and Ruona – Circumcision
Fi Glover presents a conversation between Nigerian women married to white men here, about their families’ reactions and how they manage to continue… Read full story on author website »
June 5, 2013
Live – 2014 World Cup qualifying
Latest scores from Malawi v Namibia and Kenya v Nigeria in African qualifying Group F for the 2014 World Cup. The scores are on Fifa.com and the… Read full story [...]
Outlook: Acid attack survivor wins game show
… published a medical textbook and established her own company. Flying doctors Nigeria is a social enterprise that provides urgent air ambulances… Read full story on author website »
Nigeria: Jail terms to tackle Islamist militancy
Nigeria has officially banned two militant Islamist groups, warning that anyone who helps them face a minimum jail sentence of 20 years. President… Read full story on author website »
Boko Haram banned in Nigeria after US bounty announced
The Islamist group Boko Haram has been officially banned by the Nigerian government and declared a terrorist network. Read full story on author website »
June 4, 2013
Macclesfield: John Askey & Efe Sodje are new management team
… season. Ex-Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler was among the candidates linked with the vacancy at the Moss Rose. In 1997, Nigeria international defender… Read full story on author website »
Nigeria face tough task in World Cup tie against Kenya
African champions Nigeria will have to overcome fatigue and the absence of key attackers when they face Kenya in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier. Read full story on author website »
Profile of Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Abubakar Shekau is the leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a series of deadly attacks across northern Nigeria. Read full story on author website [...]
June 3, 2013
St George first Ethiopian side into Confed Cup group phase
… on the away goals rule. St George will join Mali’s Stade Malien, Enugu Rangers of Nigeria and Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in Group A of the tournament. Read [...]
June 2, 2013
Keshi hits out at Nigeria authorities over travel plans
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has expressed his frustration with the travel arrangements made by his country’s football authority for the team’s… Read full story on author website »
June 1, 2013
Africans seal CSKA’s Russian double
Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa and Ivory Coast’s Seydou Doumbia scored the crucial goals for CSKA Moscow as the beat Anzhi Makhachkala on penalties in the… Read full story on author website [...]
Nigeria held by 10-man Mexico
Nigeria were held to a 2-2 draw by 10-man Mexico in a friendly played in Houston, USA on Friday in front of a mostly pro-Mexico crowd of 62,107. Read full [...]
Why Nigeria’s Hasfat Abiola risked following her father
… that time there was no Skype or email – and phone calls to Nigeria were very expensive. “My bill was almost $2,000.” After the election was cancelled… Read full [...]
May 31, 2013
World Have Your Say: Mumbai mannequins, Nigeria anti-homos*xuality bill and FIFA anti-racism.
Mumbai’s proposed ban on mannequins, Nigeria’s homos*xuality bill and FIFA’s anti-racism. Read full story on author website »
May 30, 2013
Nigerian parliament bans same-s*x marriage
… expected to be sent to President Goodluck Jonathan to be singed into law. It is already illegal to have gay s*x in Nigeria, and homos*xuals say… Read full story [...]
Nigeria: Hezbollah armoury discovered in Kano city
An armoury belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah has been discovered in northern Nigeria, the West African nation’s army and spy agency has… Read full story on author website »
Nigerian way of life under threat from pollution
Will Ross visits a community at risk from the constant fear of oil pollution. Read full story on author website »
Niger Delta pollution: Fishermen at risk amidst the oil
A pristine paradise – these are not words you often hear to describe the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria. But you get to appreciate the area’s… Read full story on [...]
May 28, 2013
Newshour: Syria Negotiations
Arms race over Syria; Nigeria piracy; France considers e-cigarette ban. Read full story on author website »
NFF vice-president Umeh faces money laundering charges
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has arrested Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) vice-president Mike Umeh on money laundering charges. The Economic… Read full story on author website »
Nigeria upset after Sidney Sam rejects Super Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has labelled Sidney Sam “disrespectful” after the former Germany youth player denied ever wanting to play… Read full story on author website »
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