Pakistan ‘policeman killed’ guarding anti-polio worker
… people engaged in polio vaccinations were shot dead in Karachi and the north-west. Along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, Pakistan is one of only… Read full story on author website [...]
February 26, 2013
Why India remains top of remittances league
£824m) of remittance inflows, followed by China ($66bn), the Philippines and Mexico ($24bn each), Nigeria ($21bn), according to the latest World… Read full story on author website »
February 25, 2013
French children kidnapped in Cameroon ‘shown in video’
Haram, the alleged kidnapper demand the release of prisoners in Cameroon and Nigeria. The family were snatched last Tuesday by gunmen on motorbikes. Read full story on author website »
February 23, 2013
Peter Odemwingie: West Brom boss Steve Clarke backs striker
… a “valuable member” of his squad. Odemwingie, 31, tried unsuccessfully to force a move to QPR on 31 January. The Nigeria international was booed… Read full story on author [...]
February 22, 2013
Nigeria’s Obodo aims to rescue career at Minsk
Nigeria midfielder Christian Obodo has joined Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk, in a move to save his football career. Obodo, who spent more than… Read full story on author website »
February 21, 2013
Steve Clarke makes plea to West Brom fans over Peter Odemwingie
31, has fallen out of favour since his failed attempt to join QPR on transfer deadline day. But Clarke says the Nigeria striker is part of his… Read full story [...]
French hostages ‘freed in Cameroon’
A French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon earlier this week has been freed and rescued in Nigeria, French media are reporting. “They are… Read full story on author website [...]
February 20, 2013
Amrouche appointed new Kenya head coach
… ahead for his Kenya side and their World Cup qualifier with African champions Nigeria. Read full story on author website »
France asks nationals to leave north Cameroon
Cameroon (the shores of Lake Chad in the South Maroua), and the border with Nigeria, until further notice”. Mr Hollande said gunmen from Nigeria… Read full story on author website [...]
February 19, 2013
Profile: Who are Nigeria’s Ansaru Islamists?
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Ansaru has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate heavily-fortified… Read full story on author website »
Nigeria charges Russian ‘gun dealers’
Fifteen Russian sailors have been charged in a court in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, with illegally bringing weapons into the country. The crew… Read full story on author website »
French tourists seized in Cameroon near Nigeria border
… kidnapped in Cameroon. On Sunday, seven foreigners were kidnapped in northern Nigeria.. Gunmen in northern Cameroon have abducted seven French… Read full story on author website »
Kenya confirms bid to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
… in 2004 – have never staged the continent’s biggest sporting event. They join newly-crowned African champions Nigeria, DR Congo, Liberia, Zambia… Read full story on author website »
February 18, 2013
Nigeria Islamists Ansaru claim Bauchi Setraco seizures
Nigerian militant group Ansaru says it kidnapped seven foreign workers in a raid that saw a security guard killed. Read full story on author website »
Nigeria Islamists Ansaru claim Bauchi Setraco seizures
… the area. The state capital has itself been attacked several times by Boko Haram, which wants to impose Sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria. … Read full story on author [...]
From Our Own Correspondent: Stories of railways in Switzerland and Nigeria
… as Imogen Foulkes discovers, this isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. Will Ross decided to take a 29-hour rail journey across Nigeria instead… Read full story on author website [...]
February 17, 2013
Newshour: 17/02/2013 (2100 GMT)
Hazaras anger over Quetta blast; gunmen kidnap foreign workers in Nigeria; hip hop hijabis… Read full story on author website »
Nigeria: Foreign workers abducted in Bauchi state
Gunmen in the Nigerian state of Bauchi have abducted at least six foreign construction workers, in the biggest kidnapping in northern Nigeria… Read full story on author website »
Finidi George returns to football
Former Nigeria international Finidi George has returned to the Dutch league after 17 years away – this time for an internship at Dutch minnows… Read full story on author website [...]
Goals galore in Champions League
Kano Pillars of Nigeria and Orlando Pirates of South Africa hit five and Primeiro Agosto of Angola and Tusker of Kenya four as the African Champions… Read full story on [...]
Nigeria foreign workers abducted in Bauchi state – police
At least six construction workers, some of them foreigners, have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Nigeria, officials say. The police chief… Read full story on author website »
February 16, 2013
Keshi claims World Cup qualification vital for Nigeria
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says the newly-crowned African champions must ensure that they qualify for the World Cup in Brazil next year. Keshi,… Read full story on author website »
From Our Own Correspondent: Wild Horse Chase
… a remote corner of the Philippines? Kate McGeown’s gone to find out. Will Ross is in northern Nigeria wondering why so few of those detained,… Read full story on [...]
Saturday’s gossip column
… in the summer if they sell Luis Suarez. Emenike recently scored four goals in Nigeria’s successful Africa Cup of Nations campaign. Full story:… Read full story on author website [...]
February 15, 2013
DR Congo wants to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Banza Mukalay Nsungu. DR Congo joins five other nations to have expressed an interest in hosting. 2015: Morocco 2017: Libya 2019: ? Nigeria, the… Read full story on author website [...]
Nigerian singer Susan ‘Goldie’ Harvey dies in Lagos
… has died after a sudden illness. Her record label said Miss Harvey, 31, had complained of a severe headache shortly after returning to Nigeria… Read full story on author [...]
February 14, 2013
Nigeria climb Fifa rankings after Nations Cup triumph
Nigeria have risen 22 places in this month’s Fifa rankings after winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time. The Super Eagles rose to… Read full story on [...]
A Feast to celebrate Yoruba culture
Cuba, the United States and the United Kingdom, during 300 years, from the times of slavery to the present. It begins at a crossroads in Nigeria… Read full story on [...]
A Feast to celebrate Yoruba culture
Feast, a play celebrating West Africa’s Yoruba culture and its impact in the Americas and Europe, is showing at the Young Vic theatre in London. Read full story on author [...]
February 13, 2013
Can Nigeria’s renovated railway unite north and south?
A long defunct rail link has reopened in Nigeria and there is some hope that it could help unite a country which is reeling from Islamist insurgency… Read full story [...]
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