Emmanuel Okoye grew up with a football at his feet and basketball close to his heart, but it turns out he was made for gridiron. The 18-year-old Nigerian had...
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Senegal is the frontrunner to host the UFC’s first event in Africa, described by organisers as a “seminal event in history”. Africa is the...
Dozens of people have been killed in Nigeria after gunmen stormed a rural village and opened fire on residents. At least 51 people died in the attack in the...
A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a...
Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice have been convicted of exploiting a young man from a poor village by bringing him to London to donate a...
Votes are being counted in Nigeria a day after violence and delays marred the governor and states assembly elections in some parts of the country. A few...
Camilla, the Queen Consort met a young Nigerian ballet dancer who got a scholarship after his video went viral. A video of Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing...
The wife of a senior Nigerian politician accused of plotting to arrange an illegal organ transplant has denied involvement in the donor search. Beatrice...
In our series of letters from African writers, novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani speaks to someone who wants Nigerians to be as well known for playing polo as...
Heartbroken first-time voters in Nigeria are being urged not to give up after the candidate that many of them backed came third in the presidential race two...
