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Defending champions Nigeria moved into the last four at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday night following a gritty 1-0 victory over Cameroon.

This Nigerian-founded WhatsApp group is helping women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome beat stigma and find solutions.

It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance - a virtual nation born online. His is among a number of African-led virtual projects that aim to help the world's poorest continent…

The Sahel – a 5,000km long strip of the African continent stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea – has become the most neglected and conflict-ridden part of the planet. Millions of people have been displaced in the region. Mass murders and property destruction occur almost daily.

Victor Daniyan, from Nigeria, has painstakingly created a version of Pro Evolution Soccer that incorporates leagues, team names, kits and player avatars from the top leagues in his country

In tonight's edition: People in Soweto accuse authorities of not doing enough to protect them after 15 people are gunned down in an attack on a bar in the South African township. In Nigeria, the presidential candidate for the ruling party picks a Muslim senator as his running mate. Lastly,…

Armed gunmen attacked a prison and freed several Boko Haram members. Analysts fear it will lead to a ripple effect.

Nigerian authorities on Monday admitted shortcomings in security at a jail in the nation’s capital after an attack that resulted in the escape of hundreds of inmates last week

The boat had set sail on Friday evening, but was carried into a barge by the tide and capsized.