The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

The Nigeria international left Ibrox for a record-breaking fee and is now looking forward to facing Europe's elite next season.

Nigeria has pumped more than US$8 billion into Ajaokuta Steel Company, a project which began more than 40 years ago but has yet to produce one tonne of steel.

This weekend’s Women’s African Football Championship (Wafcon) final between Morocco and South Africa in Morocco marks a new era. With it women’s football in Africa has reached a second phase of its development.

In 1970, the Austrian writer Peter Handke published a psychological thriller cum crime novel Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty) which was turned into a film of the same name by the rising German arthouse director Wim Wenders.

Nigeria were reduced to nine players as they imploded on Monday night during a pulsating Cup of Nations semi-final defeat against Morocco in Rabat. Despite their self-inflicted wounds, the nine held on for the best part of an hour to force a penalty shoot-out after the match finished 1-1.

With a population estimated at 206 million in 2020, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and seventh in the world.

Morocco boss Reynald Pedros urged his players to reach the Cup of Nations final to enhance their legend after becoming the first team from the country to qualify for the World Cup.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will embark on two-day protest on July 26 to demonstrate against an eight-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers, it said on Sunday.

The Nigeria international is set to leave Ibrox for a bumper fee with a move to Dutch champions Ajax imminent.