Nigeria

Death toll in Nigeria militant attack rises to 48

Nigerian hospital officials say the death toll from an ambush in northeastern Nigeria has risen to 48 people.
28 July 2017, 05:19 AM

Football fans electrocuted in Nigeria

At least seven football fans were killed and 11 injured when an electric cable fell on a building where they were watching a Europa League match, Nigerian police said Friday.
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh football head coach signing ceremony postponed

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has postponed the agreement signing ceremony with the national team's head coach hopeful Belgian Tom Saintfeit citing the sickness of the 43-year coach.
27 July 2016, 10:31 AM

Musa joins Leicester

Nigerian international winger Ahmed Musa became Premier League champions Leicester City's second acquisition in a week on
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Tragedy hits Nigeria again

Tragedy has hit Nigeria football again as former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu died just days after another national team coach Stephen Keshi passed away.
11 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Keshi dies

Former Nigeria defender Stephen Keshi, who won the African Nations Cup as both a player and a coach, dies of a suspected heart attack on Wednesday, the country's football association has confirmed.
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Terrorist attacks rise in Bangladesh in 2015, says US State Department report

Terrorist attacks and the total number of deaths increased in Bangladesh in 2015, according to the US State Department.
3 June 2016, 05:41 AM

First kidnapped Chibok girl 'found in Nigeria'

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.
18 May 2016, 12:09 PM

FIFA names woman as secretary general for first time

FIFA name a Senegalese UN diplomat as its first ever female secretary general on Friday, a historic move announced at a congress that sought to relegate world football's corruption crisis to the past.
14 May 2016, 08:13 AM

Nigeria demands back stolen money in UK

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not demanding "any apology from anybody" after UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled his country "fantastically corrupt".
11 May 2016, 11:07 AM

Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers

Boko Haram's use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now carried out by children, the UN says.
12 April 2016, 12:34 PM

Remarkable recovery of abandoned ‘Witch Child’

There is some good in the world after all. Remember Hope? The emaciated and diseased toddler found just three months ago wondering the streets in Nigeria after being abandoned by his parents, who believed he was a witch. Saved by Danish care worker, Anja Ringgren Loven, Hope is now in good health.
4 April 2016, 08:53 AM

4 Nigerians among 5 held under ICT act

Four Nigerians among five people are arrested in Dhaka in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
4 April 2016, 05:49 AM

'Suicide bomber' claims to be missing Nigerian schoolgirl

Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014.
27 March 2016, 04:27 AM

22 killed in Nigeria mosque suicide blast

Two female suicide bombers attack a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers, the army says.
16 March 2016, 12:28 PM

2-yr-old witch child rescued by aid worker

This is the heartbreaking story of a 2-year-old Nigerian boy who was abandoned by his parents and community for being a ‘witch’.
21 February 2016, 08:47 AM

56 killed in Nigeria camp bombings

At least 56 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a camp sheltering people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria.
11 February 2016, 06:07 AM

Boko Haram blamed for deadly attack on Nigeria village

At least 50 people are reported killed in north-eastern Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants.
31 January 2016, 15:26 PM

100 killed in Nigeria gas explosion

Scores of people are reported killed in an explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria.
25 December 2015, 04:28 AM

‘$2bn stolen’ from anti-Boko Haram fight

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser who allegedly stole more than $2bn ($1.31).
18 November 2015, 12:24 PM