Parliament enacted a broad anti-terror law as part of effort to counter the extremist group Boko Haram, but media protection group says authorities are using it to arrest and ... Read more »

The Super Eagles have slipped six places from the 38th to the 44th spot in the latest edition of the monthly FIFA Rankings. Read more »

Millions of schoolchildren have failed to show up for the start of the school year in English-speaking regions, even after the government freed most of the jailed protest leaders. Read more »

The draw spells the end of the road for Cameroon's World Cup hopes. Instead, the result takes Nigeria up to 10 points in its group, six ahead of Zambia in second, with Cameroon on ... Read more »

Businessman Aka Udofia has offered the national soccer team U.S.$20,000 for each goal they score in Monday's 2018 FIFA World Cup second-leg qualifying against the Indomitable Lions ... Read more »

Authorities have arrested several local cable TV distributors after they broadcast programming from a pro-secession media outlet. Read more »

President Paul Biya has ordered a military court to halt its trial of the leaders in order to ease tensions with the country's minority English-speaking areas. Read more »

The Super Eagles of Nigeria face a stern double-header fixture against the reigning African champions, Cameroon on September 1st and 4th, as they continue their push for a ticket ... Read more »

The world football governing body will appoint a normalization committee with a six months mandate to stabilize and organize fresh elections in accordance with article 14 of its ... Read more »

A few weeks to the start of the academic year, the country is still caught up in a crisis that began in November 2016 with protesters burning down schools that try to open their ... Read more »