Nigeria will face Algeria or DR Congo in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal after a 4-0 win against Mozambique. Published On 5 Jan 20265 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Victor Osimhen scored twice as Nigeria made short work of Mozambique at the Africa Cup of Nations, cruising […]
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Nigeria beat Uganda 3-1 to head into AFCON last 16 with perfect record | Football News
Elsewhere in Group C, Tanzania scrape through to the knockout stages for the first time after 1-1 draw with Tunisia. Published On 30 Dec 202530 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Raphael Onyedika has scored twice, and Paul Onuachu has netted his first international goal in four years as already-qualified […]
Boxer Anthony Joshua injured in fatal Nigeria car crash
Makuochi Okafor,BBC Africa, Lagosand Ian Aikman Federal Road Safety Corps Nigeria’s road safety authority shared this image of the crash site British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has been injured in a car crash in Nigeria, which killed two other people. The former world champion was travelling in a vehicle that collided with a stationary truck […]
Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua involved in a car accident in Nigeria
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday LAGOS, Nigeria — Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. The Lagos […]
Do Donald Trump’s strikes in Nigeria serve any purpose? | Armed Groups News
The US president says air strikes are against ISIL, claiming the group targets Christians. “More to come”: Those are the words of United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after his country carried out a wave of air strikes against ISIL (ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria. Hegseth said the aim is to stop the group’s killing of […]
US launches ‘powerful strikes’ against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump
President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria. The US leader described IS as ” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”. Trump said the US military “executed numerous perfect strikes”, while the US Africa […]
Trump says US launched strike on ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media platform Thursday that he launched a “powerful and deadly strike” on ISIS terrorists in Nigeria, whom he claimed have been “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.” This comes after the president posted a video in early November threatening to go into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing.” Around that time, […]
Trump says US launched strike against ISIL in northwest Nigeria | Donald Trump News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president says ‘deadly strike’ in Nigeria targeted ISIL fighters who had killed ‘primarily, innocent Christians’. Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US President Donald Trump […]
Explosion rocks crowded mosque in Nigeria, killing several people: Reports | Armed Groups News
The blast tore through a mosque in Maiduguri as worshippers gathered for evening prayers, witnesses say. Published On 24 Dec 202524 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share An explosion has ripped through a mosque in northeastern Nigeria as worshippers gathered for their evening prayers, killing and wounding several people, according […]
Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped children, reports say | Child Rights News
At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity. Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported. The 100 children arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and […]