Lagos, Nov 3: Nigeria hired former defender Stephen Keshi as head coach of its national team Wednesday, five days after firing Samson Siasia following the failure to qualify for the African Cup of Nations.The Nigeria
New Delhi, Oct 23: India's Yuki Bhambri won the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) men's singles title in Lagos Sunday.Yuki, seeded fifth, defeated fourth seeded South AfricaN Ruan Roelofse 7-5, 7-5.“It was a very satisfying
Abuja, Nigeria, Oct 9: The Nigeria Football Federation has asked national coach Samson Siasia to explain the country's failure to qualify for next year's African Cup of Nations.The NFF on Saturday gave Siasia 48 hours
Abuja, Aug 28: The UN today said it had no advance warning on the terror strike on its headquarters here in the Nigerian capital as the toll in the deadly attack rose to at least
Abuja, Aug 26: A suicide attacker today rammed an explosives-laden car into the main UN office building in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people, including two women and a foreigner.The blast destroyed
Armenia, Colombia, Aug 11 : Edafe Egbedi scored the second-half winner as Nigeria edged England 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday.Egbedi netted from inside the penalty area in
Pereira, Colombia, Aug 7 : Ahmed Musa and Olarenwaju Kayode scored a goal in each half as Nigeria defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 for its third straight victory at the Under-20 World Cup on Saturday.Both teams
Medellin, Colombia, Aug 1: Two of the early favorites in the Under-20 World Cup came through as expected with Spain and Nigeria picking up victories on Sunday as the first round of group play wrapped
Kano (Nigeria), Jun 27: Suspected Islamists have hurled bombs and fired on a beer garden in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 25 people and injuring about 30, police and witnesses said.The
Frankfurt, June 25 : By the time Germany plays the official opening match of the women's World Cup, France and Nigeria will have already kicked off the 32-match tournament Sunday.As host country, Germany has the
Buenos Aires, Jun 10 : Argentina has arranged another match against Nigeria in the unusual football location of Bangladesh in September despite their recent friendly being investigated for suspicious betting.The match organizer, Buenos Aires-based World
Abuja, Nigeria, Jun 6 : Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrested one of the West African nation's top politicians Sunday night on suspicion of defrauding the oil-rich country, an official said.Officers arrested outgoing House of Representatives speaker
Zurich, June 4: FIFA is investigating Argentina's 4-1 loss in Nigeria on Wednesday after betting patterns suggested it was targeted by match fixers.It's the highest profile match yet in a wave of suspicious recent international
Abuja, Nigeria, June 2: Nigeria used its top players in a warmup for an African Cup of Nations qualifier and dismantled a second-string Argentina 4-1 on Wednesday, helped by two first-half goals from Zaragoza striker
Abuja, Apr 20 : At least 200 people have been killed and thousands displaced in post-election violence in Nigeria, a civil rights group said today, as the loosing Muslim candidate General Muhammadu Buhari alleged rigging.
New Delhi, Oct 11: The Commonwealth Games was today rocked by its first doping case when Nigerian women's 100m gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola tested positive for a banned stimulant. Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell
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