Nigeria

Taiwo Awoniyi wears a black robe with purple and white trim on the shoulders as well as a black mortar board with purple tassel dropping forward over the front. He smiles into the camera as he holds a white scroll tied up with a black ribbon while sitting in the red and white dressing room at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium

'Knowledge is power' - Awoniyi

Nigeria's Taiwo Awoniyi explains why he values education so highly, having completed a course which could see him become one of football's future leaders.

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Owen Oseni gets treatment on his ankle injury

Plymouth Argyle striker Oseni suffers injury blow

Plymouth Argyle's Nigeria striker Owen Oseni could be out until the end of November after suffering a ankle injury.

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A man dressed in black suit, white shirt and maroon tie. He is wearing black spectacles frames as he stares into the camera.

Africa's richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests

The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.

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Image of Aliko Dangote speaking during the interview

Dangote: 'Nobody can make Africa great but us'

Africa's richest man says Africans should take the fate of their continent in their own hands, rather than relying on foreigners.

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A screen grab from a video shows a Nigerian police officer wearing a navy bulletproof vest and a a helmet while walking through a forest. Several other officers can be seen in the background.

Remains of dozens of suspected kidnap victims found in Nigerian forests

Investigations are ongoing to establish the identities of at least 28 people whose remains were recovered by police.

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A man with grey hair, wearing glasses with black frames, a black suit, a white shirt, and a red tie, smiles into the camera

Africa's richest man helps fund $660m fuel pipeline between Ethiopia and Djibouti

The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.

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23 Sept 2026

A triptych showing the heads and shoulders of Pitso Mosimane, Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard. Mosimane is seen mid-speech while wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and black tie, Vieira smiles wearing a blue-grey jacket over a white round-neck t-shirt and Renard has a pensive expression while wearing a plain white shirt open at the neck

Spotlight on new coaches as road to Afcon 2027 begins

Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard are among the high-profile managerial arrivals as the qualification campaign for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations gets under way.

23 Sept 2026

Five Nigeria players, with four wearing all-white strips and a goalkeeper in an all-red kit, line up for the national anthem before a football match. Four place their right hand on their heart while the player furthest left, Victor Osimhen, has his hands behind his back. The keeper, Stanley Nwabali, who is second from the right in the image, has his head bowed and is holding his gloves and a black towel at his side in his left hand. The stand of a stadium, which is mostly full, is out of focus in the background across the green pitch

Nigerian football enduring 'worst time in history' - Odegbami

Former Afcon winner Segun Odegbami has slammed those running Nigerian football after the country missed out on the men's and women's World Cups.

23 Sept 2026

22 Sept 2026

Usman Muhammad leans against a wall with his head resting on his forearm.

'I have never felt heat like that' - a survivor on watching 33 cellmates die in Nigeria

The BBC goes inside the prison where prisoners were trapped in stifling, cramped conditions.

22 Sept 2026