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Nigeria boss Eric Chelle expects Europe's top sides to show interest in Victor Osimhen after the striker helped Galatasaray to claim the Turkish title.

Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.

Kano State declares Monday as a day of mourning after 22 people died a road accident while returning from a sports festival in south-west Nigeria.

Residents of a Nigeria town tell the BBC they are homeless and penniless after devastating floods.

The law allows for land to be seized without compensation in rare cases and 'in the public interest'.

Pyramids win their first ever African Champions League title after beating Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 in Cairo to seal a 3-2 win on aggregate.

Pet owners are struggling with the rising cost of living in the West African nation.

Somalians hope hosting Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto'o and Jay Jay Okocha in a legends game can help bring international football back to the country after nearly 40 years.

The main suspect in the murder of Olorato Mongale was found by police on Friday morning.

Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.

Bola Tinubu introduced painful economic reforms but says these are now starting to bear fruit.

Joshlin Smith is yet to be found more than a year after she went missing from her home.

In Nigeria's northern Kano State, an unusual form of football is changing lives. Skate soccer is a fast-paced six-a-side sport which combines skateboards and the beautiful game.

Joshlin Smith's mother, branded the "mastermind" in her child's disappearance, is to be sentenced.

The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.

Concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used by German officials to torture and kill.

It follows growing criticism from Kenyans targeting Tanzania's president over the recent deportation of activists.

Egypt's Mohamed Salah was the stand-out player in this season's Premier League - but what do the statistics say about other African stars?

Criticism is growing after several top positions go to members of the president's ethnic Yoruba group.

Thousands have died in a conflict that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.