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Ghana and Nigeria’s World Cup hopes remain in the balance after a tight first leg finished goalless in their playoff tie.

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Balogun, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey face a fiery double header to make the World Cup – before then coming home to Old Firm week.

In tonight's edition: Four Nigerian widows who brought a case against energy giant Shell for allegedly helping corrupt witnesses have their case thrown out. Their husbands, known as the "Ogoni 9", were executed in 1995 for campaigning against the exploitation of oil in southern Nigeria. Also, Liberia makes breastfeeding mandatory…

Ghana and Nigeria clash tonight in the first leg of their heavyweight World Cup play-off tie.

Lagos (AFP) - A fire on Wednesday badly damaged a main bridge in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, razing dozens of shops and risking more traffic chaos, the emergency services and witnesses said.

One of African football's greatest rivalries will rekindle this week as Nigeria and Ghana meet over two qualifying legs for a spot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

On her fifth studio record, the French-Nigerian soul singer lets her hair down and embraces crossover pop rhythms.

Lagos (AFP) - For eight years, Nigeria hairdresser Damy Idowu ran her business in a commercial district of Lagos, surviving growing inflation, recession and the global pandemic.