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Asisat Oshoala was asked recently if she considers herself as one of the best players in the world.

A military intervention in Niger following last week's coup is "the last option on the table", the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has said.

Protesters march through major cities as the weeklong action starts, but businesses remain open in Lagos and elsewhere.

They say they survived the final few days of their perilous journey by drinking sea water

England women's World Cup is shaping up nicely, with the Lionesses facing Nigeria next

Diphtheria has been reported in Nigeria: more than 790 confirmed cases as of 30 June 2023. There were 83 deaths among the confirmed cases between May 2022 and June 2023. Infectious diseases expert Dr. Oyewale Tomori explains what diphtheria is, its symptoms and how people can protect themselves against the…

Labor unions are marching across Nigeria to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president

In tonight's edition: As the first few hundred French and European nationals are evacuated from coup-hit Niger, the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso say any foreign armed intervention in Niamey will be treated as a declaration of war against them all. Also, two protesters are killed in demonstrations…

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has threatened the use of force in reinstating the president of Niger after was deposed by his military but how the bloc would carry out the threat remains unclear