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A multi-million dollar Nigerian satellite launched 18 months ago is shut down to avoid crashing into other satellites. read more »
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Nigeria has reversed its decision to withdraw from hosting next year's Under-17 World Cup. read more »
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The secret service in Nigeria hold a US-based Nigerian news blogger without charge since Saturday. read more »
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Hundreds of prisoners on Nigeria's death row may be innocent as their trials were not fair, a rights group says. read more »
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Fifa names the seeds for the final round of 2010 World Cup qualifying, with Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast in the first pot. read more »
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Fraudsters based in Nigeria are conning money from would-be tenants in London through an internet scam, a BBC London investigation reveals. read more »
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The consortium from Nigeria interested in buying crisis-torn Newcastle has talked up its plans to buy the club. read more »
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A TV station is shut down and journalists arrested after saying the president would resign. read more »
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Nigeria's Enyimba leapfrog two rivals to get to the top of Group B of the African Champions League with a 4-1 win over Al Hilal. read more »
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Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region declare war on the government after battling troops at oil facilities. read more »
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A helicopter rented by a Nigerian hip-hop star is impounded by a school for landing on their field without permission. read more »
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Nigeria's president Umaru Yar'Adua appears in public for the first time in two weeks and sacks a top government official. read more »
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Nigeria striker Solomon Okoronkwo has signed a three year contract with Russian club, Saturn Ramenskoye. read more »
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Argentina beat Brazil 3-0 to set up an Olympics final against Nigeria in the men's football competition. read more »
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Nigeria beat Ivory Coast 2-0 in a quarter-final of the Olympic Games men's football tournament in Qinhuangdao. read more »
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Nigeria beat 10-man USA 2-1 to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in China. read more »
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Nigeria's women are beaten 3-1 by Brazil on Tuesday in Beijing in their final group game at the Olympics. read more »
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Man Utd end their tour of Africa with a 2-1 win over Premier League rivals Portsmouth in Nigeria. read more »
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At least 12 people are killed in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, as a petrol tanker bursts into flames. read more »
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