In times of an economic downturn, Nigeria has found solace in football with the Super Eagles beating South Africa 4-2 on penalties on Wednesday in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations semifinal.
Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae described his team's achievement in winning through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations as being "like a dream" after the tournament hosts beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 in Wednesday's last-four encounter.
"Those who know me, they know I don't put myself before the team. If my goal comes, they come," said Osimhen.
Ademola Lookman scored his third goal in two games as Nigeria advanced to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday with a 1-0 victory over Angola in the last eight.
Many of the biggest stars at this year's Africa Cup of Nations have already been eliminated before the quarter-finals, but the continent's reigning player of the year Victor Osimhen is still standing as he aims to lead Nigeria to the title.
Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro hailed "fantastic" Victor Osimhen for the African footballer of the year's tireless performance as the Super Eagles beat Cameroon 2-0 at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.
"I want to win the AFCON with my country and write my own legacy," Osimhen told Al Jazeera recently
"They roared us on from the first whistle to the last. The noise they created was deafening. but we let them down and that hurt. Nigerians deserved better."
Failure to become a regular in the Bangladesh national team and then Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) clubs snubbing the Bangladesh forward for the upcoming 2023-24 season has left Eleta Kingsley's career hanging in the balance in the country's football.
An explosion in the Nigerian city of Yola causes multiple deaths and injuries, with some reports saying more than 30 people may have died.
Islamist militant group Boko Haram releases photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria.
Two bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria have left at least 42 people dead and more than 100 injured, officials say.
At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.
A series of explosions on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja kills at least 18 people, officials say.
At least 54 people have been killed in three explosions in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police say.
The roll-out of high-speed mobile connectivity in Africa and India is demonstrating yet again how emerging economies can leapfrog traditional developmental stages to accelerate their economic growth.
A Nigerian migrant mother calls her baby girl "Gift" after a difficult delivery on an Italian navy ship that rescued her in the Mediterranean.
Boko Haram extremists kill 28 people during attacks on remote villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defense group says.
20 people die in a bomb attack in north-western Nigeria's Zaria city, state governor Nasir El-Rufa'i says.