Author Archive for: BBC News

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.

'Please stop killing women,' urges the police minister as the search continues for two more suspects.

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

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.