The detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been renewed for a fifth time by authorities in Egypt to the consternation of family, friends and...
No less than 2,262 children in eight Egyptian schools have been hospitalised after consuming meals provided as part of a government food program for school kids-...
One of Nigeria’s representatives at the CAF Champions League, Rangers International, suffered an away defeat against Egyptian giants, Zamalek, as their chances of advancing to the...
Nigeria’s two representatives at the CAF Champions League, Rivers United and Rangers International, both had opposite experiences at their round of 32 first leg fixtures on...
Nigeria is listed as one of the African countries with the poorest rating in credit discharge records, with South Africa leading the pack of countries in...
In the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released Thursday, the Super Eagles of Nigeria retained their 41st position as the Pharaohs of Egypt and Indomitable Lions of...
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Enugu Rangers, have announced they will depart Enugu on Thursday for their CAF Champions League first round clash against Egyptian...
Scores of Egyptian Christians in the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula are fleeing in droves for fear of attack by terrorist group ISIS. Reports...
For the first time in the history of Egypt, a female governor has been appointed into office in the Governorate of Beheira, in the Nile Delta...
Nigeria Professional League side FC Ifeanyiubah are set for Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round, second leg tie against Egypt’s Al-Masry, as they depart Nigeria on...
After the Pharaohs of Egypt threw away their lead to lose 2-1 to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final, Egypt...
Like in 2014, Nigeria has again been beaten by South Africa and Egypt in the banking sector rating of the World Bank for 2016. The country...
In a thrilling Nations Cup final showdown in Gabon on Sunday, the Indomitable lions of Cameroon came from behind to beat the Pharaohs of Egypt 2-1...
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon defeated the Black Stars of Ghana 2-0 on Thursday night to set up a final showdown with seven-time champions Egypt at...
After crashing out of the Africa Cup of Nations following a semi-final defeat to Egypt on Wednesday night, Burkina Faso’s coach Paulo Duarte has blamed Senegalese...
Seven-time African Champions Egypt have reached the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations after beating Burkina Faso 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a...
The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ), a Cairo-based organisation, are demanding the release of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein. Hussein’s detention was extended by Egyptian authorities...
An attack on a security checkpoint by unknown assailants in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert saw the killing of eight policemen and the...
A truck bomb attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish in Egypt has claimed the lives of no fewer than eight police...
Authorities in Egypt have continued its cyber crackdown especially against encrypted messaging app. Last week Egyptian users raised the alarm about their inability to access the...
Mahmoud Hussain, an Al Jazeera news producer has been arrested in Egypt for “provoking sedition” on behalf of the Qatar-based broadcaster The country’s authorities says it...
34-year-old Omar, the fourth son of Osama bin Laden was denied entry into Egypt with authorities not stating why his name was on a list of...
There is a call from close watchers for Egypt to shore up its fight against terrorism especially with some analysts warning that the largest country in...
A live show in the city of Alexandria in Egypt went awry when a lion attacked its trainer who according to reports succumbed to the wounds...
The head of a journalists union and two board members have been sentenced to two years in prison each by an Egyptian court for harbouring their...
The rising cost of living and poor economic conditions have forced scores of Egyptians to storm the streets in protests of dwindling living circumstances across the...
Ghana forward Asamoah Gyan will miss the 2018 World Cup showdown against Egypt on 13 November. The Black Stars captain is not expected to recover in...
Nigeria’s duo of Segun Toriola and Olufunke Oshonaike could not withstand the superior firepower of the pair of Omar Assar and Dina Meshref who led Egypt...
Nigeria’s duo of Segun Toriola and Olufunke Oshonaike could not withstand the superior firepower of the pair of Omar Assar and Dina Meshref who led Egypt...
Egypt Wednesday night reclaimed the men’s team title it lost to Nigeria at the 2015 African Games after beating the West African giant 3-2 in the...
Former Zamalek great Emmanuel Amunike has expressed readiness to coach the Cairo giants if given the opportunity. The Nigerian icon enjoyed a stellar three-year spell with...
World football –governing body, FIFA and the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has handed more and even weightier duties to highly –respected Nigerian football administrator, Mr....
The government of Ethiopia has blamed the lingering protests which have engulfed the country for weeks on foreign agents from Eritrea and Egypt with the accusations...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received in farewell audience the outgoing ambassadors of some countries to Nigeria, at the State House Abuja. The included H.E. Daniel...
By Solomon Asemota (SAN) … Islamist Jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Ethnic Nationalities, who are Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an...
The perennial crisis in the Nigerian energy sector was again brought to the fore with the latest revelation that generator manufacturers and distributors brought into the...
Nigeria Super Eagles have retained spot in Pot 2 and will know their 2018 FIFA World Cup opponents on Friday as the draw ceremony for Africa’s...
Nigeria champions, Enyimba started their CAF Champions League group stage on a sad note as they lost 1-0 at home to Zamalek of Egypt at the...
Former director of news at Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel Ibrahim Helal has been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court after being accused of passing state...
Nigeria has avoided a clash with Egypt as world football governing body FIFA on Wednesday released seedings for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers ahead of the...
Coast guards in Greece helped rescue about 340 fleeing migrants from a sinking ship but four others who were not so lucky drowned off the island...
By Reuben Abati… One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of tomato. Incidentally, Nigeria is (was) the 14th largest producer of...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has revealed that a submarine has been deployed to hunt for the black box flight recorders of the EgyptAir plane that...
According to an Egyptian aviation website, smoke alarms were set off some minutes before the EgyptAir Flight MS804 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea located off Alexandria...
According to judicial officials and lawyers, a court in Egypt has sentenced 51 people to two years in jail each following protests against the handing over...
The second round matches of the Dayak Tennis Championship holding at the National Tennis Centre, Abuja served off Wednesday with three Nigerians in action Tuesday saw...
Six people including two journalists have been sentenced to death in Egypt for allegedly leaking state secret to Quatar. The defendants include Ibrahim Mohamed Hilal, director...
World table tennis ruling body, International Table Tennis Federation on Thursday confirmed Nigeria’s qualification for the team event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil....
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Football Federation might settle for U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia as the substantive coach of the Super Eagles. Siasia...
The police in Egypt have arrested two journalists that are critical to government after they raided a press syndicate on Sunday in what a syndicate official...
