Police say the women, aged between 15 and 28, were mostly lured to the coastal city of Lagos with the promise of domestic work before having their phones taken and being forced into pregnancy.

The American side announced in a statement that Promise had died on Wednesday evening, but did not specify the cause of death. He captained Nigeria to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Alagba, meaning 'Elder', the tortoise died today after suffering from an illness. She lived with the ruler of Ogbomoso's palace, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade, in Nigeria.

EXCLUSIVE BY ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Nigeria have been running the rule over 21 year-old hotshot Ugbo who has caught the eye after making a prolific start to his loan spell at Roda JC this season.

New UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was just 10 when his family uprooted him from Nigeria to an all-white school in New Zealand.

Neymar limped out of Brazil's friendly against Nigeria in Singapore on Sunday after only 12 minutes. The 27-year-old was replaced by midfielder Philippe Coutinho.

Neymar went off injured 12 minutes into Brazil's 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a friendly in Singapore on Sunday.

Many reported that they were beaten regularly by their captors after they were released from the prison-like building with bars over its windows in Ibadan on Monday.

Footage taken today shows the man (pictured) hurling buckets of water at the fire and smoke which poured out of buildings at the Balogun textile market in Lagos, Nigeria.

Director Genevieve Nnaji tweeted: 'We did not choose who colonized us,' on Monday after Lionheart was disqualified from the Academy Awards' Best International Feature Film category at Oscars 2020.

Hope Olusegun Aroke is currently under investigation in Nigeria after officials said he masterminded a 'mega scam' worth at least $1m (£773,000) from within the confines of a Lagos prison.

Known as a Benin Bronze, it was snatched by British colonial forces and donated to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student. The piece was removed from public view in March 2016.

A person in South West England has been diagnosed with monkeypox, Public Health England said, and they are now being treated at St Thomas' Hospital in London (pictured).

Nyekachi Douglas of Nigeria was one of the final three for Miss World. When it was announced that Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica won the crown instead of Douglas, the woman happily celebrated.

The 18-year-old was born in Ealing, London but has Nigerian parents so therefore can play for England or Nigeria. The winger is currently playing at left-back for the Gunners.

The UK-based Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) says the nomadic Fulani group has targeted Christian farmers in Nigeria with an 'aggressive and strategic land grabbing policy'.

Dozens of fighters driving trucks and motorcycles stormed into Kwarangulum in Nigeria on Tuesday, shooting residents and burning homes after looting food (file photo of soldiers in the region).

The stowaways mutinied on the ship, after they were found and placed in quarantine, while it was off the coast of Essex. Special Boat Service sailors rushed to rescue the Grande Tema's crew.

Nike have revealed the new 'Swoosh' Nigeria kits and their designs have once again been met with widespread acclaim. Fans on social media have been going wild for the new offering.

Akeem Adenuga, 62, comes from the state of Lagos, Nigeria, where his brother is Royal Majesty Oba Asunmo Ganiyu Aderibigbe Balogun, Jamade 1, Paramount Ruler of Odo-Ayandelu.

There will be plenty of excitement in Nigeria when Odion Ighalo makes his debut for Manchester United. But the striker is far from the first player from the country to grace the Premier League.

She's currently in Nigeria to work on an HBO Max TV adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best-selling 2013 novel Americanah, which has been a passion project for sometime.

Reverend Lawan Andimi was killed in Nigeria on Monday, days after appealing for help in a video released by Boko Haram. The Christian pastor was abducted earlier this month.

The 67-year-old man, Suleiman Achimugu, died in the capital Abuja after returning to Nigeria following a medical procedure in the UK. Nigeria has 36 confirmed cases of the virus.

Businesses were closed, markets abandoned and streets empty as Nigeria's usually chaotic megacity of 20 million shuddered to a halt on the first full day of a two-week shutdown.

Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, held a birthday party during the coronavirus lockdown despite the star fronting Nigeria's 'Stay Home' campaign on social distancing guidelines.

Nigeria were one of the fairytale stories of the competition in France after surprisingly topping their group with six points ahead of Spain, Bulgaria and Paraguay.

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) claim they killed the captives to avenge for the killing of their leaders Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria.

A video has emerged purportedly showing the execution of a Nigerian Christian by a young boy from an ISIS-affiliated terror group in Borno, Nigeria.

Nigerian student Kelechi Emeh, 33, avoided a jail cell after pleading guilty to his role in a sophisticated scam which defrauded Queensland woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Gypsy King defeated Deontay Wilder in their rematch in Las Vegas on Saturday night to claim the WBC Heavyweight title after a seven round blitz of the American.

Nigeria needed a late goal from substitute Odion Ighalo to claim a 1-0 win over a brave Burundi side playing their first-ever match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi believes Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists Nigeria are standing on the brink of a golden future.

The game had looked to be heading to extra time as the two teams battled for the right to play Senegal in Friday's showpiece, but Man City midfielder Mahrez won it for Algeria late on.

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Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face.

Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face.

Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face.

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Cyberdome has warned against a new Nigerian fraud where scamsters hack into the email address of ministers and top government officials and request fund for charity activities.

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