LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted and splashed gifts on the triumphant national women’s soccer team who overcame poor preparations and missing payments to win their ...

After 96 minutes in the unforgiving Moroccan sun, two penalties and one horrible injury to Gabriela Salgado, Nigeria found a way to keep their “Mission X” — to win a 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

In a country where the corridors of power in politics and business have long been dominated by men, the voices of women have often struggled to rise above systemic barriers, cultural expectations, and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nigeria women's basketball recently became the first African team — men's or women's — to reach the quarterfinals at the Summer Olympics. The run in Paris didn't last much longer, ...

PARIS (AP) — The Nigeria women's basketball team wasn't allowed to board the delegation's boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said a person familiar with the situation. The person ...

Women constitute half of our population. Whatever affects them affects society as a whole. Their empowerment is not a favour, it is a necessity.” - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female preside ...

PARIS (AP) — The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said a person familiar with the situation. The person ...