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16 Feb
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the Super Falcons' 21-player squad for the Paris 2024 third-round Olympic qualifiers against Cameroon. The names of the invited players were announced on the Super Falcons X handle on Friday. Top on the list of the invited players are Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie, Rasheedat Ajibade, Michelle Alozie, Osinachi Ohale,…
15 Feb
Cameroon Consul General in Lagos, Bibi Manga Bell, has said Cameroon is more committed than ever before to strengthening business collaboration with Nigeria. 
11 Feb
The over 120, 000 refugees in Cameroon have pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to return them to their ancestral homes in Borno State.
27 Jan
Two goals from Ademola Lookman, one in either half, were enough to hand Nigeria’s Super Eagles a 2-0 win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday night and into the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. In a game played at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, in Abidjan, the venue…
27 Jan
Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will renew their rivalry, when they lock horns in round of 16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
25 Jan
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar, is available for selection ahead of Saturday’s AFCON 2023 round of 16 clash with Nigeria’s Super Eagles. Aboubakar missed Cameroon’s group games after picking up an injury during training just few days before the commencement of the tournament. According to Cameroon’s media outfit Equinoxe Tv, Aboubakar was part…
24 Jan
Former champions Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage on Tuesday after a shock defeat against Mauritania, but Cameroon secured a last-16 place with a dramatic victory over Gambia.
22 Jan
Cameroon on Monday launched the first malaria vaccination programme to be offered nationwide and as a matter of routine, AFP journalists saw, in a step the WHO has described as "historic".
19 Jan
Defending champions Senegal became the second qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 as Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diallo and Sadio Mane scored in a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Friday.
16 Jan
Guinea joined a growing list of surprise sides at the Africa Cup of Nations by drawing 1-1 against five-time champions Cameroon in Group C on Monday despite playing the second half with 10 men.
23 Nov
The Federal Government has announced plans to initiate the process of repatriating Nigerian refugees currently residing in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger back to their home country.
10 Oct
.ActionAid tasks govt to utilise ecological fund Tension has gripped the people of Benue State, as news of the release of excess water from Lagdo Dam by Cameroonian authorities hit the state. Principal Special Assistant (Media and Publicity/Strategic Communications) to the Governor, Bridget Ikyado, yesterday, quoted the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), as saying that the states,…

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