Multilateral trade between Nigeria and European Union (EU) member states stood at 19.9 billion Euros in 2016, Fillippo Amato, the Union's Head of Trade and Economic Sector, has said.

Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, D’Tigress have emerged champions of the 2017 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, which took place at Bamako, Mali. D’Tigress won the title on Sunday evening after defeating strong rivals Senegal 65-48 in the final, to clinch the title for the 3rd time after 12 years. Following their victory, Nigeria also qualified for the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain in 2018.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has opened the door towards a potential recall for Nigeria AFCON 2013 hero Sunday Mba.

At least three persons are believed to have been killed as traders and youths clashed with security operatives at Eke Onunwa market in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Saturday. The irate traders and youths are protesting the demolition order given by the state government on the relocation of the market.

The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, have reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 FIBA Men’s AfroBasket Championship in Tunisia despite83-77 loss to DR Congo. The game against the Congolese, played on Sunday, was the Nigerian men’s third game and their first defeat in the tournament.

FIFA has appointed a committee to run crisis ridden Cameroonian football association. "The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Cameroonian Football Association (FECAFOOT)," FIFA said in a statement released Wednesday. The normalisation committee will be composed of an adequate number of members to be identified by a joint FIFA and CAF mission scheduled to take place very shortly,” a statement from Fifa read.

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) says it may suspend its ongoing nationwide strike if it gets evidence of payment of salary arrears. This followed a meeting between the leadership of NARD and representatives of the Federal Government which started on Wednesday and ended in the early hours of Thursday the Federal Secretariat in Abuja.

Olajumoke Orisguna, the bread seller turned model has joined Nollwood. The beautiful model shared pictures of herself from the set of a new movie, where she reportedly played the part of a bride. Although the promising talent did not disclose the title of the movie, her fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the movie.

Amnesty International in a press release on Tuesday said that more than 223 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks in the country’s North-east since April, 2017. According to data compiled by Amnesty International, most of the attacks which were mainly suicidal in nature, carried out by women and girls forced into the act occurred in Borno.

The management of Rangers International FC, Enugu, has declared its forward, Daniel Etor, missing. The club’s Director of Media and Public Relations, Mr. Foster Chime, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Enugu to newsmen; the player refrained from training and providing his services without permission.