Boko Haram, which has caused havoc in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country through a wave of bombings, assassinations and now abductions, cannot be viewed through the prism of religion alone. It is also a major political problem, says Confidence Uwazuruike.
Riyad Mahrez, who inspired Leicester City to an extraordinary Premier League title triumph last season, was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday.
An injury-time goal handed the defending champions a 1-0 defeat in a 14th round match.
Odafa Okonji scored a brace to guide Churchill Brothers to a 2-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their opening National Football League encounter on Sunday.
The draw left both the relegation threatened teams on 14 points from 13 outings.
A blitz of two goals by Nigerian Dudu Omagbhemi enabled Super Cup winners Sporting Club de Goa to beat Air-India in the National Football League championship.
The 20-year-old Nigerian was named best player and best forward of the ninth National Football League.
He scored both the goals in a 2-1 victory over Tollygunge Aggragami in the National Football League.
The defending champions started their campaign in the second leg of the NFL with a resounding 3-0 win over JCT Mills
Tollygunge Agragami prevailed over Haywards Sporting 2-1 in the National Football League.
The Nigerian striker led Sporting Clube de Goa to a 3-0 win over Fransa Pax
Dudu Omagbemi scored thrice in a 5-2 victory for the Goa side in the Second Division NFL.
JCT earned full points by carving out a 2-1 victory over State Bank of Travancore in the National Football League.\n
Dudu Omagbemi, Edeh Chidi and Adewusi Adebayo scored a goal each as Sporting Clube de Goa won 3-2.
Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan clinched their maiden I-League title in 13 years after managing a 1-1 draw against defending champions Bengaluru FC at Kanteerva Stadium in Bengaluru.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat their state mates 4-0 to move up to the third place in the NFL table.
Fine goalkeeping by Rajat Ghosh Dastidar enabled the defending champions escape with a goalless draw in the National Football League match.
Mahindra United thrashed Mohammedan Sporting 5-1 in an eighth National Football League match.
Akeem Abolanle's goal gave the relegation-threatened Tollygunge a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
Memphis Depay scored one goal and put in an exhilarating all-round display as the Netherlands outclassed Germany 3-0 in their UEFA Nations League clash.
Baichung Bhutia's brace helped the defending champions beat Salgaocar Sports Club 3-1 in the National Football League.
Coach Subhas Bhowmick is banking heavily on Nigerian striker Mike Okoro for the February 10 match against Singapore's Geylang United.
Sporting Clube de Goa clinched the ONGC Super Cup in Kerala on Saturday.
The Nigerian striker scored twice in a 2-0 victory over JCT in a concluding round match in the National Football League.
Sporting Clube De Goa beat JCT Mills Phagwara 1-0 to remain second in the NFL table.
The 22-year-old from Odisha has long lived with the condition which naturally produces high testosterone levels and for a year saw her unable to run in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) competition.
The Federation Cup champions thus avenged the 0-4 defeat they suffered in their first leg meeting in the National Football League.
Everything, from cooks to T-shirts, has been imported for the occasion.
Dark horse Croatia take on spirited Nigeria in a World Cup opener on Saturday that could leave one side fighting for their tournament lives in the Group of Death.
A group of African students in the New Delhi on Tuesday called off a demonstration to protest the spate of assaults against the community after the government assured them of better security.
East Bengal crushed Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0 to set up a semi-final clash with JCT Mills, Phagwara in the Durand Cup football tournament.
The victory enabled the defending champions displace Dempo from the top spot in the National Football League.
The Kolkata side rallied to scored a 3-2 victory in the National Football League.
Second-half goals by Nigerian Akeem Abolanle and Jiten Rai gave the Kolkata side a 2-1 victory in the National Football League.
The Mumbai outfit rallied from a goal in arrears to beat Tollygunge Agragami in the National Football League.
The Tollygunge goalkeeper saved a late penalty in a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
