Five Nigerian pastors and others residing in the Idabato II community of Cameroon, formerly known as the Bakassi Peninsula, have been arrested and detained by the Cameroonian authorities. Their detention followed the kidnap of the community’s Divisional Officer, Ewane Roland, by armed men in early October. A former chairman of the Yoruba community in the defunct Bakassi Peninsula, Eniola Alabo, …

No fewer than 27 fishermen were slaughtered and four others were abducted by the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād popularly known as Boko Haram terrorist group in the fringes of Lake Chad on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. It was gathered that terrorists suspected to be from the Buduma faction of Abou Ummaymah attacked a local fishing community harbouring …

Belgian Marc Brys has been appointed Rigobert Song’s replacement as Cameroon’s national team coach, the country’s sports ministry announced on Tuesday. The 61-year-old has coached 15 clubs in his career, in Belgium, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia. His last job was a three-year stint with Leuven. Brys’ assistant coach will be former Cameroon forward Francois Omam-Biyik, who scored 26 international …

It was a drama-filled fight night in Abuja at the weekend as Cameroon’s Octave Ayinde defeated Nigeria’s Vincent Ebenezer in the event’s main card. This was after another Nigerian, Yahaya Yahuza, had defeated Christopher Moly of DR Congo in the -84kg weight class. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a total of 16 fighters slugged it out for …

The Nigerian Navy, said on Wednesday, that it arrested three men at Ibaka in the Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Monday as they were ferrying 10,000 litres of petrol to neighbouring Cameroon. The Commanding Officer of the Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Navy  Captain Uche Aneke handed over the suspects, the boat, and the petrol to …

Six Nigerian university lecturers, some refugees and asylum seekers, detained in Cameroon, after their alleged illegal deportation from Nigeria, have called on the National Assembly to intervene to secure their immediate and unconditional release. They had written to the House of Representatives, appealing for the intervention of the House to assist in releasing them from Cameroon prison, where they have …

Head Coach Randy Waldrum and Captain Rasheedat Ajibade are confident Nigeria’s Super Falcons will overcome the challenge of Cameroon and reach the final round of the African qualifying series for this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France. Waldrum led his ladies to a scoreless draw in the first leg in Douala on Friday, with the Nigerians rueing a disallowed …

Heavyweights Nigeria and Cameroon fought to a 0-0 draw in their 2024 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament third-round, first-leg encounter in Douala on Friday. The nine-time champions of Africa took the pitch with their usual dash and gloss and forced consecutive throw-ins. Yet, the game would become a ding-dong as time wore on, and in the 27th minute, midfielder Toni Payne …

A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone separatists. The blast came two hours after a parade of school children celebrating Youth Day had passed, state television CRTV reported. In the town of Nkambe, an “improvised explosive device hidden in a …

Nigeria’s football legends Olusegun Odegbami and Garba Lawal have advised the Super Eagles to be extremely cautious, stay focused, be disciplined and have self-belief when they lock horns with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in their Africa Cup of Nations’ Round of 16 encounter in Abidjan on Saturday. Odegbami, a member of Nigeria’s 1980 AFCON-winning squad and former captain of …