Nigeria’s Under-18 women’s national basketball team, the Junior D’Tigress, proved to be too dominant as they recorded a 77-point margin victory over Zimbabwe at the ongoing FIBA U18 Women’s Afrobasket in South Africa on Thursday. The Junior D’Tigress beat the Zimbabweans 107-30 in their second game in Group C to record the biggest win in the competition so far, surpassing …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the country. He noted that since Zimbabwe was recently confronted with the same problem and came out of it, the southern African country would have useful advice for Nigeria. In its latest release, the National …

Head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro has explained why his team failed to beat Zimbabwe during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Sunday. Peseiro watched as goals from Walter Musona and Kelechi Iheanacho ensured Zimbabwe and Nigeria drew 1-1 at Huye Stadium in Rwanda. The result against Zimbabwe means the Super Eagles have now failed to win …

Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, has withdrawn from the Super Eagles squad to face Zimbabwe in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Kigali, Rwanda. Awoniyi was taken off in the 59th minute in Thursday’s matchday one fixture against Lesotho which ended 1-1, with the Super Eagles X handle confirming on Friday the 25-year-old will miss Sunday’s clash after picking up …

Rwanda and Zimbabwe battled to a 0-0 draw in their opening Group C contest at the Huye Stadium, Butare on Wednesday afternoon. Both teams wasted a number of clear cut chances in the game. Rwanda recorded their last victory against Mozambique on 24th March 2021. Zimbabwe were recently admitted back by FIFA after a one-year ban. The Warriors of Zimbabwe …

Super Eagles head coach, Jose Santos Peseiro, has invited goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Olaoluwa Aina, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Frank Onyeka, and forwards Moses Simon, Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi and Leverkusen starman Victor Boniface among a list of 23 players for this month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The list unveiled Thursday …

Zimbabwe head coach, Baltemar Brito has named a provisional 28-man squad for his side’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures against Rwanda and Nigeria. The Warriors will take on Rwanda at the Huye Stadium on November 15. Brito’s men will welcome the Super Eagles to the same ground four days later. The squad is dominated by foreign-based professionals Brito held …

Voting has commenced in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes, according to Al Jazeera. The elections, being held on Wednesday, are the second since the removal of longtime repressive ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in 2017. Twelve presidential candidates are on the ballot, …

Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care on Wednesday said that at least 215 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases have been recorded since the latest outbreak on 12th February. The ministry said all the country’s 10 provinces were affected, but there was no epidemiological link to each other. At a post-cabinet meeting media briefing on Tuesday in Harare, Monica Mutsvangwa of Minister …

A teenage girl was shot and injured in the thigh while running away from a man who attempted to sexually abuse her at a dam in Empandeni, Mangwe district of Zimbabwe. Empandeni Ward 1 Councillor, Bernard Tshuma said the girl, who is a Form Four student at Empandeni Secondary School, was in the company of her teenage sister when they …