Nigerian Dike suffers World Cup blow

Toronto striker Bright Dike is officially ruled out of Nigeria's World Cup squad after surgery on an Achilles injury.

An already battered economy of the second most important coastal city of Tanzania, Tanga, has received another blow after the government banned the off-loading of petroleum products at its port imported by private oil depot owners.

If you thought African countries were mere recipients of aid from their developed counterparts, think again. The continent has a form of reversed assistance to other continents as well, a Zambian minister observed here at the weekend.

The Confederation of African Football believes its decision to move the timing of the Cup of Nations is paying immediate dividends in Brazil.

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What better platform to make a statement than one watched by billions around the planet?

Nigerians have been congratulating countryman Wellington Jighere, who has become the first African to win the English-language World Scrabble Championship.

The cynics can eat humble pie. Brazil 2014 has after all confounded critics to ensconce itself among the very best World Cups in history.

Preview followed by live coverage of the World Cup game between Nigeria and Argentina.