Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and are outside the group of medics who treated a man who arrived in the country sick and later died, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.

A woman has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours.

Two Nigerian footballers who claimed to have played for their national team and dreamed of joining Chelsea are in a Russian jail after being caught with forged British passports, their lawyer said in a newspaper interview today.

Nigeria coach Christian Chukwu tonight insisted that Jay-Jay Okocha and Kanu must report for African Nations Cup duty on Monday at the latest.