Tag: africa
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WAFCON: Super Falcons and Zambia in dreadful quarter-final battle
Casablanca will be hot on Friday as the Nigeria and Zambia senior women’s national teams square off in one of the most anticipated Women’s Africa Cup of Nations matches in the competition’s history. Nine-time champions Nigeria spent the better part of the ‘90s and the last decade riding roughshod over continental opposition, but the terrain-walk…
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Ayra Starr, Kawhi join Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa Festival 2025
Nigerian pop sensation Ayra Starr has just been announced as a performer at the Giant of Africa Festival’s Closing Concert on August 2. She joins a powerhouse lineup that includes Afrobeats stars Kizz Daniel and Timaya. Additionally, local Rwandan artist Alyn Sano is now set to perform at the festival’s inaugural Threads of Africa Fashion…
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Nigeria, Togo set to defend titles at 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships in Lagos
Defending champions Nigeria and Togo are gearing up to defend their titles at the 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships, scheduled to take place from July 16 to 19 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Nigeria, the region’s most decorated team, will defend its women’s team title, which it retained in Lomé…
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Flag Football Federation President, Akeredolu gets NSC commendation
The Director General of the National Sports Commission Bukola Olopade, has applauded the President of the Nigeria Flag Football Federation, Babajide Akeredolu, in acknowledgment of his outstanding contributions to the development of the sport in the country. Olopade made the remarks during a reception held in Abuja to celebrate Nigeria’s flag football teams following their…
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Nigeria’s Stallions beat Ghana to end Africa Men’s Sevens, finish 7th place
Nigeria’s Stallions wrapped up their 2025 Africa Men’s Sevens campaign on a high note with a thrilling 19–12 victory over the Leopards of Ghana — bringing not only rugby bragging rights but also putting a playful end to the long-standing Jollof rice rivalry between the two nations. The win sealed a 7th-place finish for Nigeria.…
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Lagos Governor Sanwo-Olu commissions Yikodeen Factory today
Nigeria’s industrial and local content landscape is set to take a bold leap forward as Yikodeen Company Limited prepares to unveil its ultra-modern, expanded manufacturing facility in Lagos officially. The commissioning ceremony, scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, 2025, will be chaired by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and will feature the attendance of…
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EEAST will help prepare players for Scrabble World Championship – Egbele
The fifth edition of the Emmanuel Egbele Annual Scrabble Tournament will serve as a vital preparation for the World English-Language Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) in Accra, Ghana. The chief convener Emmanuel Egbele said this as he highlighted some of the critical roles the ‘Quinta Essentia’ edition of the EEAST will play ahead of the…
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President Tinubu inaugurates NNPCL Board as sports people praise Musa Kida’s appointment
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday officially inaugurated the new Board of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. The board, which is led by a renowned oil and gas technocrat, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, has been saddled with the responsibility of turning around the financial fortunes of the nation’s biggest…
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AFCON U20: Flying Eagles target Senegal win
It is a date with another set of Lion Cubs on Monday afternoon and Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has assured everyone that Nigeria’s U20 boys are focused and determined to achieve a win that will guarantee them a place at this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. Unbeaten in their Group B campaign, the Flying…
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Morocco 2025: Flamingos seek big win to secure World Cup ticket
Coach Bankole Olowookere said on Friday that Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, will aspire to win big in their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg encounter against their Algerian counterparts on Saturday, in order to reduce the pressure ahead of next week’s return leg duel in North Africa. “We have been working…
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