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WAFU B U20 Boys Tourney: Flying Eagles set to stop Ivorians in final
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles know they must be at their very best to surmount the challenge of in-form Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Wednesday’s Final match of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament in Accra, Ghana. The Ivorians have taken no prisoners at this tournament, winning all their four previous matches. They edged…
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Former President Buhari buried in Daura
It was a solemn moment as the lifeless body of the 82-year-old former President Muhammadu Buhari was brought out of a casket draped in sparkling green-white-green Nigerian colours, and lowered into the earth at exactly 5:50pm in the presence of grieving children, family members, and associates. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today led a gathering of…
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World Fencing Federation wants more tournaments for Nigeria
The International Fencing Federation has praised the Nigerian Fencing Federation for its outstanding organization of the 23rd African Fencing Championships, held in Lagos from June 25 to 29 at Charterhouse. The FIE is said to have also announced its intention to consider Nigeria as a host for future international fencing tournaments. During her first official…
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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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D’Tigress in homecoming Abuja tournament with Togo, others
Pius Ayinor The Nigerian national women’s team, D’Tigress, and the Nigeria Basketball Federation are gearing up for what will be one of the best basketball events held in Nigeria. For the first time, the multiple award-winning D’Tigress will play on the national soil after winning five back-to-back Afrobasket championships spearheaded by Nigerian WNBA Coach Rena…
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AFCON U20: Nigeria beat Egypt to win bronze medal
For the fourth time in the history of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria finished in third place as penalty shootout proved another sure route to a third-place on Sunday night, with hosts Egypt as victims at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo. Triumph from the shootout against Cup holders Senegal in the quarter-finals…
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Nigeria qualifies for 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup after beating Senegal
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have again booked their ticket to the FIFA U20 World Cup finals after beating Cup holders Senegal from the CAF U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt on Monday. A battling encounter at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia finished scoreless even after extra time, and the encounter had to be settled…
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Christian Chukwu’s name stays permanently with Nigeria football – Gusau
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has declared that late former Green Eagles’ captain ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu is a man that can never be forgotten.. Gusau spoke Friday afternoon in Enugu when a delegation from the NFF and FA Chairmen from the South East zone paid a condolence visit to…
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CAF B-Licence Coaching Course takes off in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, on Monday at the NFF-FIFA Technical Centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja officially inaugurated the first batch of participants for the CAF B-Licence Coaching Course. The NFF boss expressed his delight at witnessing this significant milestone: “Today marks a moment of great joy for me,” he declared, emphasizing the importance of progress in Nigeria…
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Great to be back in the World Cup race, says Super Eagles captain Ekong
Super Eagles’ captain William Ekong who has reviewed the 2-0 victory over Rwanda on Friday, says the win was just the statement the Eagles needed to put out as the World Cup race reached halfway mark. Ekong on the journey back home, “It was important to make the statement that we did, and we’re all…
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