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Friday, March 25th, 2022

(NNP) The Nigerian Super Eagles held Ghana to a goalless draw at the Baba Yara stadium in Kumasi in the first of two-leg encounter. The Black Stars gave a good account of themselves in the first half with four corners to Super Eagles’ one and a 67% to 33% possession. The Super Eagles came alive […]
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Sunday, February 6th, 2022

See video of penalty shootout below (NNP) The Tiranga Lions of Senegal have won the African Nations Cup against the Pharaohs of Egypt after being scoreless in extra time. The Lions defeated the 7-time African champions on penalty shootout by 4-2. The West Africans claim the championship for the first time after falling short in […]
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Sunday, January 23rd, 2022

(NNP) Nigeria’s campaign to lift the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon for the fourth time in history ended today with a 1-0 loss to the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia. The heavily underrated North African side that managed just a win in the group stages, scored in the opening moments of the second half with […]
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

See video below (NNP) Nigeria opened their account at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Cameroon with a 1-0 defeat of seven-time African champion, Egypt. A convincing strike with the left foot inside the 18-yard box by Kelechi Iheanacho in the 30th minute was all that was needed to contain the Pharaohs. In a […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(NNP) Three white men, two of them a father-son combo, who killed a 25-year-old Black jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, have been sentenced to life imprison by a Georgia court in the United States. The men Gregory (35) and Travis (66) McMichael and William Bryan Jr. (52) falsely detained Arbery as he jogged in his neighbourhood on suspicion of mischief. […]
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
(NNP) Madagascar police chief, Gen. Serge Gelle, 57, the secretary of state for the gendarmerie swims 12 hours in the Indian Ocean after a boat accident that killed 83 people. The police chief was on a rescue helicopter and had accompanied the prime minister who was in a different helicopter when the copter hit rough […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(NNP) French police detained a 33-year-old Saudi man accused of participating in the October 2, 2018 gruesome killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, who had been critical of the Crown Prince and was a Washington Post columnist, was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul when he went to keep an appointment […]
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
(NNP) A massive earthquake of 6.0 magnitude has struck the southern Australian state of Victoria on Wednesday, with the epicentre near Mansfield, a town not far from Melbourne. The Victoria State Emergency Services (VICSES) stated in a tweet, “A magnitude 6.0 #Earthquake has occurred with an epicentre near Mansfield in Victoria,” the tweet from VICSES News […]
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
(NNP- Toronto) The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds onto power in an early election designed to achieve a majority in parliament. The Liberal Party leader gamble to achieve majority in parliament did not materialize as his party fell short of the 170-seat mark. With this failed bid for majority, Trudeau would now lead a […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021

(NNP) Nigerian Super Eagles yesterday, July 3rd, suffered a devastating 4-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly played in Los Angeles, USA. Goals from the Mexican side came very quickly in the 2nd and 4th minutes in the first half with two more coming in the 52nd and 78th minutes to seal the fate […]