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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji is reportedly being summoned by the House of Representatives over the Commission’s expenditures, including N1.2 million for Facebook account. In a high profile investigation panel set up by the House of Representatives over allegations of financial misappropriation and abuse of office, Chief […]
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Soccer, Sports
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Dare devil armed robbers attacked Nigeria Premier League side Sunshine Stars of Akure on their way to Katsina-Ala for the Week five match against Lobi Stars of Makurdi. The men of the underworld swooped on the team around Isua-Akoko in Ondo State and succeded in carting away valuables items like handsets, team jerseys, bags, boots […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
QUEEN’S Park Rangers coach, Mark Hughes said getting Nigerian international, Taye Taiwo to play for him is a coup of sort. Hughes yesterday told the club’s website he had courted the left back for three years before capturing the player finally. Hughes was keen on the Nigerian left-back while managing both Blackburn Rovers […]
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Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Kenya’s female Under-17 team has written petition to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), claiming that its Nigerian counterpart fielded an over-aged player in a World Cup qualifier at the weekend. A top CAF official disclosed that the body has received a formal complaint from Kenya in this respect. The Nigeria’s Under-17 girls, nicknamed Flamingoes, […]
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Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Cote d’Ivoire have made a habit of starting well and fading at the end in the Africans Nations Cup, so coach Francois Zahoui was more than happy with their slow start this time. Zahoui, who has put the Elephants back on track after their first-round exit at the last World Cup, saw nothing wrong […]
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Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Despite the speculation linking Nigeria’s Osaze Odemwingie with a move from West Brom, the club on Monday attempted to put off potential suitors of the striker by putting an £8m price-tag on his head. The striker has been heavily linked with Fulham this month while Championship promotion hopefuls West Ham are also said to be […]
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Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The recent Justice Donatus Okorowo’s verdict, declaring the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) boards illegal has been described as another clog in the Nigerian football’s wheel of progress. The President of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, while reacting to the Abuja High Court judgement, said that it […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Police used tear gas to try and slow a crush of fans forcing their way into the Bata Stadium complex for Saturday’s opening match of the African Cup of Nations. Police tried to check fans’ tickets one-by-one at the main gate to the complex ahead of Equatorial Guinea’s match against Libya. But several […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea scored a dramatic late winner to shock Libya 1-0 in the opening match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations played at the 35,000-seat Estadio de Bata on Saturday. The victory makes the Equatorial Guinea squad $1m richer as they were promised the sum by the country’s government for the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be conspicuously missing at the 28th edition of the (Orange) Africa Cup of Nations that gets underway later this afternoon in the city of Bata with co-host, Equatorial Guinea and Libya setting the tune. It will be the first time in 16 years that Nigeria would not feature at the greatest […]
