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Friday, November 27th, 2020

The Super Eagles failed to win the two games they played this month, settling for back-to-back draws against Sierra Leone Article continues below Nigeria have slipped to 35th position on the latest Fifa global rankings for November. The Super Eagles dropped three places from their previous position after settling for back-to-back draws against Sierra Leone […]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2020

Bolaji Okunola Super Eagles’ captain, Ahmed Musa’s facebook account has been compromised by suspected internet fraudsters who went ahead demanding their victims’ bank account details. Musa raised the alarm in a recent tweet to his sibling, Muhammad Zahairu Musa, who had contacted the former Leicester City striker after he suspected that his Facebook account had […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

(NNP) The world of football has been thrown into mourning with the passing of one of the most successful footballers of all times, Argentine native Diego Maradona. Maradona who won the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, died of heart attack at his home in Tigre at the age of 60. -NewNigerianPoliticswp_posts
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Saturday, November 21st, 2020

Despite the negative test results obtained by members of the Super Eagles before their first leg against Sierra Leone in Benin last Friday, immigration officials at the International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone refused the Nigerian players and officials clearance until they underwent another round of COVID-19 test. Nigeria’s delegation had arrived in Freetown yesterday […]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2020

By Patrick Omorodion Former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has lamented the poor form of the national team under the tutelage of Gernot Rohr and therefore wants the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to sack him immediately. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The former Everton of England forward who spoke on a Lagos radio station, Lagos Talks 91.3 FM […]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s Super Eagles played out a goalless draw against Sierra Leone in the reverse fixture of the AFCON qualifying match at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown. Nigeria went into the match on the back of a disappointing 4-4 draw on Friday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, with a […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2020

By Michael Adeshina Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his Gabon teammates slept at the Banjul International Airport on Sunday. The Panthers were scheduled to play Gambia in Bakau on Monday and they arrived at the Banjul International Airport late on Sunday night but were delayed. According to reports, their passports were seized despite providing their […]
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Friday, November 13th, 2020

Johnny Edward and ‘Tosin Oluwalowo Nigeria played out a 4-4 draw against Sierra Leone in Friday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. A brace from Alex Iwobi and strikes from Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze gave the Super Eagles a deserving lead after 29 minutes. But in the […]
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Friday, October 30th, 2020

Sodiq Oyeleke The President of the Confederation of African Football, Mr Ahmad Ahmad, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was contained in a statement on the website of the continental football governing body on Friday. The statement read, “The president after his arrival to Cairo on Oct. 28, presented mild flu symptoms and submitted to […]