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13 Jan
Sports, especially football, has a way of turning ordinary enthusiasts into experts, who believe they can predict what would happen even before the first ball is kicked.
25 Oct
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced dates for Nigeria’s Super Eagles’ 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe in November. The Super Eagles X account announced the dates on Wednesday. On match day one in Group C, the Super Eagles will host Lesotho inside the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo,…
24 Sep 2023
Over the years, Nigerians have almost always been counted among the best footballers in the world by those who keep the tabs.
15 Jul 2023
It happened on Thursday night at the Yar’Adua Conference Centre, Abuja. Some of the most outstanding athletes in Nigeria's Olympic sports in the past six decades (therefore all Olympians), assembled for a special bi-annual re-union organised to remind their government and prick the conscience...
21 May 2023
FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists, Falconets of Nigeria will today trade tackle against Niger Republic in the first match of Group B WAFU B U20 Women’s Championship in Kumasi, Ghana.
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A Muslim pupil lost a UK court challenge Tuesday against a top London school's ban on prayer rituals, in a case about freedom of religion in schools that captured national attention. The student, who cannot be named, took legal action against Michaela Community School in northwest London, claiming the policy was discriminatory and "uniquely" affected…
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Hajia Asma’u Malami, the wife of late Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Shehu Malami, has dragged her stepson and stepdaughter to Court over her husband’s will. Other plaintiffs are Mustapha, Sadiq, Amina, Zainab and A’isha, children of the late Malami and Asma’u The respondents are also deceased children, Aminu and Hafsat. At the resumed…
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Germany's foreign minister called Tuesday for the European Union to impose fresh sanctions on Iranian drone technology after Tehran's weekend attack on Israel. The 27-nation bloc has hit Iran with a barrage of sanctions in recent years, including over its drone supplies to Russia, which has frequently used the Iranian-made weapons in its war against…
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024, National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges as well as Federal Government Academy, Suleja, NECO spokesperson Azeez Sani in a statement on Tuesday, said the National Common Entrance Examination which was earlier scheduled to be held on 20th April 2024, will now be held on…
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An 88-year-old man from the French island of Reunion was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for killing his ill wife and her in-house carer, a judicial source said Tuesday. The accused, a retired teacher, said that he had acted out of compassion because his 78-year-old spouse suffered from Alzheimer's disease. The double…