Akwa United boss Kennedy Boboye says his team will adopt different strategy for the second leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round CR Belouizdad of Algeria. Akwa United needed an eighty-seventh winner from Friday Ubong to beat the Algerians at the Nest of Champions in Uyo last Sunday. Speaking at the post match conference,…
Nigeria international Chidera Ejuke was named Man of the Match after starring in CSKA Moscow’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal Tula in a Russian Premier League match on Sunday afternoon. Unarguably Nigeria’s star performer in their most recent international against Cape Verde, the former Liverpool trialist picked up where he left off with another outstanding display…
Nigerian striker Ike Ugbo has stated his reason for choosing Genk instead of Marseille. The former Chelsea striker explained that he was convinced by the ongoing project at the Belgian club.Ugbo had a fantastic time during his loan spell from Chelsea at Cercle Brugge last season, scoring 17 times in 34 appearances.However, his performances weren’t…
The Black Queens have arrived in Lagos, Nigeria ahead of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Football Tournament.The Queens, who departed Accra in the early hours of Monday, September 13 via Air Peace touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at 8:00 GMT. Four foreign based players, Grace Asantewaa, Wasila Diwura Soale, Portia…
The representative of Porto left back Zaidu Sanusi has given reasons why coach of FC Porto Sergio Conceicao stopped the Nigerian from joining Turkish side Fenerbahce. Zaidu has fallen down the pecking order at Porto and after failing to agree on a loan move to West Ham in the last day of the transfer window…
Luciano Spalleti has leaped to the defence of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen following a wave of criticism from fans of Napoli after his poor performance in their 2-1 win over Juventus. The Nigerian was largely anonymous during the course of the game and it felt fans of the team who were delighted at his return…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has requested the National Assembly to approve for it $4,054,476,863 and €710 million. Buhari is also seeking the nation’s legislature’s approval for grant components of $125 million in the 2018-2020 external rolling borrowing plan. This is contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of the National Assembly…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mourning the loss of his mother after she died “suddenly and peacefully,” aged 79. Charlotte Johnson Wahl, a painter, passed away at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, on Monday according to a death notice in The Times. Mr Johnson once described his mother as the “supreme authority” in the family and…
At least 108 out of 240 inmates who escaped from a prison in central Nigeria have been recaptured, a prison official said Tuesday. Heavily armed gunmen stormed the Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, in Kogi State, late on Sunday, freeing scores of inmates. It was unclear who the gunmen were but criminal gangs have terrorised…
