By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted and taken into custody three men suspected to be arms peddlers at Mfum, the border community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum is a commercial border town in Ikom LGA of Cross River State,...
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The Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) has honoured 6,000 troops with medals for gallantry in the fight against insurgency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the MNJTF are drawn from Nigeria, Tchad, Cameroon and Niger. NA reports that the medal ceremony was held at the headquarters complex of the...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday in Casablanca qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand. A lone goal by Rasheedat Ajibade against Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses steered the Super Falcons to the semi-finals of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations...
The reigning Africa Women Champions, Super Falcons says Cameroon, their quarter final opponents in the ongoing Africa Women Cup of Nations (WAFCON), will not be an easy foe to conquer. Glory Ogbonna, a defender with the Falcons, stated this when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar The All Progressives Congress (APC) Consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu on Wednesday pledged to build on Governor Ben Ayade’s foundation in industrialization, which will be fully harnessed through effective governance and projects continuity rather than a break...
No fewer than 11 passengers have been killed after an aircraft crashed in a forest in Cameroon. It is said to be unlikely that any of the 11 survived after the plane crashed during a heavy storm near to Nanga Eboko, Centre Province in Cameroon. Authorities have said the...
Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and...
Christopher Danjuma, the head coach of Nigeria’s national under-20 women football team, says they are going back to the drawing board in spite of a convincing win over their opponents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Falconets on Saturday defeated the Junior Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon...
Hosts Cameroon finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday after wiping out a three-goal deficit against Burkina Faso to draw 3-3, then win 5-3 on penalties. Ambroise Oyongo scored the decisive penalty in Yaounde as the Indomitable Lions atoned for missing three kicks when losing a...
Diaa Elsayed, Egypt Assistant Coach has expressed joy over his team’s victory over host Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egypt scaled through to the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after defeating hosts Cameroon 3-1 in a penalty shootout following a goalless...
Egypt beat Cameroon 3-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final on Thursday after their last-four tie in Yaounde finished goalless at the end of extra time. Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal saved two spot-kicks in the shoot-out before Cameroon’s Clinton Njie missed, sending the record...
Waidi Akanni, an ex-football international, on Thursday urged handlers of the Super Eagles to begin preparation now for their clash with Ghana in the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifier. Akanni gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, against the backdrop of...
Coach of Egypt, Carlos Queiroz has said the goal of his team is to offer the world a pleasant match when they face hosts Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semifinals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Pharoahs of Egypt will be seeking a...
Senegal reached a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final on Wednesday after goals from Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye and Sadio Mane secured a 3-1 win over Burkina Faso. Aliou Cisse’s side were denied a first AFCON title by Algeria back in 2019, but they will now have...
The final of the Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday lifted its suspension of the venue where eight people died in a crush on January 24. CAF’s announcement means that the second semi-final...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday said it has unanimously agreed to lift the suspension on the Olembé Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CAF had announced the suspension of matches at the stadium following a tragic incident at the venue....
Equatorial Guinea needed penalty kicks on Wednesday in Limbe to beat Mali 6-5 on penalty kicks after a goalless draw in extra-time. The win helped them to reach the quarter-finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tagged “Cameroon 2021”, where they set a date with Senegal on...
Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations last-16 tie between Egypt and the Ivory Coast brings together two of the continent’s heavyweight teams who have plenty of history as well as two of the most exciting attacking players in the world just now. Mohamed Salah leads an Egypt side looking to...
Liverpool star Sadio Mane ended a 243-minute Senegal goal drought by scoring in a 2-0 win over nine-man Cape Verde in a fiery Africa Cup of Nations last-16 clash in Bafoussam on Tuesday. The goal came on 63 minutes after the islanders had goalkeeper Josimar ‘Vozinha’ Dias and midfielder...
African football supremo Patrice Motsepe says an “inexplicable” decision to keep an entry gate closed was responsible for the deadly crush which killed eight people before an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroonian capital Yaounde on Monday. “That gate was supposed to be open because if it was...