Ghanaian movie star turned senator, John Dumelo has said that he will walk barefoot from Accra to Lagos if Nigeria defeats Ghana in the first leg of their World Cup qualifiers match today March 25. Dumelo added that he will also place ginger on his head during the walk if the...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would focus on the political situation in Mali...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has called for massive support for the Super Eagles during their return leg match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs. Kola Daniel, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that Dare was hopeful that...
Super Eagles of Nigeria on Thursday morning departed Abuja for Kumasi for the first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Eagles who had been training in Abuja for the crucial clash departed...
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has begged President Muhammadu Buhari not to call the Super Eagles ahead of their world cup qualifier with Ghana. Instead, Reno urged Buhari to call the Black stars. The aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan made this statement on his official Twitter page. Recalled...
A football administrator, Ebere Amaraizu, has urged the Super Eagles to be focused and resilient in the World Cup Qualifier match with the Black Stars of Ghana on Friday. Amaraizu, who is a Director with the Nigerian Nationwide League One, made the call on Tuesday in Enugu while speaking...
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has stated emphatically that the players will do everything to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup when they face archrivals Ghana in a double-header play-off for one of the five tickets allocated to Africa. The Eagles are billed to face the Black Stars...
Super Eagles players on Monday started arriving at the team’s Abuja camp to prepare for the crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against the Black Stars of Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will face the Black Stars on Friday in Kumasi in...
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi has called on the Nigerian government to prioritize investment in education, noting that Ghana is doing well because of such investment. The former Anambra State governor who made the call in his keynote speech at the maiden education summit of the National Association...
Former head coach of the Nigeria national football team, Samson Siasia has faulted Austin Eguavoen over the Super Eagles 25-man list for this month’s crucial 2022 World Cup qualifiers against the Black Stars of Ghana. Recalled that the interim coach, Austine Eguavoen released the names of the 25 players...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn to meet Ghana’s Black Stars in the final round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The draw was made in Douala, Cameroon on Saturday and the matches will hold in March with Ghana hosting the first leg. Ghana will have...
A truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcyle in western Ghana on Thursday, causing an immense conflagration and the “loss of lives”, President Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo has said. The accident happened around noon in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometres (180 miles) west of the mineral-rich...
Debutants Comoros Island on Tuesday in Garoua shocked Ghana 3-2 to bundle the African football powerhouse out of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The News Agency of Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Group C match played at the Roumde Adjia Stadium saw the...
Ghana striker Benjamin Tetteh will serve a three-match suspension after punching an opponent during a mass brawl following Friday’s 1-1 draw with Gabon at the Africa Cup of Nations. Tensions boiled over as Ghana were enraged by a late equaliser that Gabon scored after opting not to return the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Accra, Ghana, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the extraordinary meeting was to discuss...
Actor Yul Edochie has reacted after Ghanaian dancehall star, Shatta Wale,took a swipe at Nigerian artistes. Yul was responding to Shatta Wale’s outburst on Sunday, where the rapper threw shades on Nigerian artistes after he had apparently sold out a Ghanaian stadium. The rapper stated: “They said I won’t...
Ghana, Tanzania and Senegal have progressed to the fourth round of the African qualifiers for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, Costa Rica 2022. In the third round matches on Saturday, Ghana saw off Zambia with a narrow 1-0 win in Cape Coast, as Burundi and Tanzania played out...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The undemocratic takeover of government in some West African countries has created a great challenge for Electoral Commissions in the sub-region, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Speaking on Wednesday during plenary of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral...
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria Amb. Rashid Bawa says the required Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing Procedures for travellers to his country are not intended to harass and embarrass Nigerians. The Ghanaian envoy said this during a courtesy call on Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Tuesday....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening hosted leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to a pre-Conference dinner at the Presidential Villa, ahead of the 60th Session of the bloc. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Assistant to the President (Photography) confirmed this in pictorial reports of the...