The jury is still out on whether Umar Sadiq can cut it at international level despite opening his account for the national team after only 81 minutes of action combined in three games. The Almeria star looked a shadow of himself in his first two games against Egypt and Sudan after coming off the bench,…
Former Nigerian midfielder Austin Okocha said the Super Eagles have the talents to reach the final of African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The former Captain of the Nigerian side made the disclosure, after watching the team dispatched Guinea-Bissau in the final Group game on Wednesday. Coach Austin Eguavoen made eight changes to his starting…
nterim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen says immediate past coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr deserves credit for the success of the Super Eagles so far at AFCON 2021. He said 98% of the boys were assembled by the coach hence the need to give him credit. “There is…
Coach Augustine Eguavoen has pointed at the Super Eagles’ decent performance against Guinea-Bissau to indicate that Nigeria meant business at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.The Eagles’ disciplined and efficient display against the African Wild Dog was crowned by two second-half goals from Umar Sadiq and William Troost-Ekong. That win follows two equally…
Mr. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has bagged another Master’s degree. Akosile, a renowned journalist and Public Relations practitioner of almost three decades just bagged a Masters of Arts in Theatre Arts from the prestigious University of Lagos (UNILAG). He was among the postgraduate students who…
Generic drug manufacturers will make a more affordable version of Merck’s anti-Covid pill for 105 of the world’s poorer nations, in deals announced Thursday by a UN-backed organisation. The global Medicines Patent Pool signed agreements with 27 manufacturers to produce the oral antiviral medicine molnupiravir, for supply in low- and-middle-income countries. “This is a critical…
Former pope Benedict XVI failed to stop four clergymen accused of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Munich, the law firm that carried out a key probe said on Thursday. The ex-pontiff, who was the archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982, has “strictly” denied any responsibility, said lawyer Martin Pusch…
The power play and intrigues have begun, who finally gets the nod to become the next APC national chairman as the race heats up further? Report making the rounds has it on good authority that the APC may have zoned the chairmanship position to the North Central while the secretary position to the South East….
It is another round of electioneering once again as the ruling party the APC prepares for its forthcoming national convention to elect its national leadership to steer the affairs of the party. Amidst the politicking and campaigns a letter of intent of frontline chairmanship aspirant, Mallam Saliu Mustapha is currently making rounds online. Here is…
