Government Rescues Over 1,000 Kidnap Victims Without Ransom Payments – National Security Adviser
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed on Monday that the administration led by President Bola Tinubu has successfully rescued over 1,000 kidnap victims without succumbing to ransom demands. Ribadu made this assertion while addressing the public following the recent rescue of 22 students and staff from the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State. The […]
Man City got top, as Arsenal Liverpool slip up in title race after home losses
Arsenal’s Premier League title push was hit by late goals from Aston Villa, as they suffered a surprise 2-0 home defeat on Sunday. The loss hands the initiative to leaders and defending champions Manchester City. Arsenal’s loss, their first in 12 league games, leaves them in second place, two points behind City and level on […]
Premier League to use semi-automated offside technology next season
The Premier League will introduce semi-automated offside technology next season to speed up decision-making after the clubs unanimously agreed on the move at a shareholders’ meeting yesterday. The Premier League currently has VAR officials check offsides but the system has faced heavy criticism for the time taken to come to a decision while also leaving […]
Super Falcons qualify for 2024 Olympics
The Super Falcons have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The last time Nigeria’s Super Falcons reached the Olympics was 16 years ago. Nigeria beat South Africa 1-0 on aggregate to reach the Summer Olympics. Rasheedat Ajibade had scored from the spot in the first leg of the qualifiers in Abuja last Friday, while […]
Rivers United are out of the CAF Confederation Cup
The team lost 2-1 on aggregate after losing 2-nil in Algiers in the return leg of their quarter-final clash against the Algerian side, USM Alger, who are Last season’s winners of the competition. They had won the first leg 1-nil at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo last Sunday and needed to hold on in […]
Super Falcons Update Roster Ahead Of Olympic Qualifier Against South Africa
The Nigeria Football Federation unveiled a roster update on Monday, just four days before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifier clash between the Super Falcons and African champions South Africa in Abuja. Coach Randy Waldrum has made a pivotal decision, drafting the promising Jumoke Alani as a replacement for the injured Ashleigh Plumptre. Plumptre, a […]
Sandro Tonali charged by FA for alleged betting rules breaches
Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of the Football Association’s betting rules. Tonali is alleged to have breached an FA rule 50 times by betting on matches between August 12, 2023 and October 12, 2023. The 23-year-old was signed by Newcastle for £55m last summer from AC […]
NPFL reschedules all Match Day 28 fixtures to April 3
All 10 Match Day 28 fixtures in the ongoing 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will now hold on April 3, and not over this weekend. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of NPFL, Davidson Owumi, in a letter on Wednesday disclosed this, while nothing that the change in date is as a result of this […]
Mali defeats Super Eagles in int’l friendly
The Eagles of Mali defeated Nigeria’s Super Eagles 2-0 in a friendly game in Marrakech, Morocco last night. Goals in each halves by El Bilal Toure and Kamory Doumbia sealed the win for Mali. The last time Mali defeated the Super Eagles was on 5th September 1975 also in a friendly which ended 4-1. Prior […]
United States beat Mexico to win Concacaf Nations League
Tyler Adams and Giovanni Reyna scored as the United States beat Mexico to win the Concacaf Nations League. The game was paused three times because of homophobic chanting from fans. Concacaf, the governing body for football in North and Central America and the Carribbean, condemned the chanting and said a “significant number” of supporters were […]
