Asisat Oshoala: First Nigerian woman to score at UEFA Champions League final

It’s a fact that the men get all the hype for their part in the UEFA Champions League final and football generally but did you know that a Nigerian woman played and scored at the UEFA Women’s Champions League final?…

Oshoala scores brace as Super Falcons beat Slovenian champions (Guardian)

Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala scored an eight-minute brace as Nigeria thrashed Slovenian champions, ZNK Pomurje 3-0 in their final tune-up game ahead of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, reports allnigeriasoccer.com. Nigeria manager, Thomas Dennerby dropped a hint to his…

*Sanwo-Olu assures of tech-driven Lagos (Guardian) *Nigerian teenager shatters 125 year school record in US (ThisDay)

Sanwo-Olu assures of tech-driven Lagos (Guardian) Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stressed the importance of technology to governance, saying his government is determined to use technology as a major driver of activities. Speaking Friday night at the launch of…

*Govt warns residents on poisonous ponmo in Lagos market (Punch)* Task force arrests 90 suspected cultists, miscreants (Nation)

Govt warns residents on poisonous ponmo in Lagos market (Punch) The Lagos State Government has warned residents of the state against buying ponmo (cow skin), being sold in some markets in the state. A statement by the Director of Public…

Barcelona confirm Asisat Oshoala signing (Goal)

The Spanish giants have agreed a deal to take the Nigeria international on loan from Chinese Women’s Super League side Dalian Quanjian F.C Barcelona have signed Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala on loan from Chinese Women’s Super League outfit Dalian Quanjian.…

Oshoala, Ordega behind SA’s Kgatlana in CAF rating (Vanguard)

Nigeria’s duo of Asisat Oshoala and Francesca Ordega may lose out on the 2018 African Woman Footballer of The Year award, next Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal as many soccer pundits are rating them behind South Africa’s Chrestinah Kgatlana. Although Oshoala…

Oshoala, Oparanozie, Nnadozie lead 45 others to Falcons’ Epe camp (Guardian)

Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has invited 29 home–based and 19 overseas–based professionals for the senior women national team, Super Falcons’ first phase of camping ahead next month’s 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Ghana. On the list…

This Lagos can kill your dreams, sha – Toni Kan

In my novel, The Carnivorous City (go and buy it o, if you haven’t, tenkiu) I wrote that Lagos “the chaotic and carnivorous city which was at the very same moment, a garden where men and women came to harvest…

Dike, Chikwelu in, Oshoala out of Falcons, France friendly (Nation)

Courtney Dike makes a return to the Super Falcons team as African Footballer of the Year Asisat Oshoala did not make the 17-man squad for the April 6 friendly against France. A statement on the NFF’s website says the eight…

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