Super Eagles’ international friendly games against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia billed to hold in Austria next month could be cancelled or moved to another country if the current rise in COVID-19 cases persist…
FIFA ranks Nigeria 29th best, Belgium maintains number one spot
World football governing body, FIFA, has picked Nigeria as the 29th best team in the world and third in Africa. According to the latest FIFA ranking made available to The Guardian, Belgium is still the world’s best team in 1773,…
Nigeria could have won ’96, ’98 AFCON titles – Oliseh
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh says the team could have won the 1996 and 1998 Africa Cup of Nations if they had participated in both tournaments. Nigeria boycotted the 1996 AFCON in South Africa after winning the 1994 edition…
Udeze calls for Super Eagles’ Hall of Fame
Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze, has urged the Nigeria football Federation (NFF), the Ministry of Sports and the Federal Government to collaborate with other stakeholders in the country’s football to build a hall of fame museum to make it…
Injured Aribo out of Eagles friendlies
Glasgow Rangers midfielder Joe Aribo is a major doubt for Super Eagles’ international friendlies against Ivory Coast and Tunisia next month, after he suffered a setback during his recovery, Saturday PUNCH reports. Aribo has made four appearances for the Eagles…
Ibadan hospital rejected late Eagles star – Shorunmu
Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu has told Saturday PUNCH a private hospital in Ibadan declined treating Ajibade Babalade before the retired 3SC defender died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday afternoon. According to Shorunmu, Babalade’s teammate at…
*Dad in court over alleged defilement of five-year-old daughter (Punch) *Lagos receives 50 noise pollution complaints in 1 week (Vanguard)
Dad in court over alleged defilement of five-year-old daughter (Punch) A 29-year-old man, Adekunle Adebiyi, is currently cooling his heels in police custody in Lagos for allegedly defiling his five-year-old daughter, Bola (pseudonym). Adebiyi reportedly committed the crime following a…
Eagles to meet Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia in friendlies next month
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has arranged two friendly matches for the Super Eagles next month in Austria. NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, said in a tweet yesterday that the matches, against Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia, would hold on October 9…
Akpeyi stretchered off in Kaizer Chiefs defeat
Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi was stretchered off after he was involved in a nasty collision in Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 loss at Bidvest Wits in an ABSA Premier League clash on Sunday, The PUNCH reports. The incident happened two minutes…
*Man killed for accusing neighbour of sleeping with co-tenant’s wife (Punch) *Rotary Club plants 150 trees in Lagos community (Guardian)
Man killed for accusing neighbour of sleeping with co-tenant’s wife (Punch) A tenant, Adekunle Adeyemi, has gone into hiding after allegedly stabbing a co-tenant, Stanley Dickson, to death in the Grammar School area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered…