Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi may need surgery and could be out for up to a month with an unspecified injury. The Leicester player was ruled out of the Foxes’ Carabao Cup semi-final first leg with Aston Villa on Wednesday.…
*Lagos reopens Shina Peller’s club (Nation) *Obasanjo knocks Ambode for abandoning Lagos rail project (Guardian)
Lagos reopens Shina Peller’s club (Nation) The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says it has re-opened Club Quilox, after securing the management’s commitment to comply with the state’s Environmental Laws, Regulations, Guidelines and Standards. The General Manager, LASEPA,…
*Christmas gift: Sanwo-Olu grants clemency to convicted inmates (NewTelegraph) *Lagos secondary school feature in first model UN conference (Nation)
Christmas gift: Sanwo-Olu grants clemency to convicted inmates (NewTelegraph) …Gov commutes three death sentences to life imprisonment, sets free six inmates In what can be described as rare gift for the Christmas season, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday signed two…
Ighalo, Osimhen, Nnadozie, Oshoala nominated for CAF Awards (Guardian)
Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo, Victor Osimhen and Wilfred Ndidi have been shortlisted for the 2019 CAF Men Footballer of the Year. The trio were nominated alongside 27 others in a list released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday.…
*Again, hoodlums run riot in Lagos (Nation) *LASG seals 20 facilities, warns against attack on officials (Vanguard)
Again, hoodlums run riot in Lagos (Nation) Barely two weeks after over 30 vehicles were vandalised in street fights at Ijeshatedo, Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos, hoodlums have struck again. The rampaging hooligans were said to have destroyed…
*Lagos police command returns N705,000 to owner (Vanguard) *We’ll deliver Lagos-Ibadan standard rail line by April –Amaechi (Punch)
Lagos police command returns N705,000 to owner (Vanguard) A Civil Society Organisation, The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has commended the Lagos State Police Command for returning the sum of N705,000 extorted from one Kareem Jamiu, by…
Ndidi is Leicester’s unsung hero, Redknapp (Punch)
Liverpool legend, Jamie Redknapp, has compared Nigeria and Leicester City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi to France coach, Didier Deschamps, due to his work rate and importance to his team. The midfielder has been one of Leicester’s top performance this season and…
Ndidi leads Premier League tacklers (Independent)
The Guardian, in partnership with football statistics website Whoscored.com, has published 10 standout statistics from the 2019-2020 Premier League season so far with Leicester FC and Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi making more tackles than any other team and player respectively. Leicester…
Ukraine tie: Rohr drops Ndidi for Esiti (Punch)
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has invited PAOK’s Anderson Esiti to replace Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi ahead of the Super Eagles’ friendly game with Ukraine on September 10. It was learnt that the Greek side’s midfielder was invited to the…
Eagles full of silly characters –Ndidi (Punch)
Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, has revealed the characters of some Nigeria players at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Leicester City’s player described some of his teammates as silly, funny and nice in an interview with his club’s…