Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed the death of the Zambian official who was serving as the doping control officer for the second leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana on Tuesday. The official, identified as Joseph Kabungo, died as a result of …
Read More »M-Kopa raises $75m in equity funding and targets expansion
The firm, which offers customers in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda access to financing for appliances and electronics, says it will launch in more countries and broaden its product range | DAVID THOMAS | Kenyan lender M-Kopa, which offers underbanked customers finance to acquire solar lighting, smartphones, TVs and domestic …
Read More »Nigerian president demands return of looted artifacts from abroad
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to nations, international institutions, and private and public bodies to return the country’s looted artifacts. Buhari’s appeal came after Saturday’s return of two Benin bronzes pillaged by British troops. The bronzes were repatriated from the University of Cambridge and …
Read More »Nigerian troops kill 4 terrorists in gunfight
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian troops killed four terrorists in a gunfight in the southeastern state of Anambra earlier this week, the army said Wednesday. The military received a distress call on Monday, which reported that some terrorists were enforcing an illegal sit-at-home order and firing gunshots sporadically in …
Read More »CAF denies Ghana’s request for World Cup qualifier venue change
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected a request by Ghana to change the match venue for the Black Stars’ playoff against Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier next month, said a statement by the continental body on Wednesday. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) had …
Read More »Gunmen killed 1,192 in northern Nigerian state in 2021
Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | A total of 1,192 people were killed and 3,348 others kidnapped in 2021 in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna, according to official data released by Tuesday. In a security report for the …
Read More »Tunisia sink favorites Nigeria to storm AFCON last 8
🔴 Nigeria 0 Tunisia 1 🔴 Gabon 1 (6) Burkina Faso 1 (7) Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Tunisia are through to the quarter final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021. The Eagles of Carthage defeated 10-man Super Eagles of Nigeria 1-0 in a …
Read More »Nigeria, Egypt march on as Tunisia hit by 12 COVID cases
✳ Nigeria 2 Guinea Bissau 0 ✳ Egypt 1 Sudan 0 Younde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigeria made it full mark, after beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in the third and final round of Group D of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, thus breaking the dream of Djurtus moving forward in …
Read More »Salah saves Egypt, Super Eagles progress to the last 16
✳ Egypt 1 Guinea-Bissau 0 ✳ Nigeria 3 Sudan 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | A goal from captain Mohamed Salah (69′) gave Egypt victory over Guinea-Bissau in the second round of Group D of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. The Pharaohs can still hope to advance to the …
Read More »Nigerian gov’t ends 7-month suspension of Twitter
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian government on Wednesday ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after it halted the operation of the California-based microblogging platform in Africa’s most populous country. The lifting of the ban in Nigeria would take effect from 12 a.m. local time on Thursday (2300 GMT …
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