The Court of Appeal Lagos, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with alleged N2.6 billion fraud. Others charged alongside Akpobolokemi were Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Juan, Blockz and Stonz Ltd and Al-Kenzo Logistics Ltd. In a lead judgment […]
Victor Moses joined up with the Nigeria squad on Thursday after taking some time off to celebrate a second honeymoon following his FA Cup final win with Chelsea. The forward arrived at the team’s Wembley Hilton hotel hours before the rest of the squad touched down from Nigeria. Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr told KweséESPN […]
Nigeria’s “underdog” football squad need to play together and not as individuals, captain John Mikel Obi said, with the team acknowledging they face a tough group stage at the World Cup in Russia next month. “We have to make sure we play together as a team which is the most important thing; no individual players,” […]
Victor Moses has overcome childhood trauma to forge a career that has seen him play at the highest levels of the game and return in glory to the country he once fled. Moses was only 11 when his missionary parents were killed in religious rioting in Kaduna, in north-west Nigeria, leaving him orphaned and allowed […]
Nigeria are the only African team returning to the World Cup finals after playing in Brazil four years ago and must get past a familiar foe if they want to reach the second round again. Nigeria have been paired with Argentina for the fifth time in six World Cup appearances, having finished second to Lionel […]
Around 50 competitors have remained in Australia illegally after going missing during this year’s Commonwealth Games, a government official has said. Nearly 200 others hold bridging visas and are applying for refugee status. Australia has warned it will deport those who stay in the country illegally, after dozens of competitors – including many from Africa […]
It’s 27 days to the World Cup in Russia and many football fans are switching their focus from their clubs to the countries participating in the football bonanza. But what do you do when your country failed to qualify? Well, choose another country to support – just like Italian football AS Roma, which has tweeted […]
Nigeria and South Africa have remained unmoved in the May edition of the FIFA World Rankings, although Ghana are one of several nations to have climbed after a relatively quiet month of international football. There are no movers inside the world’s top 47 places, and therefore Africa’s top six remain as they were in April. […]
Gernot Rohr is disappointed following the decision of Jordan Torunarigha to turn down an opportunity to feature for Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup.The German-born Nigerian has represented Germany youth sides but has yet to make his debut for the senior team which makes him eligible to play for the three-time African champions. The defender […]
In a bid to return handball to winning ways, the President, Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Samuel Ocheho, on Sunday in Abuja announced the disbandment of the senior male national team. Ocheho made the announcement at the end of the first phase of the Prudent Energy Handball League played at the Abuja National Stadium. He […]