Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Thursday 18th July 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>AFCON 2021: Rohr shops for keepers, more players
Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr will continue the rebuilding project of his team as he looks to give few more players the opportunity to be part of the squad ahead of 2021 African Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers. The Eagles crashed out of the 2019 AFCON in the semifinal after they lost 2-1
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target=_blank>Eagles finish on a high, clinch AFCON broze
The Super Eagles claimed their eighth Africa Cup of Nations bronze medal after defeating Tunisia 1-0 in the third-place play-off of the 2019 competition in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday night. Odion Ighalo scored the only goal of the match early in the first half for his fifth strike of the tournament. The China-based striker poked
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target=_blank>Ogoh calls up 14 for FIBA AFROCAN
14 players have been selected for the inaugural edition of the AFROCAN Basket Championship taking place in Mali. Gombe Bulls and Rivers Hoopers of Rivers with 4 players each dominate the 14-man list released by the home based D’Tigers Head Coach, Ogoh Odaudu for the AFROCAN tipping off on July, 19th in Bamako. Micheal Okiki,
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target=_blank>CAF expands AWCON from 8 to 12 teams
The Confederation of African Football Executive Committee on Wednesday announced the expansion of the African Women’s Cup of Nations from the current format of eight teams to 12. The competition has been contested for since 1998 with four teams in each group leading to four teams qualifying for the semifinal, with the expansion, allowing
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target=_blank>Onuachu set to quit FC Midtjylland
Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu is set to quit his Danish club FC Midtjylland for a bigger side in Central Europe, New Telegraph has learnt. A Danish journalist Michael Lund who was in Egypt to cover the ongoing African Cup of Nations told our correspondent that Onuachu was close to signing for a big club
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target=_blank>3SC, Dynamite, FRSC, others jostle for promotion to elite league
Shooting Stars Football Club of Ibadan, Dynamite Football Club of Benin and FRSC Football Club of Abuja and five other teams will engage in playoff matches to determine the four clubs that with feature in the Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL next season. According to the release made available to our correspondent, Lawrence Katken, NNL’s
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target=_blank>LeRoy criticises new AFCON timing
Frenchman Claude LeRoy has criticised the new timing of the Africa Cup of Nations, saying that top players arrive exhausted after a long European season. The finals are being played in June-July for the first time in their history in Egypt, having been played in January-February in recent times. “The top players are burnt,” the
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target=_blank>France beat Nigeria in Spain
Nigeria U-21 handball team was yesterday humiliated 48-19 by their France counterparts at the ongoing U-21 2019 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship in Spain. Nigeria felt the full brunt of that force, as they were clearly defeated in the round one encounter against their more experienced opponents. The Nigerian team led by coaches Shittu Agboola
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target=_blank>Kaduna to host 2019 AITEO Cup finals July 24
The 2019 Aiteo/FA Cup final will take place at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Wednesday, 24 of July. The finals will feature both the male and female finalists with 2017 finalist Niger Tornadoes confronting 2018 runner up, Kano Pillars in the male category. Head of the Aiteo FA Organising Committee, Emmanuel Adesanya, said
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EFCC: We’ve handed over Badeh’s building to VON
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday, said it had handed over one of the property it said was illegally acquired by a former Chief of Defence Staff, the late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, to the Voice of Nigeria (VON). It said its acrion followed an earlier order for the final forfeiture of […]
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