Author: Prince Ade ADe

The Eagles of Mali beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the first time in almost 50 years when they won an international friendly game 2-0 in Marrakech, Morocco, Tuesday night. El Bilal Toure capitalised on a defensive blunder by Nigeria to put Mali ahead in the 18th minute. Moses Simon and Cyriel Dessers both had two clear-cut chances later in the game to get Nigeria level but squandered them. Kamory Doumbia then produced a moment of magic to seal the win for the Mali in the 86th minute. The result is a first loss for Super Eagles interim manager…

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The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress has set up a nine-man committee to oversee the primary election for Ondo governorship aspirants. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. The development comes barely a day after 15 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, endorsed the governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to clinch the party ticket and win the November 2024 governorship election. However, the primary election committee members comprised only the APC NWC members. They include Emma…

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Flamengo and Brazil striker Gabriel Barbosa has been suspended for two years for attempted anti-doping fraud. Local media have reported that the 27-year-old, known as ‘Gabigol’, made it difficult to carry out an anti-doping test the day before a game. Barbosa, who has played 18 times for his country, denies the allegations. Barbosa, who was part of Brazil’s gold medal-winning squad at the 2016 Rio Olympics, can appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Brazilian Doping Control Authority said: “The aforementioned athlete was judged by the Anti-Doping Sports Court of Justice and, by a majority…

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Nigeria forward, Victor Boniface returned to full training at Bundesliga club, Bayer Leverkusen on Monday, Completesports.com reports. Boniface was forced to miss around three months of action due to an adductor injury. The 23-year-old sustained the injury during Nigeria’s preparation for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The forward missed the competition as a result of the setback. Boniface was pictured in training with his teammates on Monday. The Nigeria international is Bayer Leverkusen’s top scorer this season with 16 goals and eight assists in 23 games across all competitions. His return to action will be a timely boost for…

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent. This is according to a Tuesday communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the second MPC meeting of his tenure in Abuja. The new interest rate is a jump from the 22.75 percent announced by the MPC about a month ago and the second rate hike by the current committee. Cardoso announced the retention of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of deposit money banks at 45 percent. However, the MPC adjusted the CRR of…

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The Refereeing Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has suspended centre referee Abdul Malik from officiating in the Nigeria Premier Football League. Malik incurred the wrath of the committee following his poor handling of the Nigeria Premier Football League match-day 27 encounter between Katsina United and Abia Warriors The referee cancelled a legitimate goal scored by Samson Obi of Abia Warriors leading to their eventual 2-1 loss at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium. The NFF has clamped down on poor officiating in the NPFL this season with sanctions on erring match officials. Meanwhile, in the only NPFL match on Monday,…

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A submarine cable company, MainOne says it may take up to two weeks to repair undersea cable cuts which disrupted internet services in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, and other West African and East African countries since Thursday. The company said the cause of the network outage was as a result of a fault on the MainOne network. Since Thursday, telecommunications subscribers and bank users have been stranded as the disruption paralysed digital transactions and internet communications. On the possible cause of the outage in the sea, the company said, “Most submarine cable faults occur as a result of human…

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Harry Kane set a new personal best of 31 league goals in a season as Bayern Munich beat Darmstadt to close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points. Darmstadt took the lead through Tim Skarke before Jamal Musiala levelled. Kane’s diving header put Bayern in front and Musiala dribbled past the Darmstadt defence for his second. Substitutes Serge Gnabry and Mathys Tel made it five for Bayern with Oscar Vilhelmsson scoring Darmstadt’s second. Despite being bottom of the table, Darmstadt gave Bayern a few scares in the first half but tired in the second period as Bayern…

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The Ruling All Progressives Congress has disclosed that the nationwide electronic registration of its members has received the blessing of President Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed by the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, when he hosted 33 members of the APC state chairmen at the headquarters of the party in Abuja on Saturday. The visitation comes hours after the Forum of APC Chairmen urged the President to ‘wield the big stick’ against heads of security agencies found wanting in the fight against insecurity and banditry. While welcoming the delegation, Ganduje disclosed that the President is happy with the performance…

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Edo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Edo State PDP’S Chairman, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi. In a statement confirming the incident on Saturday, the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor said Azigbemi’s driver, one Joseph Impete reported the incident at the New Etete Division, Benin City late Friday night. According to SP. Nwabuzor, Dr. Aziegbemi was returning from a meeting in Edo state Government House when six armed men on convoy of two-white Toyota Corrolla Saloon cars accosted them along Bishop J.O.E Edokpolor Boulevard Junction, off country home road, Benin city. The Police Report noted that Dr…

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