Remo Stars Football Club crash out African Champions League
Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne on Sunday at Rabat in Morocco crashed out of the 2024/2025 African Champions League in the competition’s first preliminary round. The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) runners-up crashed out after losing 2-3 aggregate to Moroccan side AS FAR Rabat, despite winning the first leg fixture on Aug. 18 in Ikenne 2-1. Remo Stars loss meant two of Nigeria’s representatives in club football on the continent have crashed out just one round into their respective competitions. On Saturday, El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri had been eliminated from the African Confederation Cup competition’s first preliminary round after a 2-3 aggregate loss. Nigeria now has only one club each in the two continental competitions, that is Enyimba International FCof Aba, which had drawn bye in the opening round into the second preliminary round of the African Confederation Cup competition. Rangers International FC of Enugu had on Friday advanced into the second preliminary round of the African Champions League competition, after a 2-1 aggregate victory in the opening round.
Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team Prepares For FIFA’s World Cup in Colombia
Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, Falconets, will take on Australia and Mexico in test games to prepare them for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia, beginning from August 31. The Christopher Danjuma’s team will go up against Australia on Friday, August 23, and then confront Mexico three days later
Burna Boy breaks Record in United Kingdom
Burna Boy has become the first African artist to reach 2 billion streams in the United Kingdom. The Grammy winner received the plaque for the remarkable feat backstage at Koko Camden in London, where he performed at the surprise fifth-anniversary concert of his 2019 album ‘African Giant’. This comes one month after he got the plaque for […]
Gareth Southgate resigns as England Coach after Euro 2024 loss
England manager Gareth Southgate has resigned two days after his team’s defeat by Spain in the 2024 European Championship final. 53-year-old Southgate managed his country for 102 games in eight years in charge. His contract was set to expire later this year. Announcing his departure, Southgate said it has been the honour to play for […]
Spain Beat England to Win Euro 2024 Final
Spain completed a perfect competition by beating England 2-1 to lift a record fourth European Championship. After a drab first-half, Nico Williams gave Spain an early second-half lead. Substitute Cole Palmer pulled England level in the 47th minute, but La Roja would have the final laugh as Mikel Oyazarbal fired late to hand Spain the […]
Rema to perform at Indian billionaire Ambani’s son’s wedding
Afrobeats megastar Rema has arrived in India to perform at the wedding of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani’s son, Anant Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant. On Instagram Thursday night, the ‘Calm Down’ singer shared a video of himself strolling towards a private chartered jet dressed all in […]
NFF opens applications for Super Eagles Head Coach position
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has opened applications to fill the position of Head Coach for the National Beach Soccer Team known as the SuperSand Eagles. This come nine days before their 2024 Beach Soccer AFCON qualifier against Mauritania. According to the NFF, the 3-day application window will close at midnight of Friday, July 12, with […]
President Tinubu to meet Organized Labour today
President Bola Tinubu will today meet with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Aso Villa today to discuss the Federal Government’s decision on a new national minimum wage. Tinubu is expected to decide on the ₦62,000 proposal from the government and private sector, as well as the ₦250,000 demand […]
President Tinubu approves full budget for Team Nigeria to Paris Olympics
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the entire budget estimate submitted for Nigeria’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Enoh, who did not mention the amount approved, stated this yesterday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, while handing over the Team Nigeria athletes to […]
Senate to probe $5.7billion Mambila power contract
The Nigerian Senate has directed its standing committees on appropriation, power, and finance to investigate the entire Mambilla Hydro Electric Power Project contract transaction from 1999 to date, given four weeks to report back to the Senate in plenary for further legislative input. The resolutions were adopted yesterday after a motion moved by Senator Manu […]