World football governing body FIFA have withdrawn bronze boot award from Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali at the recent U17 World Cup in Chile and re-awarded it to compatriot Samuel Chukwueze after a mistake In a letter to the NFF general secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, and signed by Mustapha Fahmy, director of the football division, FIFA […]
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Nigeria recorded another milestone in the world of sports earlier today as a 36-year-old Nigerian scrabble player, Wellington Jighere, became the first Africab to win the World Scrabble Championship held in Perth, Australia. Jighere defeated Lewis Mackay, 30, from Cambridge, England, in the final round of the competition after many heated rounds of competition to […]
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It will be an all-African affair in the FIFA U-17 World Cup final after the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria’s 4-2 victory over Mexico in the semi-final booked them a ticket to face Mali in Sunday’s showpiece. Mali reached their first ever U-17 World Cup final courtesy of a come-from-behind 3-1 victory against Belgium. The Europeans […]
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“This statement of profound wisdom informed my silence in the wake of manipulated and unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing recently being levelled against me. They started a few weeks to the end of my tenure, and have continued till date. They range from allegations of extra marital paternity of children, to mundane and phantom conspiracy in […]
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The former Botlon Wanderers skipper, who is the second all-time great for the Whites, was reported to have played 45 minutes for Wolverton’s reserves but is yet to say if he would stay with the club permanently. The former Paris Saint Germain midfield trojan, who played for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga, might complete […]
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Seye Aluko: I refer to Luke Onyekakeyah’s article (The Guardian, pg.9, 9 June 2015) titled “Roots of the Mediterranean crisis”. In this article Onyekakeyah writes in a lucid manner, and underlines the many factors that force people to flee from their homelands. He relates how in the case of the Trans Mediterranean migration, those who […]
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Dorcas Krubu A long time ago in China , a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s […]
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Nigeria put behind its defeat in the opening match of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup when it mauled Korea DPR 4-0 today at the Stadium Taranaki, New Plymount, New Zealand. After weathering a tight first-half, An Ye Gun’s side went to pieces after the break as a quick-fire brace from Saviour Godwin undid all […]
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Former Super Eagles defender, Ifeanyi Udeze has reportedly been kicked out of his Festac home over unpaid rent. Rumours of financial crisis, gambling addiction and alcohol problems have trailed the former PAOK Salonica captian and according to a report by daily newspaper, Newswatch, he has now been ejected by his landlord. Udeze who is a […]
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No fewer than seven of the invited overseas-based Super Eagles players arrived on Monday for the friendly match between Nigeria and the Cranes of Uganda. When The Deltanewsroom.com checked at 7pm, the team bus had returned to the Uyo airport to pick up more the players who arrived for the game billed to hold on […]
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