Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Interim Black Stars coach Otto Addo is likely to announce his squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff against  Nigeria later this month by the end of the week. The Dortmund Assistant coach is set to submit his squad to the Ghana Football Association for the doubleheader against Nigeria. It will be probed …

Music streaming giant, Spotify says Fireboy’s Peru is the most streamed Nigerian song in 2021 followed closely by Monalisa by Lojay and Sarz, then Feeling by Buju and Ladipoe in third. Omay Lay’s Understand was the fourth most-streamed while High by Adekunle Gold featuring Davido ranked fifth. This update comes …

Only football fans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed into the various stadia across the country on match days, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has announced. This includes the match between Ghana and Nigeria scheduled to be played at the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday, …

The Ghana Football Association and Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) are making moves to lure Genk defender Mujaid Aliu Sadick to play for their respective country. Mujaid was born to a Nigerian father and a Ghanaian mother and therefore is eligible to play for both countries. The 21-year-old was born in Spain …

Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo is reportedly set to submit his squad to for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup playoffs on Thursday, March 03, 2022. A report filed by Kessben FM shows that Otto Addo will submit his squad to the new Black Stars management committee. The six-man committee made up of, GFA vice president, Mark …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law. The signing ceremony took place inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja at about 12:30 pm on Friday. Africa’s most populous nation votes in keenly awaited presidential polls in 2023 and the amended law will allow …

The government of Nigeria says it will evacuate its citizens who wish to leave Ukraine as soon as airports are re-opened in the country. In a statement, Nigeria’s foreign ministry says the West African country “has received with surprise” the reports of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A spokeswoman for the …

Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered filmmakers to take out money ritual content from their movies. Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed who announced this on Monday during a media visit in Abuja said some of the suspected ritual killers claim they learnt the act of ritual killings on social media …

The Black Stars of Ghana are set to face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs. The doubleheader will see Ghana host Nigeria on March 25, 2022. While Nigeria will welcome the Black Stars in Abuja on March 29 for the return encounter. During the …

A federal High Court in Nigeria has affirmed a regulation of the Police Force that states that unmarried officers cannot get pregnant. The case in point, filed by the Nigeria Bar Association, involved an officer who was removed after getting pregnant last year. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, ruled …