Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Nigeria include two banned players in squad to face Ghana

Two of thirteen five Inter Allies players who were handed a two-year ban by the Ghana Football Association for their role in the matching fixing scheme between Inter Allies and Ashantigold have been included in Nigeria’s squad to face Ghana in the CHAN qualifiers. Defender, Issa Ali and forward Andy …

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Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria

A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and …

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20 Ghanaian fishermen imprisoned in Nigeria for transporting marijuana

20 Ghanaian fishermen have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment each by the Federal High Court in Lagos State in Nigeria on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The men were jailed for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka cannabis, from Ghana to Nigeria. The court found them guilty on the charges of …

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Nigeria coach slams Napoli’s owner over controversial AFCON remarks

Nigeria assistant coach Usman Abdallah has lashed out at Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis in the wake of his comments about the Africa Cup of Nations. During an interview with Smart Talk on Wall Street Italia, the veteran Serie A boss said he will now make African players sign an …

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President Buhari blames Libya for insecurity in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the instability in Libya as the main cause of insecurity in Nigeria and the Sahel region. Receiving Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Alfred Miranda Oritz on Tuesday, Buhari commended the collective efforts …

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Ghana make 4x100m final at World Athletics Championship, Nigeria crash out

Team Ghana have booked a place in the final of the men’s 4x100m relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Oregon. The Ghanaian quartet finished third, with a season-best time of 38.58s behind the USA(first) and United Kingdom (second). The quartet include Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Oduro-Manu and …

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WATCH: Nigeria ranks no 1 in the list of countries with cheating wives

Nigeria has been ranked the number one country with the most unfaithful wives. It was reported that 62 percent of married women in Nigerian cheat on their husbands. This was said in a video shared on Tik Tok by a content creator with the user name ‘The Knowledge Bros’. In …

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Airlines in Nigeria plan route cut over rising fuel price

Domestic airlines have concluded plans to dump less-viable routes as skyrocketing aviation fuel prices cause more flight disruptions amid dwindling revenue and the rising cost of operations. Some of the less-lucrative routes are Sokoto, Katsina, Yenogoa, Kebbi, Gombe, Yola, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Ilorin, Jos, Ibadan, Calabar, and Akure. Jet A1 has …

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Anger in Nigeria after wanted man is made chief

An emir in the Nigerian state of Zamfara has been suspended after he coronated a man said to be a wanted terrorist. According to Premium Times, Aliyu Marafa, who is the emir of Yandoton Daji, was suspended by the Zamfara State government after the alleged turbaning of Ada Aleru. Aleru …

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Suspected drug lord, Tinubu is unfit to lead Nigeria – American mental health counselor

Retired mental health counselor, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman has said Presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unfit to lead Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page, Gutterman alleged that Tinubu is a former drug lord who is campaigning to become Nigeria’s president. According to him, the former …

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