Monday’s arrivals were Mikel Agu, Williams Troost Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ahmed Musa, Shehu Abdullahi, Wilfried Ndidi, Kelechi Iheancho.
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According to the official FAZ Football Facebook page, Coach Wedson Nyirenda travelled in the first batch that had six players and some technical staff at 6:30am, with the second batch on the 1pm South African Airways flight.
Platinum Stars ace, Brian Mwila, and K.V Oostende midfielder, Emmanuel Banda, can’t participate in the game after failing to recover from injury, and Coach Wedson Nyirenda has since replaced the duo with Power Dynamos midfielder Alex Ng’onga and Zesco United’s John Ching’andu.
Competent camp sources hinted that Ighalo arrived Lagos on Thursday last week and would be jetting to Uyo on Monday.
But age, as it is often said, counts more in numbers than other values. And so, the 39-year old lawyer was bestowed with award by the Akwa Ibom State Government during a week-long lavish ceremonies marking 30th anniversary of the creation of the state
Essien, who beat nine other finalists to the coveted prize last year, also got N1 million cash prize, an oversea training plus another N1 million to be paid to him annually for five years.
A UNICEF specialist, Moustapha Niang, said this while presenting an overview of the UNICEF supported Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in Nigeria at the EU-UNICEF WASH media dialogue in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, recently.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bassey defeated Happiness Agu of Delta within two minutes to retain her title.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles were forced to a 1-1 draw with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on September 4 in Yaounde during the second leg of their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier.
Pinnick, in a statement released by Demola Olajire, Head of Communication, NFF, on Thursday, urged the team to commit heart, soul and spirit to the match.
Yusuf said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday when the team was leaving for Uyo.
Speaking at a two-day media dialogue on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday, the UNICEF Communication Specialist, Geoffrey Njoku, charged newsmen on increase thorough investigative journalism on WASH.
Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service, Cross River and Akwa Ibom Commands intercepted three consignments containing 140 species of snakes and 600 animals at the NIWA jetty, Calabar on July 24.
The Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the accused should be kept in police custody pending her bail application.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akwa Ibom State was created on September 23, 1987 alongside Katsina State by the erstwhile administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The new Miss Nigeria USA, who was the fourth to be crowned in the pageant, carted home $10,000 in prizes, according to Joy Fakhoury, the organisers of the annual beauty pageant.
Inaugurating the seven-member board on Wednesday in Uyo, the governor said that the AKISIEC board was made up of people of proven integrity and experience in public service.
The super Eagles will clash with Cameroon in a double header in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on September 1, before the return leg on September 4 in Yaounde.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Chukwu Ikechukwu, who confirmed the incident, said: “It is unfortunate that we lost one of our men today to armed robbers.”
Emmanuel, who was one of the seven governors that visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London on Wednesday, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on the “miraculous” recovery of the President.