The Super Falcons are soar-away favourites to eliminate their counterparts from Algeria and reach the next round of the African qualifying series for next year’s Olympics Women Football Tournament, ahead of Tuesday’s concluding leg in Lagos.
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Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, will be battling for the gold medal of the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco after penalty shoot-out defeat of Mali in the semi finals on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Immigration Service, Edo Command, says it has arrested a block moulder and a bricklayer in connection with alleged trafficking of two underage sisters to Mali.
The President’s congratulatory message is conveyed in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja late Friday night.
The Nigeria Arm Wrestling team has won nine medals to finish third at the 10th Africa Arm Wrestling Championships, which ended on Sunday in Bamako, Mali.
Obaseki made this known in the evening at the ongoing 49th edition of the Technical Committee Meeting of the NAFEST, which started on Monday in Benin.
Mali dominated most of the game however and missed a flurry of chances.
Zaha ensured the Ivorians remain on course to win a third title by stabbing home on 76 minutes to book a quarter-final showdown with Algeria.
Newcomers Mauritania were given an unpleasant welcome to their debut AFCON appearance as they lost to West African neighbours Mali 1-4 in their Group E game on Monday night in Suez.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme which began in April 2017.
Mali will officially participate in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after the Malian Federation reached an agreement regarding FIFA’s demands.
Southampton have signed Mali international Moussa Djenepo on a four-year deal from Standard Liege, the Premier League club said on Thursday.
With only a few days to the commencement of the biennial tournament in Egypt, FIFA was said to have issued an ultimatum to all stakeholders in Mali ahead of their general meeting scheduled for June 15.
A late penalty kick converted by Panama substitute Diego Valanta secured a 1-1 draw for Los Canaleros against Mali in the opening matchday of Group E at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019.
The Federal Government has condemned in the strongest term, the attacks on the UN Peace Keepers that led to the death of a Nigerian UN peacekeeper in Timbuktu, northern Mali, by unidentified assailants.
A Nigerian soldier was killed and several others injured in two attacks on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday.
Nigeria and Ghana go toe-to-toe in the semi finals of the WAFU Women’s Cup tournament for the second year running and the Black Queens are the ones truly in awe after watching the African champions ship 22 goals past opponents in three group phase matches in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan.
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been drawn to face Algerian women in the second round of the 2020 Olympic Games African qualifier.
African champions Nigeria will contend with Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali in the group phase of this year’s WAFU B Women’s Tournament taking place in Abidjan from May 8 to 18.
African champions, Super Falcons, have been drawn in Group B alongside their eternal rivals, Black Stars, ahead of the West Africa Football Union women’s tournament in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.