Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez believes his team are facing one of the tournament favourites when they meet Nigeria in the semi-final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations today.
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Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi believes Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists Nigeria are standing on the brink of a golden future.
This comes ahead of the Nigeria/Algeria match on Sunday
Three-time champions Nigeria are looking for their fourth title since winning their first on home soil at the expense of Algeria in 1980, while the Algerians are looking for their second gong since their only title won on home soil at the expense of Nigeria in 1990.
Former World Champions, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, will on Thursday know their group opponents ahead of the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N24.947 trillion as at March 31, from N24.387 trillion as at December 31, 2018, growing marginally by 2.30 per cent, the Debt Management Office said.
Both teams finished runner-up in their respective groups despite being rated to top, and low fire power is a constant variable in both camps with only two goals in each team’s kitty.
The charter now replaces the `Declaration of Cooperation’, which was reached in Dec. 2016 between the two groups.
Kaigama said this in Abuja on Sunday during the 2019 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya Feast and Cultural Day celebration.
Former Green Eagles Goalkeeper, Emmanuel Okala, says he has seen a new set of Super Eagles that is hungry to make a mark in the ongoing African Cup of Nations 2019 championship, taking place in Egypt.
Pule Mphothwe, the Botswanan High Commissioner to Nigeria, has called for closer partnership between Nigeria and Botswana on tertiary education.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with a delegation of the Nigeria-France Investment.
The Nigerian Government has urged the Russian Federation to increase its collaboration with Africa to boost trade, investment and improve infrastructure on the continent.
The government of the People’s Republic of China on Monday said that it would create more opportunities for more Nigerians to visit China in the years ahead.
Barring any last-minute changes, one of the five new banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Titan Trust Bank Limited, is set for entry into the Nigerian banking industry in grand style in a matter of weeks.
Egyptian referee Mahmoud Ashor will take charge of proceedings when three-time African champions Nigeria and current Africa number one team Senegal clash in a friendly match in Ismailia on Sunday.
Another Nigerian Citizen, Maxwell Ikechuku Okoye, from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been allegedly killed by members of the South African Police Service in Ladysmith, Kwa-zulu-Natal Province.
The paradox of a federal state with a unitary economic management model has been cited as a major reason why Nigeria is yet to achieve economic diversification despite effort by successive governments.
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos, has done Nigeria proud to emerge among universities of South Africa, Kenya and Burkina Faso to clinch a German government’s grant.
A 26-man delegation of the senior national team of Zimbabwe, known as Warriors, will land in Nigeria on Thursday night aboard a South African Airways flight, ahead of Saturday’s pre-AFCON sendforth international friendly with the Super Eagles.