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Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Super Eagles players to undergo COVID-19 test

SportsAfrica, Entertainment, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports

Nigeria’s senior national team players will undergo COVID-19 tests, before Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone, Goal reports. The Super Eagles players and their coaches are expected to undergo the test, Wednesday afternoon. Few hours after that, they will have their second training session at the newly renovated Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Nigerians are favourites going into the clash, with the Leone Stars sitting bottom of Group L with one point. Sierra Leone drew with Lesotho and lost to Benin Republic. The reverse fixture takes place at the National Stadium in…

Ighalo mulls return to international football with Nigeria

SportsPersonality, Soccer, Sports, World News

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has said he is contemplating a return to international football with Nigeria after he quit last year. “I am still thinking about returning to the national team,” Ighalo told local sports radio Brila FM late Thursday. “But right now, I want to concentrate on my club career. “I left the national team because of the distance between Nigeria and China, but now that I am in Manchester, you never can tell.” The former Watford striker quit the Super Eagles after he emerged top scorer of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with four…

Super Eagles, Atiku and the pulse of the nation message – Kalu speaks again

Abia State, Amos Kalu, PoliticsAtiku Abubakar, Emeka Kalu, Next Level, Politics, Soccer, Sports

Following the successful outcome of the Nigeria Vs Cameroun Match at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, The Director-General of Atikulated Agenda Worldwide, Chief Dr. Emeka C. Kalu, has reacted in excitement through a Press Statement on Sunday signed by his Aide on Media and Publicity, Comr. Amos Kalu. “While I was celebrating the victory of the Super Eagles against Cameroun in their last encounter, my mind drifted to the significance of soccer that has proven to be the most unifying factor for Nigerians. “Over the years, football has done a whole lot of good because out of every rallying…