Former Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto’o has been elected president of Cameroon FA The former Cameroon international received 43 votes from members of FECAFOOT’s general assembly during the election, which took place on Saturday, December 11. He defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya – who was the interim president of the country’s football federation (Fecafoot), by 43 votes to 31. The 40-year-old is one of the country’s greatest ever players after scoring 56 goals in 118 appearances during his international career. Eto’o, …
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Actress Zainab Balogun has mourned her cousin, Samuel Iwelu, who died in the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, The body of the UK returnee was retrieved from the rubble of the collapsed bulding and confirmed dead. Recall that Samuel’s sister, Ann Iwelu, had shared the last video he made while entering the structure on Monday, November 1. Read HERE Samuel, 35, was said to have come to Nigeria from the UK for a wedding in Abuja. There he met …
British-Nigerian footballer, Samuel Oji has died at the age of 35. The former Arsenal youth player and League of Ireland footballer is said to have been battling ‘illness.’ Oji kicked off his career at the Gunners as a teenager in 2000, but failed to make the grade and joined Birmingham in 2004. The defender, the cousin of English singer, Lemar – also turned out for Doncaster Rovers, Leyton Orient, Bristol Rovers, and Hereford United during his career. …
Internationally acclaimed Nigerian Preacher and Motivational speaker based in New Zealand, Dr. Samuel Ekundayo, shared a throwback photo of his wife devouring a piece of chicken in his presence when they were still dating. According to Dr Ekundayo, who is popularly called “The Purpose Preacher”, couples in relationships who don’t eat chicken the way his wife did are still ‘forming’. “If you’re in a relationship and you cannot eat your chicken the way my wife is eating it in this picture, …
Cameroonian Football legend, Samuel Eto’o has revealed how a local game in his city convinced his parents to allow him to play football. During his stellar career, Eto’o, who played for Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea, and Everton amassed three Champions League titles, three La Liga crowns, two Copa del Reys, Serie A, the Coppa Italia twice and the FIFA Club World Cup. But while growing up, he used to hide from his parents to go play football because …
Four-time African of the Footballer of the Year, Samuel Eto’o, has expressed his admiration for the Brazil legend, Ronaldo. According to Samuel Eto’o, two-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, renowned for his goalscoring exploits for Brazil and at club level for Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSV, and Inter Milan in a career that totalled 18 years, is the greatest striker of all time. Ronaldo, won two Fifa World Cups, in 1994 and 2002, and was crowned the Fifa World Player …