The Nigeria Football Federation has released a 30-man squad for the friendlies against Ecuador and Mexico. The list has eight home–based professional players while others are based abroad. Captain Ahmed Musa and his Vice captain William Troost-Ekong are in the squad among other regular stars except Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen, who didn’t make the cut. See full list below Goalkeepers Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands); Adewale Adeyinka (Akwa United); Ojo Olorunleke (Enyimba FC) Defenders Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, …
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad across the country. The police chief gave the order hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, and others were arrested and presently in NDLEA custody over their alleged involvement in drug trafficking. All serving officers in the satellite units have been …
Members of the Super Eagles squad of 1994 that won the Nations cup that year, paid courtesy visits to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola and the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, on Thursday, September 30, in appreciation of the Federal Government’s fulfillment of promises made to them for winning the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. In 1994, the Super Eagles made their maiden appearance at the FIFA senior …
Suicide Squad star Joel Kinnaman, 41, is currently being investigated for rape in Sweden The public prosecutor announced on Wednesday, August 11, they were investigating the allegation against Kinnaman, according to TMZ. But the Swedish actor’s legal team told The Post the alleged victim, a Swedish model, only stepped forward with the accusation after Kinnaman had gone to the police himself to get a restraining order. Kinnaman claimed in a recent social media thread that he was being extorted by …
Shehu Sani, the former senator representing Kaduna central has reacted to the ongoing investigation against the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu who was suspended on Tuesday July 7. In a Facebook post the former Senator shared, he accused Magu of running a “cult” in the agency. Sani alleged that the select team of ”vicious and cruel” officers known as “the Magu Boys” or “the Chairman Squad”, operate exclusively and with impunity and only report directly to their …