Tag: AFCON

SUPER EAGLES, GALLANT TROOPS AND OUR REWARD SYSTEM By Chidi Omeje

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It is no longer news that Nigeria’s senior football team, the Super Eagles, had a spectacular outing at the just concluded AFCON 24 held in Cote d’Ivoire. Even though they did not bring home the trophy, their superlative performance that saw them reach the finals was not lost on Nigerians.   The emotions, passions, high hopes, and dashed hopes that attended that tournament, which even culminated in the deaths of not less than five Nigerians, could be an interesting topic, but that is not the crux of this intervention.  …

BREAKING: APC chieftain,Cairo Ojougboh dies while watching AFCON

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh is dead.   The former House of Representatives member NewsBand gathered, died on Wednesday night while watching the AFCON 2023 semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa. A source speaking on the unfortunate development said, “As soon as a penalty kick was awarded against Nigeria during the AFCON match with South Africa on Wednesday’s semi-final clash in Bouake, Ivory Coast, he slumped”. Meanwhile, the family of late Dr Cairo Ojougboh is yet to issue a statement in…

Nigeria vs South Africa: Beyond football By Lasisi Olagunju

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Sports, especially football, have opiatic effects on Nigerians. I call it kinetic booze. The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football competition has been remarkable in numbing the people’s terrible pain and pangs of hunger. Since this thing started, morbid fears of violent death and of mass abduction get forgotten every night in sporty ecstasy. “Let’s give them opium, and let them sleep and dream.” That is from Miguel de Unamuno’s Don Manuel, a fictional Catholic priest with no belief in afterlife but who keeps himself happy doing good. We…

AFCON: Kalu Congratulates Super Eagles on victory against Angola

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has declared that Nigeria is unstoppable in her bid to win the 2023 African Cup of Nations currently ongoing in Côte d’Ivoire. Kalu made the declaration after the Super Eagles of Nigeria, last night, demolished the Black Sable Antelopes of Angola by 1-0 in the Quarter Finals of the biggest African football fiesta to qualify for Semi Finals. The Deputy Speaker who was a member of the National Assembly delegation to Angola led by the Senate President, Senator…

AFCON QUALIFICATIONS : Gov Bello congratulates Super Eagles …tip team for glory

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has extended his congratulations to the Super Eagles of Nigeria after they qualified for the 33rd AFCON tournament following their hard-fought 1 – 0 victory over fellow top spot contenders, the Squirrels of Benin Republic.   The Governor’s congratulations on Saturday was contained in a Press Statement issued to pressmen by his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Onogwu.   The Governor who hailed the team spirit and camaraderie of the Eagles also expressed confidence in the combination of talents scouted from foreign and home-based turfs and…

AFCON : Lawan Congratulates Super Eagles

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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has congratulated the Nigeria’s Super Eagle for qualifying into the semi final stage of the African Cup of Nation (AfCON) by beating South Africa 2-1 in Egypt. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa, Lawan said the victory of the Eagles has reinforced the confidence of Nigerians in the team to win the trophy. He noted that, “your victory this night has reinforced our confidence in you to win the trophy for Nigeria. “Nigerians have never doubted your commitment…