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After a five-year absence from international competitions, Nigeria’s Supersand Eagles will set off for Nouakchott on Friday morning for their 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against Mauritania, scheduled for Saturday.This encounter marks the first leg of a two-leg fixture, with Egyptian officials appointed to oversee the game. Hany Farouk El-Sayed Eleraky will serve as the main referee, supported by Ahmed Mohamed Elwan Nofal as Referee 2 and I...

The Super Eagles have dropped to 39th position in the latest FIFA rankings, slipping one place from their previous rank of 38th....

Kenyan police have banned protests in the centre of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”....

As the 2024/2025 football season approaches, the Nigeria National League (NNL) has announced that 12 clubs from last season’s four conferences will be demoted to the third-tier National League One (NLO). At the same time, the NNL has confirmed the promotion of four clubs from these conferences to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).The NNL wrapped up its season with the Super Eight Championships at Enugu's Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, where Nasarawa United, Elkan...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has honored Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka by naming the 12.5-kilometer Kemta-Idi Aba-Somorin Road in Abeokuta after the distinguished playwright and scholar.Governor Abiodun made this announcement during a reception held by the state government on Wednesday to celebrate Prof. Soyinka’s 90th birthday. The Governor lauded Prof. Soyinka for his remarkable achievements in academia and literature, which have not on...

The Senate has removed Senator ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reinstated the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, PHILIP SHAIBU back to office. ...

President BOLA TINUBU has forwarded to the Senate for consideration and approval the injection of 6.2 trillion naira into the 27.5 trillion naira 2024 budget....

Ogun State Assembly Minority Leader Advances Bill for Principal-General OfficeThe Minority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Lukman Adeleye, has made a significant move to enhance the state’s education system by introducing a bill to legally establish the office of Principal-General in Ogun State.The bill, identified as H.B No. 016/OG/2024, successfully passed its second reading and seeks to create a legal framework f...

SWAN Seeks Collaboration with Ogun State Assembly for Sports Commission and Trust Fund ImplementationThe Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called on the Ogun State House of Assembly to collaborate on the implementation of the Sports Commission Act, which was passed by the Assembly in 2019 to advance sports development in the state.In December 2019, the State House of Assembly passed the State Sports Commission Bill and the ...