No fewer than 270 stranded Nigerians are about now on their way to Abuja from Egypt due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed on the Twitter handle of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). According to the commission, “270 Stranded Nigerians departed Cairo Egypt via @eayptair for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with two other Nationals. “The flight is expected Read More
Six countries, including hosts Morocco and Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria, secured Olympic tickets for Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the opening day of the on-going African Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, holding between February 22 and 23, 2020. The spread of the medals acutely reflects the difficulty and competitiveness of the Olympic qualification process, as well as spread Read More
Nigerian number one wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye has claimed her 6th African Championships gold with an emphatic 10-0 superiority win against Eman Ebrahim of Egypt in the final. With this feat, she is now the new World No.1 in the 57kg class.
Three African soccer musketeers Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Riyad Mahrez will be up for battle Tuesday night during 2019 CAF best footballer award in Egypt. All three players have had an impressive year, as the Reds duo managed to lift the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup. Additionally, they also shared the Premier League Read More
South Africa knocked hosts Egypt out of the Africa Cup of Nations and booked their place in the quarter-finals with a late winner in Cairo. With Egypt throwing players forward, Thembinkosi Lorch struck on the counter-attack after 85 minutes. Mahmoud Trezeguet had the hosts’ best chance, but he fired at the goalkeeper. Egypt have followed holders Cameroon out of the Read More
The president of the Egyptian Football Association Hani Abou Rida resigned late Saturday and “sacked” his technical team after the hosts’ shock elimination from the African Cup of Nations. The decision had been “a moral obligation” said the Egyptian FA in a statement after “disappointing Egypt’s supporters” in a 1-0 defeat to South Africa, adding that all board members had Read More
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A son of the late former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has accused incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and a number of other officials of “killing” his father. Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president who was arrested after being overthrown in a military coup led by el-Sisi in 2013, died on Monday after collapsing inside his soundproof glass cage while on trial in a Cairo courtroom on espionage Read More
Egypt’s former president Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the army in 2013, has died in court, state TV says. He reportedly fainted after a court session where he was facing espionage charges and subsequently died. He was 67. Morsi was overthrown following mass protests a year after he took office as the country’s first democratically elected leader. The former Read More
Nigeria will battle the Syli Nationale of Guinea, Intamba Mu Rugamba of Burundi and Madagascar, the first team to qualify for the finals, in the group phase of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The four teams are in Group B. At the draw ceremony conducted against the background of the Giza Pyramids in Cairo on Friday evening, all the Read More
Paul Onuachu has announced his arrival in the Super Eagles with a quickfire belter, which proved to be the match winner during international friendly against Egypt in Asaba. Onuachu fired home after just 35 seconds when he latched on to a long, searching ball from the Eagles half before he controlled it and then smashed home. Besides his goal, the Read More
The kickoff time for the eagerly-anticipated friendly between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt has been shifted from the earlier advertised 4.pm to 6.pm. The game will be played at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, as the Super Eagles and their opponents effectively begin the preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations having completed the qualifying Read More
The Delta State Police command has beefed adequate security in Asaba ahead of return leg match of the last African Cup of Nations and international friendly matches between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Seychelles’ Pirates, then Pharaohs of Egypt. While the AFCON qualifier(Super Eagles vs Seychelles) take place on Friday March 22, the international friendly encounter (Super Eagles vs Egypt) will Read More
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has again left out captain Mikel Obi and Kelechi Iheanacho ahead of Nation’s Cup clash against Pirates of Seychelles and friendly game with Pharaohs of Egypt. Rather, the Nigeria’s senior men football team coach has invited stand-in captain Ahmed Musa and 22 other players for this month’s matches. Both encounter will take place in Read More
National Champion in the -67 kg, Elizabeth Anyanacho, on Monday arrived Alexandria, Hurghada, venue of highly rated World Taekwondo Championship, Egypt Open scheduled for this weekend. From Turkey, she touched Egypt at exactly 3pm ahead of looming clash in the northern African region. The competition rated G-2 is meant to get underway between February 21 and 24, 2019. Anyanacho who Read More
Egypt’s Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school’s reputation. The video, which went viral earlier this month, showed a young man carrying a bouquet of flowers kneeling before a young woman and then hugging her in what appeared to be Read More
Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row. The 26-year-old beat Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane and Thomas Partey to the prize. The Premier League’s player of the year scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool last season. “It’s a great feeling to win Read More
Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles a while ago suffered defeat against Senegal in the final of the just concluded 2018 Beach soccer African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The Nigerian team lost 1-6 to Senegal. Despite the loss, Nigeria have already picked a 2019 World Cup ticket ahead Global beach soccer tournament in Paraguay. Surprisingly, the Super Sand Eagles beat Read More
Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles are through to the final of this year’s Beach Soccer AFCON and also booked a place at the World Cup in Paraguay next year. They surprisingly beat host, Egypt, 7-6. Details loading…
The demonstrators shouted “Go away assassin!” and held placards with slogans including “The people want Bin Salman to be judged”, “No to the killer of Yemeni children” and “You’re not welcome”. It was the second protest in as many days against the de facto Saudi ruler, who was expected to fly into Tunis from Egypt on Tuesday for talks with President Beji Read More
It took Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah just three years to transform from a Chelsea reject to being crowned African Player of the Year in Ghana few hours ago. Salah failed to blossom after moving from Swiss outfit Basel to Stamford Bridge, leading to him being loaned to Serie A sides Fiorentina and AS Roma, then sold to the Read More
At least 115 people were killed on Friday when Islamist militants set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai, state media said. No group claimed responsibility for the assault but it was the deadliest yet in the region where for three years Egyptian security forces have battled an Islamic Read More
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