Football: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Zambia suffer shock losses Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Former African champions Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zambia all lost at home Saturday on a day of upsets in the first qualifying round for the 2019 Cup of Nations. Three–time champions Nigeria lost a competitive game against South …
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Kampala City ?? 2 ?? Rivers United 1: A brace from Derrick Nsibambi ⚽ ??? spurs KCCA FC Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Derrick Nsibambi bagged a brace as Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) of Uganda beat Rivers United of Nigeria 2-1 on Saturday in a CAF Confederation Cup clash. The win lifted …
Read More »LIVE: Nsibambi brace gives brave KCCA FC 2nd CAF group win
Kampala City ?? 2 ?? Rivers United 1 A brace from Derrick Nsibambi ensured KCCA FC continued their perfect CAF Confederation Cup home record at Lugogo’s Philip Omondi Stadium in Lugogo on Saturday. Nsibambi struck on 16 minutes in the first half, then restored the lead in the 71st after the Nigerians had equalized …
Read More »Mutebi confident ahead of clash with Nigeria’s Rivers Utd
Lugogo, Uganda| KCCA FC MEDIA| Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (KCCA FC) return to continental action today with a home duel against Nigeria’s Rivers United in Group A of the Total CAF Confederation Cup. After earning a vital victory against Club Africain about a fortnight ago, KCCA FC ensured they remained on …
Read More »Nigeria’s first lady goes to visit ailing Buhari
Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s first lady left for London on Tuesday to join President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been in the British capital receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Aisha Buhari’s office released a brief statement saying she was going to Britain to “spend some time” with her …
Read More »Shut-down for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration
Onitsha, Nigeria | AFP | Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks of the River Niger, most …
Read More »Frustration and hope: Biafra 50 years on
Umuahia, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups — the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the …
Read More »Lagos turns 50: half-a-century of urban chaos
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | It’s only when the thick smog of humidity and pollution lifts that the size of Lagos becomes clear: from above, the megacity of some 20 million people seems to stretch out to infinity. Not even the Atlantic Ocean appears to be able to stop its …
Read More »Museveni briefs Nigerian army on national security
‘Patriotism encourages national transformation’ – President Museveni tells Nigerian soldiers Entebbe, Uganda| PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has told a delegation of Army Officers from the Nigerian Defence Force College that to achieve national security, African countries must root for and embrace patriotism and pan-Africanism so that African societies are …
Read More »Rivers United bounce past KCCA FC in tight CAF Cup group
KCCA FC rivals Rivers United of Nigeria bounce back in CAF Cup: Group A standing P W D L F A Pts FUS 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 Africain 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 Rivers 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 …
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