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Africa: Nwabali Anticipates Interesting Clash Against South Africa

[ad_1] Super Eagles new number one, Stanley Nwabali has said he is looking forward to Wednesday's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against South Africa in Bouake. Nwabali who plies his career with Chippa United in South Africa said he knows the players and they know him. He further said he would have a sweet day stopping all efforts by the Bafana Bafana and then seeing them shunted to the third-place match. "I want to play against South Africa. I really […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024

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Nigeria/South Africa: Peseiro Demands More Goals Despite Watertight Defence

[ad_1] Nigeria manager José Peseiro has called on his side to be more clinical up front despite boasting the strongest defence at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire. The Super Eagles are into the semi-finals after a 1-0 win over Angola which represented their fourth straight clean sheet at the competition. Quietly and without fanfare, Nigeria are steadily advancing in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 with a clash with South Africa on Wednesday. The coach […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024

Africa

Africa: Blinken Trip to Africa – America’s Impotence in the Post-Hegemonic World

[ad_1] Washington, DC — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to four African countries - Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola - on January 21-26, 2024, demonstrates just how worried US policymakers are about recent developments in Africa. Despite the demands on his time from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Secretary Blinken obviously knows he has to pay attention to Africa.  He and the Biden administration face six overlapping, simultaneous crises in different part of Africa:  the […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024

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Nigeria/Ghana: Flashback – How Babangida Wrecked South Africa in 2000 Afcon Semi-Final

[ad_1] PREMIUM TIMES takes a trip down memory lane to revisit the occasion when these two countries clashed at the same stage of the AFCON tournament held by Ghana and Nigeria 24 years ago Nigeria and South Africa will slug it out for a place in the final of the 2023 AFCON following successes in their quarter-final games against Angola and Cape Verde, respectively. While Ademola Lookman's solitary goal did the magic for the Super Eagles, Ronwen Williams' astonishing four […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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South Africa/Nigeria: Afcon 2023 Semi-Final – Don’t Underrate South Africa, Coach Amun Warns Super Eagles

[ad_1] Amun advised the Super Eagles to be well prepared to give their best against the Bafana Bafana on Wednesday Fanny Amun, a former Super Eagles coach, has advised the team not to underrate South Africa in their semi-final encounter at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d'Ivoire. Amun, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, also applauded the performance of the Super Eagles, saying the team had improved with each […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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Egypt Fire Coach After Afcon Disappointment

[ad_1] Egypt has parted ways with head coach Rui Vitoria after the national team's underwhelming performance at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) confirmed on Monday. Vitoria's dismissal follows Egypt's dramatic penalty shootout defeat to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 16, dashing their hopes of a record-extending eighth AFCON title. The team's lackluster group stage performance, marked by three draws, further fueled frustrations, prompting apologies from the EFA to the Egyptian fans. […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Burna Boy Makes History With Dazzling Grammy Performance

[ad_1] Burna Boy performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time, with his representatives noting he is the first Afro-fusion artiste to do so in a press release distributed prior to Grammy night. Though Burna is largely associated with the more widely known genre of Afrobeats -- which itself is often a fusion of genres such as highlife, hip-hop, R&B, and more -- he has long attempted to differentiate himself by referring to his own music as Afro-fusion. Other […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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Nigeria/Cote d’Ivoire: Onigbinde Hails Nwabali’s Superb Goalkeeping

[ad_1] The Technical Adviser of Doma United, Coach Akinade Onigbinde, has lauded Super Eagles new number one goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali on his brilliant goalkeeping at the ongoing Africa Cup of nations (AFCON) in Cote d' Ivoire. The Chippa United of South Africa keeper has so far kept four clean sheets at the championship to draw plaudits from Nigerian football fans. Although he was injured in the Round of 16 victory against Cameroon, the former Lobi Stars and Katsina United keeper […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Hage Geingob – Namibian President Who Played a Modernising Role

[ad_1] Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death on February 4 2024. He was Namibia's first prime minister from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 2012 to 2015. Geingob was born on 3 August 1941. He joined the ranks of the national liberation movement South West African People's Organisation (Swapo during its formation in 1960. As the official statement declared: The Namibian nation has lost a distinguished servant […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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