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Senegal's President Macky Sall awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad's weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations. In a ceremony in the presidential palace…

Senegalese trio, Saido Mane, coach Aliou Cissé, keeper Edouard Mendy together with Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar took top honours at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 individual awards. Mane, the Senegalese forward,…

Super Eagles will face 2004 African champions Tunisia in the round of 16 of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium in Garoua. Tunisia finished third in Group F behind Mali and The Gambia after losing…

The immediate past speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Musa Ahmed, has thrown his weight behind the performance of his predecessor, Balarabe Abdullahi. Ahmed, who served as speaker for eight years from 2007 to 2015 under…

Gambia pulled off a smash and grab at the Limbe Stadium on Thursday night after a last-gasp goal saw them beat 10-man Tunisia 1-0 in their final match of Group F. Tom Saintfiet's side defended doggedly to keep out the Eagles of Carthage,…

Mali claimed a 2-0 win over Mauritania in their final Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group F match at the Stade Omnisport de Douala in Cameroon on Thursday night. The win saw the Eagles progress to the knockout phase as Group F winners…

The Anioma socio-political group in Delta State, Odinma Anioma, has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winning party in the state’s 2023 gubernatorial election. The group asserted this on Thursday in Asaba during a…

The former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has assured his supporters that his All Progressives Congress (APC) membership Card is intact. He said this in response to claims by a Zamfara state APC chieftain, Sani Abdullahi…

The Federal Mines Officer in Lagos, Mr Sunny Okhouya, has urged sand dredgers and miners in the state to add value to the sites through backfilling and reforestation. In an interview in Lagos on Tuesday, January 18,…

The Nigerian government has approved the sum of N1.4 billion for the procurement of equipment and agricultural inputs for the National Youth Farmers’ Scheme Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this…