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Allow Nigeria go to 2022 World Cup, don’t play qualifiers – Ghana Parliament member tells Black Stars

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2022

A member of the Ghanaian parliament, Patrick Boamah, has urged the nation to forfeit their 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff against Nigeria. Ghana has a date with Nigeria in March in a two-legged playoff that would determine who makes it to the Qatar 2022 showpiece. And lawmaker Boamah wants

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AFCON: Buhari in video conference with Super Eagles, charges them to fly

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday morning gave a pep talk to the Super Eagles, ahead of their second round match against Tunisia tonight in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021) tournament. Speaking via video conference from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President spoke with Coach Augustine Eguavoen, Captain Ahmed Musa, President of Nigerian Football […]

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Australian Open: Djokovic loses appeal, to be deported from Australia

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2022

Judges has just rejected tennis star Novak Djokovic’s last-ditch appeal to remain in Australia Consequently, he is set to be deported from Australia, after losing his appeal against his visa cancellation. The judges have unanimously dismissed his appeal. They say they will give their reason shortly. The world champion has been embroiled in a visa […]

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Allen Onyema gifts Eagles N10m for beating Egypt, pledges N50m for AFCON title

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2022

Allen Onyema, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, has gifted the Super Eagles N10 million for beating the Pharaohs of Egypt in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking with the team at halftime in their opening game on Tuesday, Onyema, who expressed optimism that the team would make Nigerians proud, pledged to […]

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Breaking: Iheanacho sinks Salah’s Egypt

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2022

Kelechi Iheanacho thirtieth-minute stunner was enough to seal victory for the Super Eagles. The match which was slated as the biggest game of the Group D heavyweights clash of the Africa Cup of Nations so far took place in Garoua. All eyes were on Egypt’s talisman, Mohamed Salah to see if he could replicate his […]

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Musa: A Quality Inversely Proportional To His Rating

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2022

By Kunle Awosiyan You may not like him, I do like Ahmed Musa for his commitment to Nigeria. You may not like his style of play, he has scored some beautiful goals for the Super Eagles. As a matter of fact, he remains the Super Eagles’ highest goal scorer at FIFA World cup. He did […]