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Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam lost 9-10 after penalty kicks to their Guinean counterparts in a pulsating semi-final match at the Africa Under-17 Nations Cup. In the competition’s first…

The Super Eagles have been handed a seemingly easy group at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after they were drawn against Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi. Madagascar and Burundi are debutants at the AFCON but they could be tricky opponents…

The deadly Ebola virus has been found in a bat in Liberia, researchers and the health ministry said on Thursday. National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Director General Tolbert Nyenswah told newsmen in the capital Monrovia that…

Guinea has accepted to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations instead of the 2023 edition, a move that confirms Cameroon as the 2021 hosts, the Confederation of African Football president said Monday. “I am delighted with this change in…

Nigeria needs not less than $337 billion to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2019 to 2022, the UN Support Plan for the Sahel has estimated. The cost of implementing the SDGs in Nigeria, according to the plan, is…

South Africa could step in as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, according to the president of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad in an interview with AFP on Monday. CAF has been studying alternative solutions for…

Nigeria has contributed more money to the Economic Community of West African States than 13 other Members states put together in the last 12 years, statistics have shown. Statistics on payment of the Community Levy obtained by our…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday advised Nigeria’s financial services institutions to urgently embrace operational reforms to meet up with the inevitability of the Fintech revolution. Speaking at the ongoing first ever Africa…

The failure of some countries within the West African Monetary Zone to meet up with the macroeconomic convergence criteria is currently threatening the take-off of the single currency regime for the sub-region. The development…

Determined to ensure effective service to its customers, First Bank of Nigeria on Thursday unveiled its chat banking on WhatsApp. Mr Chuma Ezirim, the bank’s Group Head, E-Business, said the application would enable customers leverage…