(Adds Senate president’s spokesman) By Camillus Eboh and Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) – Nigerian police said on Sunday the president of the upper house of parliament had been invited for questioning over allegations that he financed a criminal gang that carried out a spate of armed robberies and killed 33 people including pregnant […]
Read More ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) – Nigeria named the following squad on Sunday to compete at the World Cup in Russia this month: Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba), Francis Uzoho (Deportivo Coruna) Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion), Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag), Elderson Echiejiole (Cercle Brugge), Brian Idowu […]
Read More (Adds details) ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) – Experienced fullback Elderson Echiejile, whose career has been languishing in the Belgian second division, and Simeon Nwankwo, who won a first cap last week, were both included as Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr on Sunday finalised his 23-man squad for the World Cup. Echiejile has played just twice since […]
Read More ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) – Nigerian police on Sunday said the president of the upper house of parliament had been invited for questioning over allegations that he financed a criminal gang that carried out a spate of armed robberies and killed 33 people including pregnant women. Bukola Saraki’s three-year tenure as Senate president has been […]
Read More BERN, June 2 (Reuters) – England manager Gareth Southgate was delighted with his side’s performance in a 2-1 win over Nigeria but Germany’s Joachim Loew was angry after the world champions suffered a historic loss to Austria in Saturday’s World Cup warm-up friendlies. Four other World Cup finalists failed to score between them as European […]
Read More LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) – England manager Gareth Southgate said his side’s attacking display in the first half of Saturday’s pre-World Cup friendly win over Nigeria was up there with the best of his time in charge of the national team. “That was as good a half as we’ve had, I think,” Southgate said after […]
Read More LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) – England beat Nigeria 2-1 in a friendly on Saturday that provided some clues as to how coach Gareth Southgate will line up his still experimental side when the World Cup gets underway in two weeks’ time. First-half goals from Gary Cahill and captain Harry Kane helped England to victory at […]
Read More SAO PAULO, June 2 (Reuters) – Brazil coach Tite criticised team sponsor Mastercard on Saturday, telling the credit card company that an offer of charitable donations in return for goals by Neymar and Lionel Messi was not helpful in a team sport. Mastercard, which has been one of Brazil’s main sponsors since 2012, last week […]
Read More ABUJA, June 1 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank said on Friday it had injected $331.41 million into the interbank foreign exchange market, continuing its efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages. The bank said the funds were allocated to companies in the agricultural, airline, petroleum and machinery sectors. The central bank is “buoyant enough […]
Read More LAGOS, June 1 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose 0.27 percent from a month ago to $47.62 billion as of May 30, central bank data showed on Friday. Nigeria’s forex buffer stood at $30.36 billion, up 57 percent from a year ago, but is still far off a peak of $64 billion hit in […]
Read More May 28 (Reuters) – World Cup-bound Nigeria conceded a late penalty and were held to a 1-1 draw by the Democratic Republic of Congo in a friendly in Port Harcourt planned to give them a fitting send-off to next month’s tournament in Russia. Nigeria, who head to Europe to continue their preparations with a game […]
Read More PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, May 28 (Reuters) – Nigerian defender Brian Idowu believed that playing for his club in Russia would see him passed over for a place in the national team for this year’s World Cup, he told Reuters, after having made the provisional squad. “I was only focusing on my career and never believed […]
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