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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 1 June 2021 No fewer than 11 Super Eagles players have pulled out of Friday’s international friendly against Cameroon in Austria, The PUNCH reports. Coach Gernot Rohr initially selected a 31-man squad, before reducing the list of players to 23 last week. However, that number has been dwindling over the last few days, leaving Rohr scrambling to find replacements in time for the game. Kenneth Omeruo, Sadiq Umar, Frank Onyeka, Victor Osimhen, Semi Ajayi, Kevin...

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The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola in Adamawa state.

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Having said that, it did feel like last weekend was the crowning point for the nation’s forwards with Asisat Oshoala winning the Women’s Champions League with Barcelona Femeni, Kelechi Iheanacho enjoying Leicester City’s first FA Cup title after beating huge favourites Chelsea and Simy scoring his 20th Serie A goal of the campaign, equalling his personal best from last season. Admittedly, the latter may not have won a trophy with that leveller against Benevento; still, scoring 20 times in...

Advertisement Quite a number of Nigerian forwards across Europe have been banging in the goals in the 2020/2021 season with consistency that confirms their forms are far from flukes. Here are Nigeria’s leading goal scorers across the different leagues in Europe:  Paul Onuachu – 31 goals Advertisement When Onuachu’s name was omitted from the initial Super Eagles squad for the AFCON qualification game that took place in March, grumbles stirred amidst football faithful in the country. Why w...

Janet Osamudiamen Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has claimed that Reading playmaker, Michael Olise was not handed a late call-up for the national team’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches last month due to international travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus crisis. British-based players such as Everton’s Alex Iwobi, Rangers’ Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun, Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, and Fulham’s Ola Aina all reported for international duty in...

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has claimed that Reading playmaker Michael Olise was not handed a late call-up for the national team’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches last month due to international travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus crisis. British-based players such as Everton’s Alex Iwobi, Rangers’ Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun, Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, and Fulham’s Ola Aina all reported for international duty in March. Former Chels...

Umar has been turning heads with Almeria and is close to helping the club return to La Liga, having scored 24 goals, amid other dazzling displays. Onuachu has also been in terrific form, for Genk in the current campaign firing on all cylinders and has now taken his tally to 31 goals across all competitions. The lanky forward also recently played a key role as the Nigeria national team secured back-to-back victories over the Republic of Benin and Lesotho to qualify for the 2022 Africa Cup of Na...

By Hammed Shittu A pressure group, Kwara Must Change (KMC), has observed that good governance is suffering in the country due to poor representation. The group however said that, the legislative arm of government was not providing direction based on needs of the people. Speaking at the public presentation of legislative watch assessment report of both national representatives and Kwara state Assembly members in Ilorin on Wednesday held at NUJ Press centre, Ilorin , the convener of KMC, Mallam A...