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PARIS, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Though it affects more than 140,000 children each year, noma remains a little-known disease among the general public. Derived from the Greek word “nomein,” meaning “to devour,” the disease destroys the face, resulting in the death of the child in 90% of cases. In order to fight this scourge, in 2019, former footballer Roger Milla set up the Noma Fund association. Together with former internationals such as Joseph-Antoine Bell, François Omam-Biyik, Patrick Mboma, Rigobert Song, and Jacques Songo’o, he is today launching a global appeal for donati...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: Ndubuisi Egbo (left) and Nwankwo Kanu after Nigeria’s defeat to Cameroon at the 2000 AFCON final. Johnny Edward Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ndubuisi Egbo, has revealed that Nwankwo Kanu never wanted to take a penalty in the final of the African Cup of Nations in 2000, The PUNCH reports. The Eagles lost 4-3 on penalties to Cameroon after full and extra time ended 2-2.  During the shootout, Kanu’s penalty, Nigeria’s third, was saved by Boukar Alioum, the Cameroon goalkeeper. Speaking on his time with the Eagles in an interview with ...