Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Youths in Parliament, Rep. Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala, has charged the Super Eagles to go all out to defeat Cameroon on Saturday in Abidjan. The lawmaker said the win will be a moral booster for the team to ultimately lift the fourth African Cup...
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Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, says the team’s approach against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday is to defend as a unit, while being clinical in front of opposition goal. The gaffer said this on Friday in Abidjan at a pre-match press conference ahead of the...
Some football fans in the FCT have urged the Super Eagles to be focused and disciplined when they take on the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the round of 16 of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan, Cote d`Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Saturday clash with Cameroon in the Round of 16 at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-time champions who finished second in Group A with 7 points will...
Five-time champions Cameroon lived up to their billing Tuesday in Bouake with a never-say-die display to advance to the round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Indomitable Lions had looked down and out of contention in their Group C match day 3 fixture,...
Guinea and Cameroon played out a 1-1 draw in a tensed encounter at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in the second Group C game of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Côte d’Ivoire 2023 on Monday. Guinea took an early lead through Mohamed Bayo. Bayo was given all...
Cultural troupes from Ghana, Cameroon and 15 states in Nigeria were among those that shone at the 2023 Cultural Carnival in Calabar on Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The event, which witnessed cultural performances from the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River, had...
The Nigeria under 17 female volleyball team on Wednesday in Abuja, defeated their Cameroonian counterparts 3-1 in the semifinal match of the ongoing 2023 Girl’s U17 African Nations Volleyball. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the package B of the Moshood Abiola...
Wild Africa Fund, an environmental NGO, says that Cross River gorillas can boost local tourism if there are deliberate policies to protect them. The fund urges the public to protect Nigeria’s unique Cross River gorillas by supporting ongoing efforts to safeguard their populations and habitat as well as reducing...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on International Boundary Dispute has halted plans to cede Sina in Michika Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa to the Republic of Cameroon. Rep. Beni Lar, the Chairman of the Committee, gave the ruling in Abuja on Tuesday at an investigative...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has confirmed Cameroonian Authorities’ decision to shut down the spilling of excess water from the Lagdo Dam. NIHSA Director General, Mr Clement Nze in a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja said there was no cause for alarm or apprehension of possible...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Nigerians not to entertain fear over the release of the excess water from Lagdo Dam from Cameroon. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Manzo Ezekiel, Head of the agency’s press unit, on Monday in Abuja. He...
Nigeria’s women’s senior volleyball team have qualified to play the fifth place match after beating Morocco 3-0 ( 26-24,25-21,29-27 ) in the best loser match at the ongoing 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. The match is played at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de...
Gunmen killed 10 people and injured another two at a busy junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. A witness said the attackers arrived in vehicles late on Sunday, ordered people onto the floor with accusations of failing to back...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on international boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday called for swift action to be taken to prevent the loss of another Cross River State territory to Cameroon like Bakassi. The Danare and Biajua communities and about 7,000 to 10,000 hectares...
Star striker of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and captain of the French national football team, Kylian Mbappe, was greeted by crowds as he visited Cameroon during the week. Hundreds of fans gathered outside Yaounde airport Thursday upon his arrival in Cameroon for a charity visit and a tour of his...
The House of Representatives has resolved to stop ongoing plans to cede Danare and Biajua Communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River of Nigeria, through Pillar 113A to the Republic of Cameroon. This followed the adoption of a motion jointly sponsored by members of Cross River Caucus,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided a factory in Mubi, Adamawa supplying deadly Akuskura psychoactive substance to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi...
Cameroon Health Ministry on Friday said the country has restricted movement along its border with Equatorial Guinea following “several unexplained deaths” from hemorrhagic fever. In a statement, the ministry said the restrictions were imposed in “view of the high risk of importation of this disease and in order to...