Ahead of Tuesday’s friendly match with newly–crowned Europa League champions, Atletico Madrid FC of Spain at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Super Eagles’ B Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has invited 23 players, among them highly –rated Plateau United striker Tosin Omoyele and Katsina United defender Destiny Ashadi. There were […]
American sportswear commpany, NIKE, said it had received over three million orders for the new jerseys designed for the Senior National Team of Nigeria, Super Eagles, for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals opening in Russia in exactly four weeks. At a meeting with chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation at […]
Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, now has a budget for the financial year 2018. The country’s upper chamber of its legislative arm has passed the budget totaling about N9.2 trillion into law. The budget is significantly higher than the N8.6 trillion shared with the Senate by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in […]
The railway unit of China’s state-owned construction company said it has signed a $6.68 billion railway project with Nigeria. The company said in an official statement that the: “China Civil Engineering Group Co., Ltd. has diplomatic relations with Nigeria. The Ministry signed a supplementary implementation agreement No. 4 between Lagos […]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been scheduled for an international friendly against Spanish side, Atletico Madrid in Uyo. This was announced at a press conference held at MultiChoice office in Victoria Island. Organizers confirmed that the match will be held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, on May […]
As a follow up to its Yuan currency swap deal with China worth about $2.5 billion, Nigeria is said to have picked lenders who who will manage the transactions. According to ThisDay Newspaper, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Zenith Bank and First Bank of Nigeria have been appointed to manage […]
Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria has entered a yuan currency swap agreement with China, the world’s second-largest economy. Under the agreement, Nigeria and China will exchange goods and services in the region of 15 billion yuan.
Royal Dutch Shell said it is paying more royalty to the Nigerian government compared to payments he made in previous years. In 2017 alone, Shell said it paid a total of $4.32 billion compared to $3.64 billion it paid to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the state oil company. […]
Assistant Coach of D’Tigers, Mohammed Abdulrahman is optimistic of his team winning a medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games holding in Gold Coast Australia. Speaking from the team’s camp in Cairns after their second loss in as many games on Saturday, a resilient Abdulrahman said despite his team still in […]
Pussyfooting away from a deadly recession, Nigeria’s Central Bank said it will leave the headline interest rate unchanged at 14%. This is divergent given the views of analysts who had thought that the CBN Monetary Policy Committee, MPC would hold rates despite a stronger gross domestic product, GDP, and slower […]