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BFA signs on to Afreximbank’s AFTRAF, gets initial $50m credit

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2019 0

Motolani Oseni Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) has signed on to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Trade Facilitation programme (AFTRAF) for an initial $50-million line of credit, becoming the first Angolan bank to sign on to the programme. Afreximbank in a statement signed by its

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Odion Ighalo speeds up programme for recovery from injury

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Former Super Eagles forward Odion Ighalo continued his recovery from a hamstring injury with a session in the gym on Tuesday. Ighalo, 30, picked up the injury in the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2019 Third-Place match against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Cairo. The striker posted a short video of himself on Twitter doing a […]

Sports

Esperance declared 2018/2019 CAF Champions League winners

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Tunisian club Esperance were declared the 2018/2019 African Champions League winners on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. This was after the disciplinary committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) found opponents Wydad Casablanca guilty of abandoning the second leg game of the final round in May. This reverses an earlier decision by the CAF executive […]

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AFCON: Super Eagles feel motivated to beat Tunisia – Gernot Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr says his team have strong desire to beat Tunisia in their AFCON 2019 Third-Place match at the Al Salam Stadium Stadium, Cairo on Wednesday after last Sunday’s disappointing semi-final defeat to Algeria. Rohr’s charges went down to an agonising 2-1 loss to the Desert Foxes of Algeria with Riyad […]

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AFCON: Emmanuel Okala, others say Super Eagles need prayers to beat Tunisia in third-place match

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Emmanuel Okala, a former Green Eagles goalkeeper, on Tuesday in Enugu asked for prayers from Nigerians for the Super Eagles to beat Tunisia on Wednesday in Cairo. Newsmen report that the Super Eagles will face the Carthage Eagles in the third-place match of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Okala, who helped […]

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AFCON: Super Eagles unlucky in defeat to Algeria – Odion Ighalo

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2019 0

Odion Ighalo believes the Super Eagles were unlucky to lose their semifinal clash at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt to the Desert Foxes of Algeria. The Super Eagles hopes of winning a fourth continental was dashed following a 2-1 defeat to the North Africans in the semifinal clash at the Cairo International […]

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AFCON: Gernot Rohr reveals why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2019 0

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has revealed why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria in Sunday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals game at Cairo International Stadium. Three-time Africa Champions fought back from a goal deficit in the second half to hold Desert Foxes to a 1-1 draw until injury time where Manchester City forward Riyad […]

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Afcon: South Africa are favourites in quarterfinal match against Nigeria – Gernot Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2019 0

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has declared that South Africa are the overwhelming favourites heading into Wednesday’s quarterfinal fixture of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Bafana Bafana put up a spirited display to knock out hosts, the Pharaohs of Egypt, 1-0 in the Round of 16 encounter last Saturday. Rohr believes that […]

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Afcon: Super Eagles can’t afford to fail Nigerians against Bafana – Ahmed Musa

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2019 0

Ahmed Musa says the Super Eagles can’t afford to fail their teeming supporters back home in Nigeria and around the world when they do battle with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa for AFCON 2019 semifinal spot at the Cairo International Stadium on Wednesday. The Super Eagles are looking to win a fourth continental title […]

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AFCON: How Nigeria-South Africa rivalry started – Austin Okocha

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2019 0

Nigeria legend Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha is looking forward to an “interesting” encounter when the three-time African champions lock horns with South Africa at the Cairo International Stadium. Ahead of the quarterfinal outing at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the two countries had previously met in the continental showpiece twice – in 2000 and 2004 […]

Business

Afreximbank opens registration for Moscow 2019 Annual Meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2019 0

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has opened registration for the 2019 Annual Meetings which will be held in Moscow. Afreximbank, in a statement by Adaeze Anyaoku on Thursday, which was obtained by the Daily Times, said that the announcement was made in Cairo urging intending participants for the meetings, dubbed AAM2019, to register by visiting […]

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Corruption: Court Sentenced Mubarak, Sons to Three-Year Jail Term

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2015 0

A Cairo court sentenced Egypt’s deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison on corruption charges on Saturday, The Associated Press reports. The case — dubbed the “presidential palaces” affair by the Egyptian media — was a retrial charging that Mubarak and sons embezzled millions of dollars’ worth of state […]

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CAF yet to Confirm Morocco's Place at AFCON 2017

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

The Confederation of African Football has is yet to confirm whether Morocco will play in the qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. On Thursday the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed CAF ‘s ban on Morocco from the 2017 and 2019 events. But today Friday, CAF’s director of communications Junior Binyam told the […]