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The Nigerian female football team, the Super Falcons, has won the 2023 Confederation of African Football (CAF) award for the National Team of the Year. The year’s CAF award came off the back of an impressive showing at the Women’s World Cup earlier in the year. They drew Olympic champions Canada and shock co-hosts Australia and settled for a point against the Republic of Ireland. The Nigerian team did not lose a match in their three group games before losing to England. England knocked the Super Falcons out of the competition in the round of 16 after defeating them in…

Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has made the final three-man shortlist for the 2023 CAF Men’s Player of the Year, scheduled to take place tonight in Marrakech, Morocco. Football fans expect the Nigerian forward to be crowned the CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award for the first time since 1999. The last time a Nigerian won the prestigious CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award was Nwankwo Kanu. Osimhen is the favourite to win his first CAF Player of the Year Award after his exploits with Napoli and the Super Eagles in the outgoing year. He is one of the…

Veteran news broadcaster Aisha Bello’s funeral prayer will be held today, Monday, in Abuja’s central mosque as Nigerians mourn and celebrate her strides in journalism. Some listeners of NTA news broadcast in the 1990s and 2000s said her passion spurred their interest in journalism. She will be remembered for her popularly known intro to the news cast, “Welcome to the Network News at 9. I am Aisha Bello Mustapha, and here with me is Cyril Stober.” Chronicle NG reports on how Nigerians on social media recount the impacts of Aisha Bello. Yinka Obebe wrote, “Rest well, Ma. Aisha Bello Mustapha.…

Liquor consumers in Nigeria have continued to lament over the sales of fake Azul in nightclubs, bars, and stores. This growing trend over fake liquor in circulation has raised concerns about its effect on consumers health in a recent cry out. Popular Nigerian singer Daniel Benson, fondly called BNXN (formerly Buju), wrote in an X post on his official page, “Respect my health, respect my money. Give me what I pay for. If you don’t have it, don’t bring a fake one. “The next club or lounge that does this to me, I promise I will take that microphone from…

Briton Chris Billam-Smith retained his WBO cruiserweight title as Mateusz Masternak retired in Bournemouth. Referee John Latham waved off the contest two seconds into round eight after Pole Masternak sustained an injury. Billam-Smith struggled to match Masternak early on, but his work on the body in round seven paid dividends. It was Chris first defence of his title. He extended his winning streak to 10, and his overall record boasts 19 victories from 20 fights. He has lost only to Richard Riakporhe in 2019, and a rematch with his British rival could be next. On the potential of facing Riakporhe,…

A Nigerian, Don “Tobechukwu” Ade, claimed on Sunday that the image of Paul Enenche, the founder and lead pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, rescued a Nigeria police officer from kidnappers. Ade, in an X post, said that “Last year, an officer of the Nigeria Police Force in Rivers State was on his way home in the evening, and unknowing to him, he boarded the wrong vehicle (name and picture withheld for security and safety reasons).” “He was kidnapped from that point and was taken through a thick forest with a few others to a place that looked like a…

Nigerians on social media bashed self-acclaimed entrepreneur Francis Van-Lare, who claimed to have slept with about 70 women and released their faces on the internet to celebrate his 70th birthday. Van-Lare, who took to his verified Facebook page on Friday, released the now-deleted names and pictures of the women he had sexual relations with, adding that he is releasing a book next year that will have a list of the over 70 ladies’ names and pictures. “70 years of reflection. Have you spoken to me before? I am creating a slideshow with 365 photos to play, Van-Lare said”. “Over the…

Devin Haney claimed a unanimous points victory over Regis Prograis to secure the WBC light-welterweight title in San Francisco. American Haney dominated his compatriot and knocked him down in the third round, with all three judges scoring the bout 120-107 in Haney’s favour. It was his first fight at 140 pounds, having previously been the undisputed lightweight champion. “I felt so much stronger – 140 got a new king,” Haney, 25, said. He vacated his 135lb WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO belts in November to move up a weight class. He now holds a 31-0 record, including 15 knockouts, while…

Fulham hit five goals for the second time in a week as they thrashed West Ham at Craven Cottage to move into the top half of the Premier League. The floodgates have certainly opened for the Whites in recent weeks, with David Moyes’ men the latest side to be put to the sword as five different scorers struck in a fine 5-0 home win—just four days after Fulham beat Nottingham Forest by the same scoreline. Raul Jimenez opened the scoring to take his personal tally to four in five games, having previously not scored a Premier League goal since March…

The 18th edition of The Experience, a gospel music fiesta which lasted into the early hours of Saturday morning, was met with moments of boo for Seyi Tinubu when host Pastor Paul Adefarasin acknowledged his presence at the event. The gospel music fiesta, hosted by House on the Rock Church, took place at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, drawing people from all walks of life. Chronicle NG reports on how Nigerians reacted to the acknowledgement of President Bola Tinubu’s son at The Experience. Kufre Abasi said, “Seyi Tinubu was acknowledged at the Experience in Lagos; the boo and grumbling have…