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  • Veterinary doctors lament killing of elephants, eagles, other wild animals in the country

    Veterinary doctors lament killing of elephants, eagles, other wild animals in the country

    The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, (NVMA,) has lamented the killing of two elephant calves in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.

    NVMA also added that it has received with deep pain, reports of killings of two booted eagles which migrated from Europe but met their sad ends in Kebbi and Sokoto states.

    The association made these declarations via a statement signed by its President, Dr. Moses Arokoyo.

    Arokoyo in the statement made available to Newsmen on Sunday described the killing of the two elephants on 17th December 2023 as unfortunate.
    He also lamented the killing of two Eagles recently by some hunters in the country.

    He said, “The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association condemns totally and in all ramifications, the brutal killing of two (2) young defenceless elephant calves at Kala Balge LGA of Borno State on December 17, 2023.

    “This inhumane act depicts the premeditated and willful termination of a harmless and defenceless creature’s life, it also infringes on the animal’s right to live, which is our duty to protect as Veterinarians.

    “In the same vein, we have also received with deep pain, reports of killings of two booted eagles which migrated from Europe but met their sad ends in Kebbi and Sokoto States, Nigeria.

    “We wish to inform our colleagues and the entire veterinary community that the Nigerian National Park Service is already being engaged on the issue and in line with further investigations, the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association will work in collaboration with the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to get a sustainable solution to the continued Animal brutality as this is becoming of increasing concern.

    “It is also worthy to note that this act may not be unconnected to lack of awareness and sensitivity about the significance of wildlife conservation and options of non-lethal methods of self preservation to mitigate threats from these endangered wildlife species.”

  • Gernot Rohr set to land Eagles job for AFCON qualifiers

    Gernot Rohr set to land Eagles job for AFCON qualifiers

    Former Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr who was sacked shortly before the AFCON tournament has been shorlisted to tinker the Eagles of Mali

    The Franco-German gaffer has been linked with the vacant coaching role of the Eagles of Mali, few weeks after the dismissal of former coach Mohamed Magassouba.

    Although axed by Nigeria Football Federation for not playing entertainment football, Rohr is still regarded as one of the best coaches and highly experienced in African football.

    Other coaches listed are former Mali international, Eric Chelle, former coach of the Malian national team, Djibril Drame and AS Otoho coach, Alou Badra Diallo.
    Rohr became the longest serving Super Eagles coach for 5 years and few months after beating Clemens Westerhorf’s record of 5 years.

    The former Bordeaux manager had been linked with the Malian job in the past but said he chose Nigeria at the time.

    The Eagles of Mali is set to play AFCON 2023 qualifiers under the tutelage of a new gaffer and Gernot Rohr is highly favoured to land the job.

  • CAR shocking defeat: Rohr, Musa apologise to Nigerians, vow to make amends in Douala

    CAR shocking defeat: Rohr, Musa apologise to Nigerians, vow to make amends in Douala

    Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, and captain Ahmed Musa have apologised to Nigerians after the team’s loss to the Central African Republic (CAR) in their last 2022 World Cup qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Thursday.

    TheNewsGuru.com,TNG reports that the Eagles suffered a shock 1-0 defeat in Lagos to end their 100 per cent start to the World Cup qualifiers.

    With the result, it’s the first time in 40 years that Nigeria lost a World Cup qualifying match at home, since the Eagles last lost in Lagos to Algeria in the qualifiers for Espana ’82 in 1981.

    Speaking after their closed door training on Friday in Lagos, Musa said they were motivated to pick up the maximum points in Douala.

    “As you can see on the faces of the players, all of us are still sad about Thursday’s game, but there is nothing we can do about it other than to leave that in the past and focus on Sunday’s game.

    “We’ve talked to ourselves in the dressing room before we came out for training and we know the importance of the game. We are not going there for a draw but a win.

    “We want to apologise to Nigerians because we know they are sad about the result but that’s football. Come Sunday we will get the result they wanted from us. We are focused and we will go there to win and have nine points,” Musa said in an interview with The Punch.

    Rohr on his part admitted the players made some mistakes but said they remained focused and will come back victorious.

    He said, “I think everybody knows that we made some mistakes and despite playing a good game we didn’t score and if you don’t score you cannot win. We regret those mistakes and now is not the time to speak but to react on the field and show in the second match that we have a better team.”

    TNG reports that the Eagles are due to arrive Douala today for the match-day 4 clash on Sunday.

    The team will leave the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos today aboard new Nigeria Football Federation partners Air Peace.

  • Home-based Eagles assistant coach Aigbogun loses mum ahead Mexico friendly

    The camp of the home-based Super Eagles was thrown into mourning on Saturday ahead of their friendly against Mexico, following the death of Deputy Technical Director, Paul Aigbogun’s mother.

    According to the Super Eagles media officer, Babafemi Raji, Aigbogun got a call from home that his mother had passed on.

    Despite the death of his mother, Aigbogun was part of the team’s training on Sunday morning, as he handled the physical conditioning of the players.

    After holding training at the Goal Project on Saturday, the home-based Eagles’ Sunday session took place at the same venue and commenced at 7.25am.

    And ahead of the friendly against Mexico, the list of the home-based Eagles has been cut down to 23 after five players were dropped.

    The five players are Ifeanyi Anaemena (Rivers United), Christopher Nwaeze (Kwara United), Shaibu Suleman (PKE FC Lagos), Ekundayo Ojo (Enyimba) and Samuel Nnoshiri (Katsina United) who left camp to seal a deal abroad.

    The team will depart for Los Angeles, USA next week Wednesday for the international friendly billed for July 3.

  • Eagles Team B arrives in Dakar for WAFU Cup of Nations

    Eagles Team B arrives in Dakar for WAFU Cup of Nations

    Nigeria’s home-based senior players arrived in Dakar on Thursday for the second edition of the WAFU Cup of Nations which begins in the Senegalese city of Thies on Saturday.

    Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the team of 21 players and six officials left Abuja for Abidjan.

    “The team then connected the Senegalese capital from there,’’ he said.

    Olajire added that the competition’s updated fixtures show that Nigeria will face the Sparrow Hawks of Togo in their first match at the Stade Lat Dior Thies on Sunday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria were silver medallists at the inaugural edition held at Cape Coast in Ghana in 2017.

    “It is an opportunity come quickly for the Eagles to avenge their 4-1 lashing by the Hawks in a 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying match in Lome last Sunday,’’ the NFF spokesman said.

    NAN reports that victory over the Sparrows in the first elimination round will take the Eagles to the second phase, before the semi finals and the final on Oct. 13.

    All 16 participating teams will partake in the first elimination round.

    Host nation Senegal are up against Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso against Mauritania, Cote d’Ivoire against Cape Verde and Guinea against Benin Republic.

    Sierra Leone, drafted in to replace Morocco who made a late withdrawal, will be up against Liberia, while Mali take on Niger Republic and Gambia will tackle Ghana.

    LIST OF PLAYERS

    Goalkeepers: Adamu Abubakar (Wikki Tourists); Galadima Mohammed (Nasarawa United); Theophilus Afelokhai (Enyimba FC)

    Defenders: Olisa Ndah (Remo Stars); Stephen Manyo (Enyimba FC); Udochukwu Anumudu (Lobi Stars); Okon Nya (Akwa United); Ebube Duru (Lobi Stars); Etboy Akpan (Akwa United); John Lazarus (Lobi Stars);

    Midfielders: Sikiru Alimi (Lobi Stars); Fatai Gbadamosi (Shooting Stars); Williams Ukeme (Wikki Tourists); Ndifreke Effiong (Akwa United); Chisom Orji (Collin Edwin Academy); Olatunji Oluwadamilare (Enyimba FC); Samuel Matthias (Akwa United)

    Forwards: Sunusi Ibrahim (Nasarawa United); Seth Mayi (Remo Stars); Tosin Omoyele (Plateau United); Mfon Udoh (Akwa United)

  • AFCON: Nigerians never doubted your commitment, Lawan tells Eagles

    President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles for qualifying for the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nation (AfCON) by beating South Africa 2-1 in Egypt.
    Lawan, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa, said the victory of the Eagles had reinforced the confidence of Nigerians in the team to win the trophy.
    He said “Your victory this night has reinforced our confidence in you to win the trophy for Nigeria.
    “Nigerians have never doubted your commitment and patriotism in making Nigeria proud in the field of soccer, and I urge you not to relent until you achieve total victory”.
    He charged them to see their superlative performance since the commencement of the tournament beyond just scoring goals and winning matches, but their contribution in unifying all Nigerians irrespective of the divides.
    ” Football, particularly when it comes to our national team, has been our greatest unifier where the nation is put above all other primordial interests,” he said.
    Lawan urged Nigerians not to relent in their support and prayers for the national team to emerge as the winner of the tournament.
  • 23 Super Eagle players reports to camp ahead of seychelles showdown

    23 Super Eagle players reports to camp ahead of seychelles showdown

    The Super Eagles of Nigeria has commenced their training sessions ahead of their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final qualifying match today, with all invited players present and all took part in the team’s first training session at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba ahead of their match against seychelles on Friday.

    According to reports on the official Twitter handle of the Super Eagles, the latest arrivals on Tuesday were Ahmed Musa, Paul Onuachu, Leon Balogun, Troost Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Abdullahi Shehu, Wilfred Ndidi, Chidozie Awaziem, Moses Simon and Jamilu Collins.

    Others include John Ogu, Etebo Ogenekaro, Victor Osimhen and Henry Onyekuru who arrived later in the day.

    It was also reported that Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi and Semi Ajayi were among the first arrivals in the Super Eagles’ camp in Asaba on Monday.

    Others in camp were Goalkeepers Francis Uzoho, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Daniel Akpeyi as well as home –based professionals Ikouwem Utin, Ndifreke Effiong and Valentine Ozornwafor.

    Technical Adviser Gernor Rohr had called up 23 players for the final AFCON qualifier against Seychelles and the international friendly against the Pharaohs of Egypt, with Utin and Effiong leaping on the list as a result of injuries to Samuel Kalu and Ola Aina.

    The training, which was an open session for both fans and the media, began at about 4:45 p.m. and ended at about 6:30 p.m.

    The three-time African champions, Nigeria, have already booked a place in the AFCON holding in Egypt from June 21 to July 19, with the encounter against Seychelles hardly more than an academic exercise.

    But the Eagles have spoken of the need to end the qualification series on a high and maintain their reputation while using the game to kick-start preparations for the continental competition.

    They take on the Pirates of Seychelles at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, on Friday by 4 p. m and then play an international friendly against the Pharaohs of Egypt on March 26 at the same venue.

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  • AFCON 2019: Rohr lists conditions to accept fresh players into Eagles squad

    AFCON 2019: Rohr lists conditions to accept fresh players into Eagles squad

    Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has reeled out conditions that must be met by any player who hopes to gatecrash into his squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, footballlive.ng reports.

    While affirming that the current set of players in the Eagles have already laid a strong foundation for a successful outing at AFCON 2019, Rohr said chances will be given only to newcomers with special qualities.

    The Franco-German gaffer added that any intending new member must also show an ability to offer something better than those already in the squad.

    An inside source, however, hinted that Rohr could be looking mostly at defenders during his build-up to the continental soccer showpiece, with a new goalkeeper also likely on the cards.

    The source disclosed that Rohr is not satisfied with his full-back positions and is already scouting for new faces that would bring competition into the fight for shirts in those departments.

    “Right now the full backs in the team don’t have stable clubs and the coach thinks they may not be ready psychologically,” he added.

  • South Africa Coach speaks on Eagles revenge mission

    Coach Stuart Baxter is confident South Africa will dismantle Nigeria when the teams meet on Saturday in a Group E 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Johannesburg.

    The three-time African champions lead the group on nine points from four games, while Bafana Bafana are one point adrift, with Libya and Seychelles on four and one respectively.

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    Bafana are hoping to record another win over the Eagles, having shocked the Nigerians with a 2-0 win in Uyo last year.

    And on their part, Gernot Rohr’s men are aiming for their fourth consecutive win in the group.

    But the South African handler, Baxter, insisted that Bafana have a better chance of winning.

    “Though we respect Nigeria, we do not fear them. By the time we run out onto the FNB Stadium, we would be confident‚ we would not be complacent,” he said.

    “They are undefeated since we beat them the last time and they will certainly want to wreak their revenge.

    “So‚ we will be ready and I still believe that we have a very good chance of getting the result that we need.”

  • Afcon 2019: Rohr targets qualification in South Africa

    Afcon 2019: Rohr targets qualification in South Africa

    Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr is confident the Super Eagles will beat South Africa to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

    The three-time African champions, who lead Group E on nine points, will take on Bafana Bafana on 17 November in Johannesburg.

    The Super Eagles will earn a berth at next year’s tournament if they draw with South Africa, who are one point adrift of Nigeria; while Libya and Seychelles are tied to third and fourth spots respectively.

    “We want to qualify from this group if possible in the next game away to South Africa in Johannesburg which means we will do the same thing that we did for the qualification for the 2018 World Cup held in Russia that is to be qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations before our last match is played against Seychelles in Nigeria,” brila.net quoted Rohr as saying.

    “If we have a point in South Africa we have qualified even if Libya win in Seychelles and also win at home against South Africa, Libya will get 10 points.

    ”With our 10 points, we will still qualify for 2019 Afcon. But our ambition and resolve is to win in South Africa but a draw would be enough.”