Tag: eagles
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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.
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Gernot Rohr set to land Eagles job for AFCON qualifiers
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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…