Posts tagged: Nigeria

“Come on you Taxmen!”

The Taxmen will on the Bankers this weekend in the first round second leg of the African Champions League on Saturday. The first leg between Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and  Zambia National Commercial Bank ended 1-0 in Kampala. Some of the best teams in African leagues tend to be linked to a government department or [...]

Friday February 26th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

A few good links

The BBC’s Piers Edwards takes CAF to task for the stupidest decision by a sports association since… No, I can’t think of anything dumber: the decision by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to expel Togo from the next two Africa Cup of Nations – following their Angola 2010 withdrawal after their team bus was machine-gunned (with two [...]

Violence in Jos, unity in Angola

Hundreds of people were killed in the northern Nigerian city of Jos last week following an outbreak of violence between Muslims and Christians. After Nigeria’s 3-0 win against Mozambique on Wednesday, which sealed their place in the quarter-finals, forward Osaze Peter Odemwingie dedicated the win to those who died in Jos and spoke about why [...]

Monday January 25th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »