The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has hailed Golden Eaglets defender Yahaya Lawali for his Man of the Match performance in Nigeria’s victory against Zambia.
The Golden Eaglets defeated the Young Chipolopolo of Zambia 1-0 at the Mohammed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine.
Favour Daniel scored the only goal of the encounter in the 77th minute to give the Eaglets victory.
Lawali had a fantastic performance for Nigeria on the right-wing and was almost on the score sheet in the encounter.
CAF extolled the teenager on their Twitter handle.
“What a performance😍 Ladies and gentlemen, Yahaya Danjuma Lawali is the #NGAZAM Total Energies Man of the Match,” the Tweet reads
The Golden Eaglets Morocco will play in their next game on Wednesday.
2023 U-17 AFCON: Lawali Named Man-Of-The-Match In Golden Eaglets Win Over Zambia
April 30, 2023 8:04 pm
Golden Eaglets defender, Yahaya Lawali claimed the Man of the Match award following Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Zambia in today’s 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.
Lawali was a constant threat from the right side as he dazzled and made serious incursion with his pace and dribbles.
He was a delight to watch and could have had a goal for himself before the close of the first half but his shot went off the goal post.
The video is not available or it's processing - Please check back later. Recall that Favour Daniel scored the only goal of the match on the 77th minute when he pounced on a loose ball in the area to score for the Eaglets.
Nigeria had a golden opportunity to increase the tally towards the end if the natch after substitute Light Eke missed a penalty.
Nigeria will take on Morocco in their second Group B match on Wednesday by 5pm.Nigeria time.
2023 U-17 AFCON: Dominant Eaglets Beat Zambia 1-0 In Group Opener
April 30, 2023 7:07 pm
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets got their 2023 U-17 AFCON off to a perfect start, after a dominant and hard fought 1-0 win against Zambia in Group B in Constantine on Sunday, Completesports.com reports.
Favour Daniel’s goal with less than 20 minutes left secured the win for Nduka Ugbade side.
The Eaglets also missed a penalty very late in the game as substitute Light Eke missed the opportunity.
Up next for the Eaglets is a clash with Morocco on Wednesday, May 3rd.
Just three minutes into the game the Eaglets had a shout for a penalty after Abubakar Abdullahi was fouled inside the box but the referee ignored the call.
In the ninth minute a ferocious shot from Emmanuel Michael narrowly missed the target.
The Eaglets thought they had opened the scoring on 13 minutes but it was ruled out for offside.
Precious Williams had the chance to put the Eaglets ahead in the 39th minute but failed to convert.
With four minutes left in the first half a bullet shot from a Zambian player came off the Eaglets’ cross bar.
On 63 minutes Daniel got a chance but could not find the back of the net.
The breakthrough eventually came for the Eaglets on 77 minutes as Daniel pounced on a loose ball in the area to score.
In the 90th minute the Eaglets had the chance to double their lead but substitute Eke saw his penalty saved by the Zambian keeper.
naptu2: I am sure that many people will start arguing about this issue again without knowing the full story, so I'm going to tell you the full story, beginning from the early 1980s.
There has always been issues around the idea of Lagos being the capital of Nigeria. Some people did not want Lagos to be the capital and instead they wanted it to be joined to the Western Region. The Action Group even offered to pay the Federal Government to find another place to be the capital. Meanwhile, some people in Lagos did not want Lagos to be the capital, neither did they want Lagos to join the Western Region. They felt that Lagos could stand on its own (Gedegbe l’Eko wa) and they wanted a Lagos State.
There was also the problem of what will happen if one party controls the Federal Government and another party controls Lagos.
The search for a new capital began in the Gowon era, but General Gowon was overthrown before a new capital could be found. Justice Akinola Aguda headed the committee that eventually recommended the present FCT as the new capital and their recommendation was accepted by General Murtala Muhammed.
President Shehu Shagari took the idea of a new capital very seriously. I have previously told you about the friction between the NPN controlled Federal Government and the UPN controlled Lagos State Government. So President Shagari seriously wanted to move to Abuja. He held the first Independence Day parade in Abuja and therefore, the Akinola Aguda Lodge was built as a place for him to stay while he was in Abuja.
That is issue number 1. The Akinola Aguda House.
It was actually just a make-shift house, so that the president could stay there when he was in Abuja.
General Ibrahim Babangida also staged Independence Day parades in Abuja, but work on Abuja slowed down a bit because of the economic crisis.
There was a master plan for Abuja and in that master plan the presidential palace was meant to be at a certain location. However, no president has actually lived there. That place is now the Shehu Shagari Complex and it serves as the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
That is issue number 2, the Shehu Shagari Complex.
Three things happened in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (A) There was the very violent 1989 SAP riot (B) there was the very violent Orkar Coup in 1990 and (C) there was the Gulf War windfall.
A and B made President Babangida want to leave Lagos and C gave him the money to do it.
The Aso Rock Villa was built to serve as the new presidential palace. That area was originally meant to be a green area in the Abuja master plan.
That is issue number 3: The Aso Rock Villa
Now we are getting close to the most relevant issue.
The Federal Government moved to Abuja in 1991, but everything wasn't ready. It was important (for optics) that both Babangida and Aikhomu moved to Abuja. The service chiefs and others remained in Lagos, but Babangida and Aikhomu had to move to Abuja. But there was a problem. The Vice President's residence was not ready! So where would Aikhomu stay?
An agreement was reached. The Supreme Court was not ready to move to Abuja, but the Chief Justice's residence was ready. Therefore, Aikhomu would stay in the Chief Justice's residence.
That is issue 4: The Chief Justice's Residence.
Aikhomu, Diya, Aikhigbe and Atiku stayed at the Chief Justice's residence.
However, there was friction between Obasanjo and Atiku at the tail end of the Obasanjo era.
You see, Abacha had forced the Supreme Court to move to Abuja during the June 12 case and the Chief Justice now lived in temporary accommodation in Abuja. The Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives then complained that the vice president was living in the chief justice's house. (I suspect that President Obasanjo had a hand in that complaint). The Federal Government then decided that the vice president should move into the Akinola Aguda House, so that the chief justice can take back the house that was originally built for him.
At this point I need to tell you more about the Akinola Aguda House.
I said that Akinola Aguda House was a makeshift house when Shagari lived there. It was decided that Aguda House should be the guest house of the president and that a befitting house should be built. The contract was awarded, but it kept dragging on. I remember when Jerry Useni was minister of the FCT. He kept promising that the house would be completed, but it was not completed.
Then Nigeria was to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2003 and it was decided that Akinola House should be rebuilt so that Queen Elizabeth could stay there for the summit. It was at this time that it was finally completed.
So they asked Atiku to go and live there. However, Aguda House was within the Aso Rock precinct and Atiku did not trust Obasanjo, so he refused to move there and instead moved into his private house in Abuja.
However, after the 2007 elections, Niger Delta militants attacked Dr Goodluck Jonathan's personal house in Bayelsa. Luckily he was not there at the time. The National Security Adviser therefore advised President Obasanjo that a safe place needed to be found for the vice-president-elect to stay. Eventually it was decided that he should stay at Akinola Aguda House, which is the presidential guest house.
All vice presidents since then; Namadi Sambo and Yemi Osinbajo, have stayed at Aguda House.
But I told you that Aguda House was the presidential guest house. So where was the vice president originally supposed to stay.
I told you that the vice president's residence was not ready when Admiral Aikhomu wanted to move to Abuja in 1991. It is still not ready today. They kept adding things to the complex and it became like a mini Aso Rock Villa. There's supposed to be a banquet hall, swimming pool, etc.
The National Assembly rejected the cost that was presented to it during the Goodluck Jonathan era and that stalled the project. In 2015 or 2016 Vice President Osinbajo said that it was a waste of money and that the Federal Government was not interested in spending money on it. Nothing has been done about it since then.
That is our 5th issue. The Vice President's Residence.
Plumptre Wins Player Of The Match Award After Leicester’s 4-0 Win Vs Liverpool
April 30, 2023 8:10 am
Super Falcons star defender Ashleigh Plumptre was voted Player of the Match, after helping Leicester to a 4-0 home win against Liverpool in the English Women’s Super League on Saturday.
This was announced on Leicester women team‘s Twitter handle.
Plumptre polled 37.6 percent to finish top in the four players shortlisted for the award.
She scored her team’s third goal with a header just three minutes into the second half.
The win took Leicester off the bottom spot to 10th place in the 12-team league standing.
Plumptre is expected to feature for Nigeria at this year’s FIFA women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Oshoala scored to end her mini goal drought since the last international break (when she got injured) and Alexia played for the first time since July last year.
Second screenshot = highest goal scorers in the league (Pichichi).
The blaugranes claim the title after beating Sporting de Huelva at the Estadi Johan Cruyff
www.fcbarcelona.com 04:52PM SUNDAY 30 APR WOMEN
Another league title for Barça! The Barça Women's team claimed the league title after beating Sporting de Huelva 3-0 at the Estadi Johan Cruyff on Sunday. The win for Jonatan Giráldez's team means they are Liga F champions with a 100% record in the competition.
A season to remember
The women's team claim the league title with four games still to go in the season and with 26 wins from 26 matches. Barça Women have only conceded 5 goals during the season and scored 108, impressing everyone with their attractive brand of football which has led them to domestic title with a 10 point advantage over their nearest rivals Real Madrid.
The Barça Museum will have to make room for a new Barça league title, the fourth in a row for Barça Women and the eighth in their history, more than any other club in Spanish Women's Football.
61 wins in a row Winning the title with such impressive figures is nothing new for this Barça side. The win against Sporting de Huelva on Sunday was their 61st in a row in the league, a record that means the blaugranes are champions with three games to spare.
Defensively, the team went 957 minutes without conceding a goal this season, just five minutes away from their record of 962.
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