No longer super: ‘Nigeria have to bring in foreign-born players because their league is not producing enough talent’

No longer super: ‘Nigeria have to bring in foreign-born players because their league is not producing enough talent’

Multiple sources interviewed for this article, who asked to remain anonymous to protect relationships, have suggested that some players are reluctant to represent them because of repeated off-field issues and a lack of professionalism.

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From most feared team in Africa to serial bunglers. how Nigeria’s Super Eagles are into descending AFCON whipping boys

From most feared team in Africa to serial bunglers. how Nigeria’s Super Eagles are into descending AFCON whipping boys

He is not the only player with mixed heritage they have missed out on. Eze’s Arsenal team-mates Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke have Nigerian roots, too. Michael Olise of Bayern Munich, who plays for France but was also eligible for Algeria and England, was on the standby list for Nigeria’s AFCON qualifying-phase games in March 2021. Olise was only 19 and playing for Reading in the Championship at the time.

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Voting kicks off in Uganda with interest riveted on President Museveni, fears of massive rigging in towns swirl

Voting kicks off in Uganda with interest riveted on President Museveni, fears of massive rigging in towns swirl

The East African country of roughly 52 million people has 21.6 million registered voters. Polls are expected to close at 4pm on Thursday, according to the electoral commission. Results are constitutionally required to be announced in 48 hours.

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Plight of pregnant wife spurs 28-year old Kenyan man to hug tree for 90 hours and break month-old Guinness Book of Records feat

Plight of pregnant wife spurs 28-year old Kenyan man to hug tree for 90 hours and break month-old Guinness Book of Records feat

Through the protest, Munene advocated for right to essential services such as access health, tarmacked roads, reliable water supply for domestic use and irrigation, as well as electricity connectivity in the arid region.

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State hires 24,000 teachers but figure falls short of 100,000 Kenya requires to bridge tutor-learner ratio

State hires 24,000 teachers but figure falls short of 100,000 Kenya requires to bridge tutor-learner ratio

Eligible applicants should be aged between 18-29 years but for people with disability the age limit has been set at 35. The program is structured on three main pillars the first one being on-the-job experience where 90,000 youths will be placed with employers and artisans to gain work experience.

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Museveni deploys military in capital as communication commission orders internet service cut off as Uganda holds elections

Museveni deploys military in capital as communication commission orders internet service cut off as Uganda holds elections

Military spokesman Col Chris Magezi said that the deployment was meant to deter violence, rejecting concerns that the mobilization was anti-democratic.

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State sets aside $ 10.6 million to settle sugar industry workers’ salaries, it introduces 27 new cane varieties

State sets aside $ 10.6 million to settle sugar industry workers’ salaries, it introduces 27 new cane varieties

Speaking at Chemelil Sugar Company in Kisumu, Mr Ronoh said the arrears had been fully audited and provided for in the national budget, paving the way for payment to employees who were originally hired by the government before the mills were handed over to private investors.

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‘They could see my colour’: Minneapolis Uber driver recalls encounter with ruthless US Border Patrol agents

‘They could see my colour’: Minneapolis Uber driver recalls encounter with ruthless US Border Patrol agents

In the videos of the incident, one posted by a bystander and one from Bin Hassan himself, the Uber driver can be seen asking the ICE officers for their ID, questioning their citizenship. Throughout the confrontation, Bin Hassan remains defiant, refusing to share his identity with the officers and asking them for their identities and proof of citizenship. At one point a Border Patrol agent tells him, “Man, shut up!” Bin Hassan never does.

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Yibir tribe: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is traceable to the lost and forgotten Jews inside Horn of Africa’s Jewish past

Yibir tribe: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is traceable to the lost and forgotten Jews inside Horn of Africa’s Jewish past

Situated along the strategic Gulf of Aden, Somaliland offers Israel a critical diplomatic foothold in the Horn of Africa. But beyond ports, shipping lanes and intelligence cooperation lies another, largely overlooked dimension of this emerging relationship: Jewish history.

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Bruising tussle for sea resources pits Lagos fisher-folk against sand harvesters as dredging reshapes Nigeria’s megacity coast

Bruising tussle for sea resources pits Lagos fisher-folk against sand harvesters as dredging reshapes Nigeria’s megacity coast

Dredgers and local traders say the price of sand, crucial for making concrete, has risen steadily as development in Lagos has accelerated. A standard 30-tonne truckload of what’s known as sharp sand – coarse and gritty – now sells for about 290,000 naira or roughly $202, reflecting strong demand.

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