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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J T he official Twitter account of the Super Eagles in the early hours of Sunday tendered an unreserved apology for Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game. Tekolo Rantie and Percy Tau scored the Bafana Bafana goals in the second half at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo  on Saturday evening that ensured that the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winners have won a competitive game against the Super Eagles. Check on the Eagles’ Twitter account, @NGSuperEagles, revealed a sober and contrite statement. “We are disappointed with the result of Saturday’s game. Our heads are bowed and spirits low because we didn’t make our fans proud or happy,” the Super Eagles admitted. The Eagles Twitter statement then hinted at a possible changes in the playing department ahead of the double header 2018 World Cup qualifiers against African champions Cameroon in August. “We’ve resolved to bounce back quickly,  learn...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Michael Eboh A group of investors and indigenes of the Niger Delta, yesterday, condemned the Federal Government’s cancellation of Oil Prospecting Licences,  OPL 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Utapate field, stating that it was capable of re-igniting chaos in the Niger Delta region. The investors affected by the cancellation are Jahcon International Limited, Hi Rev Exploration,  Production Limited and  Oil and Industrial Services Limited. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, representatives of some of the investors, said that after they won the bids for the blocs in 2007, the bid round was stalled for eight years by litigation until it was resolved amicably in 2015. After the resolution, the representatives who chose not to be named for fear of victimisation, said the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, handed offers of OPLs 2001, 2002 and 2003 to Jahcon International Limited, Hi Rev Exploration and Production Limited and  Oil and Industrial Servi...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nigeria-Eagles.png By Jacob Ajom Former Nigeria international, Henry Nwosu is confident Nigeria’s flag will flutter high in the skies of Moscow and Yaounde  when the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hold in Russia and Cameroon respectively. Nwosu says neither the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon nor Bafana Bafana of South Africa can stop the Eagles from achieving the twin-dream of appearing in both tournaments. Speaking Wednesday at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos where he went to watch students play in the 2017 GTBank Lagos Principals Cup competition, Nwosu said he was in Cameroon when the Lions took on Algeria in one of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, and what he saw of the African champions was nothing to write home about. “The Indomitable Lions were not that special. Indeed, I blame the Algerians for not taking their chances because they were the better playing side. They would have beaten Cameroon in their own...