A Nigerian club has advanced in the CAF Champions League. Enugu Rangers made it to the second qualifying round after a penalty shootout. The team played AS Sobemap, a club from Benin, and the match ended in a draw. This was the second time the teams drew, resulting in a 2-2 aggregate tie.
The penalty shootout was won by Enugu Rangers with a score of 5-4. Further details about the match are available.
The match was held in Lome, the capital of Togo, due to a lack of suitable facilities in Benin.
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Just about this time four years ago, the All Progressives Congress, APC, found itself at the centre of one of the more bizarre spectacles of Nigeria’s 2023 election season. At the unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima as Bola Tinubu’s presidential running mate, on July 20, 2022, a...
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Read More: https://punchng.com/amusan-wins-silver-at-inaugural-world-athletics-ultimate-championship/...
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Two Nigerians, Bishop Michael Fakunle and James Nwankwo, have been killed in separate incidents in Johannesburg, South Africa, raising xenophobia concerns. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-bishop-one-other-killed-in-south-africa/...
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Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has fulfilled her ₦10 million education pledge to 12-year-old Ogun State artist, Master Morenikeji Ebunoluwa Joshua, less than a month after being impressed by his artistic talent. The ₦10 million Education Development Trust Fund, presented t...
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan settled for silver in the women’s 100m hurdles at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on Friday. Amusan clocked 12.34 seconds to finish behind United States Olympic champion Masai Russell, who won the title in 12.22 seco...
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THE BIG STORY For more than a year, Nigeria’s opposition has been talking about the need to unite against the APC. This week, the conversation became more difficult. The question is no longer simply whether the opposition can come together. It is who gets to lead it. Rabiu ...
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During an interaction with the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja on Tuesday, the IGP had expressed concern that Nigerians have started recording police officers everywhere, including at restaurants. The post Lawyer faults IGP’s comment, insists Nigerians have ri...
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A two-year agreement between the National Agricultural Seed Council and PIND will expand community seed enterprises, strengthen quality assurance and attract investment into Nigeria’s domestic seed industry. The post Nigeria’s Seed Council, PIND partner to expand certified seed a...
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The police say attack lasted about seven hours. The post Bandits kill four police officers, seven civilians in Benue attack appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
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ABUJA — Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the alleged killing of two Nigerians in South Africa, warning that continued discrimination and attacks against Nigerian nationals could have consequences. Fani-Kayode, in a post on his Facebook handle on Friday...
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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has explained why he withdrew from the race for the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU. The minister, in a statement on his LinkedIn page, noted...
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By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the apex socio-political body of the South-South geopolitical zone, has mourned the death of a founding member of its Board of Trustees, Chief Albert Korubo Horsfall, who died on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at the age o...
