Oluwashina Okeleji
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As a straight shooter, I learned something new today 👏🏿
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Al-Nassr terminates the contract of Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar to comply with the maximum number of 8 foreign players set by the Saudi FA.
"Aboubakar received all the financial compensation he was entitled to,” a source close to the Saudi club told AFP.
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Is this the most ridiculous penalty you've ever seen? 😮🤦🏿♂️
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‘Without truth we cannot get justice’ ~ Jerry John Rawlings
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RESPECT✌🏿🙌🏿
#Senegal
coach Aliou Cisse: "Indeed I am the only black coach in this tournament. It's a painful reality that annoys me. I believe that football is universal. I believe that skin color has little importance in the game."
#POLSEN
#SEN
via ✍️
@AfricaFootDaily
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Odion Ighalo hasn’t made a good start to life at Man United. He’s made a GREAT start.
#ighalofc
#favouroverlabour
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Manchester United star Odion Ighalo says ‘staying safe and alive’ is the only game that matters 👇🏿
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Oshoala - a history maker😍
2019: She became the first African to score in a
#UWCLfinal
as Lyon beat Barcelona 4-1 in the final.
2021:
#Nigeria
's
@AsisatOshoala
becomes the first African winner of the Women's Champions League as
@FCBfemeni
beat Chelsea 4-0 in the
#UWCLfinal2021
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Pierre Webo sent off!
Demba Ba: "Listen to me, you never say this white guy, you say this guy, so why when you mention a black guy you say 'this black guy'?"
Match official: "Romanian language translation of NEG**O is the problem."
#SayNoToRacism
✊🏿
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Earlier in Turkey: 😮😮 Crazy reaction after Henry Onyekuru’s miss for Galatasaray v Fenerbahce in the derby.
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SATURDAY: New look Maracana Stadium in Ajegunle
Led by chairman of the Nathaniel Idowu Foundation, Yemi Idowu, Nigerian sports minister toured the facilities recently donated by Wilfred
@Ndidi25
&
#BVB
’s
@Karim_Adeyemi
; with the two residential buildings named after the duo. 1/2
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Queen 👑
@mountain214
🙇🏿♂️
#NGR
’s Blessing Okagbare cruised to a first place finish in the women's 100 meter prelims at the
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
on Friday, advancing to Saturday's semifinals.
#Athletics
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“How can we say Mungo Park discovered River Niger, when it was there already and known to Africans? Africans showed him the way to get there. He didn’t discover it. He wrote about it for his people (Europeans). He didn’t write it for us. He discovered nothing”~Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
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@BBCAfrica
Footballer of the year🏆 🏆
CAF African Footballer of the year🏆🏆
#Liverpool
and
#Egypt
’s Mohamed Salah 😮😲😲🙇♂️
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Ose! Ose o!! Ose Baba!!!
#Benin
produced a major surprise to beat Morocco 4-1 on penalties and book a quarter-final spot at the AFCON for the first time.
#TheSquirrels
🐿 dressing room celebration in YORUBA. 😍
#AFCON2019
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Unforgettable night in Lagos as
@NGSuperEagles
beat Senegal 2-1.
Somersaulting to stardom: AFCON 2000 saviour, Aghahowa, with one of the most acrobatic goal-scoring celebrations in the world.
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Burna Boy is def getting a free Finnish passport at dis rate o ✊🏿 they loveeeee him 😍 💕
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Ignore the muppet behind the mic🎙: ‘Usman spent his formative years in
#Nigeria
where they barely see cars 🚘, where they had to walk miles to get water💦’
Let’s enjoy Kamaru Usman’s glorious entrance to the ring! Sounds of Fela & Wizkid.🇳🇬
Da Champion✊🏿
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Bordeaux’s Nigeria international winger Samuel Kalu🔥 🔥
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Mood 😍
🎙Dealt with disappointments, turned Nos to Yes
Pros and cons of being a pro amongst amateurs
Dumb it down, Are you kidding when I'm so mature?
Am I connoisseur? Am I fan?
“It's lonely at the top but I think I like the view” ~
@manifestive
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Another year, same ol’ problem
Oct 2010: Eto’o responded to racist chants from Cagliari fans to score a brilliant solo goal in Inter’s 1-0 win.
April 2017: Cagliari fans racially abused Sulley Muntari
April 2019: Cagliari fans racially abused Moise Kean.
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In case you don't remember, you're too young or weren't born yet. Re-introducing ex-
#NGR
captain
@IAmOkocha
#genius
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Osimhen is a hero in Naples
A statue depicting
@VictorOsimhen9
with the mask displayed in the famous street of San Gregorio Armeno on 3 May 2023 in Naples, Italy.
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Born in Europe to immigrant family
“When things were going well, they were calling me Romelu Lukaku. When things weren’t going well, they were calling me Lukaku, the Belgian striker of Congolese descent.”
“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose” Mesut Özil
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Ghanaians:
#Nigeria
lethal in attack, shaky at the back...
Victor Osimhen: “I Focus On My Passion, The Rest Are Just Background Noise💯 “
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Remember that
@Trevornoah
Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's
#RoyalWedding
vs Nigerian wedding?
E come make sense now 🤣
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We’ve all given Randy Waldrum some sticks on Twitter over poor selections and tactics.
Time to applaud the American for masterminding a big win over the co-hosts at this
#FIFAWWC
👏🏿 👏🏿
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Rewind ⏪ FIVE weeks ago!
Unshackled from Pa Rohr’s wingback role for
#TeamNigeria
~ Moses Simon for French club Nantes against Lens 🔥
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Man on fire 🔥
#Nigeria
’s
@67Kelechi
Iheanacho with his 14th goal in the
#FACup
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Some African journalists to follow for
#WorldCup
analysis, lamentations & bants😜
🇬🇭🇨🇲🇲🇦🇸🇳🇹🇳-
@OtiAdjei
@SaddickAdams
@garyalsmith
@Fentuo_
@thenanaaba
@julietbawuah
@Bridget_Otoo
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@ekondedaniel4
@NjieEnow
-
@AliouGoloko
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@BounouarJalal
@SKhmira
@MezahiMaher
@MaghribFoot
@afrikfoot
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Will it end in cheers 🥂 or tears 😭 for
#TeamGhana
🤔
This should be fun 🤩
Join my brother
@OtiAdjei
later tonight for a breakdown of Black Stars’ crucial game against
#TeamGabon
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For new
#NFFC
signing
@TaiwoAwoni18
, it’s been about Faith, Football & Family.
The club just signed one of
#Nigeria
’s most respectful, humble, honest & thoughtful footballer.
Since joining Liverpool in 2015, spells in Germany, Netherlands & Belgium all prepared him for the
#PL
.
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Know your history ✊
The chairman of
#Somali
Community in
#SouthAfrica
.
#Xenophobia
#XenophobicAttacks
#XenophobicAttack
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And so it begins....
Young
#Nigeria
striker Victor Osimhen scores on his French Ligue 1 debut for Lille at home to Nantes.
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#OnThisDay
in 2010:
#SouthAfrica
’s Siphiwe
@siphiweshabba
Tshabalala scored an electric opener as the 2010 World Cup burst into life. A terrific goal for the home side.
#Unforgettable
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We are underway.... Sadio Mane: “No rivalry, we are brothers and friends.”
Salah: “Since I arrived in Liverpool Sadio has been my friend and supports me on the pitch. No rivalry.”
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🇳🇬 🇳🇿
Israel omo Adesanya ✊🏻
New Zealand Sportsman of the Year winner
@stylebender
's Halberg acceptance speech.
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Man of his word!
#Nigeria
captain
@Ahmedmusa718
has fulfilled his promise of a million ₦ for every goal scored by the U23s.
Team received ₦4 Million ($11,100) for the 4-0 win v Libya.
@NGSuperEagles
still waiting for $1m & $500k from Dangote & Elumelu for winning 2013 AFCON.
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Back from a long-term injury.
Umar Sadiq is back with a bang 💥
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Black Star 💫
Father to Andre and Jordan Ayew.
#Ghana
’s Abedi Ayew is a three-time African Footballer of the year.
All his AFCON goals.
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“Naija no dey carry last” ✊🏿
When your Naija 🇳🇬 fam buzz 📱 you during your post-fight presser 😂
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Memelodi Sundowns Women’s coach Jerry Tshabalala: “That’s not even a penalty. The contact was even outside the box. We shouldn’t be proud as South Africans that we won a game of football like that.”
#WAFCON
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Uefa have announced top three nominees for UEFA’s 2018/19 player of the year.
Cristiano🇵🇹
Messi🇦🇷
Van Dijk🇳🇱
Some African football fans are not happy that there’s no Sadio Mane🇸🇳 or Mo Salah🇪🇬.
Do you agree with UEFA’s three man shortlist?
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Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen scores his SEVENTH league goal of 2023/24 season against Cagliari.
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Good morning my neighbor.
How are you doing?
Are you feeling OK?🎙
@beatsbysarz
Abi you know,
#TeamGhana
left the
#AFCON2021
WhatsApp group… but fear not, you’re fully represented😜
@OtiAdjei
@thenanaaba
@Bridget_Otoo
@SaddickAdams
@eastsportsman
@garyalsmith
@ASAMOAH_GYAN3
😍
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Obafemi Martins burst into the international limelight at Italian side Inter Milan.
He scored 49 goals for Nerazzurri before switching to Newcastle United in August 2006.
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Odion Ighalo joins Manchester United on loan until the end of 2019/20 season.
Tottenham fail with Deadline Day attempt to sign him on loan.
He rejected Spurs to play for a club he supported as a boy in Ajegunle.
First Nigerian RED DEVIL will land in England this weekend.
#MUFC
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Evergreen🔥
🎙️"Does it matter? Our martyrs brains were splattered
Rain washed the blood
Pain remains with the mothers
The brothers used to be lovers, became killers
Preachers became sinners
Politicians, morticians, they all be in the same business..”
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A legend needs no introduction✊🏿
Big Boss: Captain & Leader (1962-2016)
First African to qualify two different nations to the WorldCup.
Second man to win the AFCON as player & coach.
Only African coach to appear in the knockout phase of a WorldCup.
Not perfect, but GREATEST.
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A statue of Nigerian striker Anthony Nwakaeme unveiled in Trabzon by Mustafa Bulut & Adem Birsen as a permanent reminder of his time
@Trabzonspor
.
Birsen to
@61saat
:"A long construction process of 6 months. We had it done with a special sculptor. We love & admire him very much."
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🎙’The brothers used to be lovers, became killers 😢
Preachers became sinners
Politicians, morticians, they all be in the same business 😉
Independence came dependency stayed with us’ 🎙
@manifestive
✊🏻
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#DareToAchieve
She made her debut at the
#FIFAWWC
at just 18 against
#KOR
– and kept a clean sheet🧤
She was denied 🙅♀️ another clean sheet by
#VAR
against hosts
#FRA
.
Queen Chiamaka Nnadozie of
#NGA
is a Superb Falcon🦅
#DareToShine
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Arsenal’s
@AlexIwobi
was on 🔥
He scored two goals as
#Nigeria
beat
#Argentina
4-2 in a friendly in the Russian city of Krasnodar.
@67Kelechi
& Idowu also scored⚽️
Watch all SIX goals here:
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What a strike 💥
#Nigeria
international
@Simon27Moses
comes off the bench to score a late winner for Nantes as they beat Lens 3-2 in Ligue 1.
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Unforgettable!
Samuel Chukwueze with one the best goals never scored 🤯
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Oghenekaro Etebo was a monster in midfield. 🙇🏿♂️
Wilfred Ndidi was a beast. ✊🏿
Young Samuel Chukwueze showed why he is highly rated in La Liga. 👏🏻
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#OnThisDay
in 2013😍
Sunday Mba scored a magnificent winner as
#Nigeria
win the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time - their first since 1994.
@NGSuperEagles
coach Stephen Keshi proved his critics wrong after his selection policy was widely questioned before the tournament.
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