The FA Cup 2023-24 final between holders Manchester City and Manchester United will kick off at 3pm local time, the English FA said yesterday, in welcome news for travelling fans who often struggle with late kickoffs. The May 25 final will see the two sides from Manchester – 200 miles north of the capital – […]
•Manchester United players celebrate goal Manchester United had to battle their way on penalties against Coventry City to make the FA Cup final after squandering a 3-goal lead. Erik ten Hag’s men won the shootout at Wembley 4-2, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring the decisive spot kick after the teams were level at 3-3 after extra […]
•Late Ezeife The programme of events for the funeral rites of former Anambra State governor, Okwadike Dr Pius Chukwuemeka Ezeife has been released. According to the programme announced by the Ezeife National Burial Committee and made available to The Frontier, Service of Songs will hold at the National Christian Center (NCC), Abuja next week, ...
•Falconets The Falconets are on course to defend their gold medal at the African Games. They took a step closer to that dream and defeated Uganda to reach the final of the football event of the competition. Nigeria won the game 2-0 thanks to strikes in the 74th and 89th minutes by Okah Adaobi and […]
•Late Herbert Wigwe The remains of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife, Chizoba, and son Chizi, have arrived in Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State for burial. The local government chairman, Samuel Nwanosike, and Ikwerre people received the remains at the Airport Omagwa...
•Chelsea’s head coach Mauricio Pochettino (L) and Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp (R) Liverpool have their sights on a “special” League Cup triumph in Sunday’s final against Chelsea as Jurgen Klopp reaches the first milestone moment of his long goodbye. Klopp is in his last season as Liverpool manager after the German’s bombshell announcement...
•Late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu The ancient town of Owo in Ondo State will today host eminent Nigerians for the final funeral rites of former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The body of the former Nigeria Bar (NBA) president will be interred after the funeral service at St. Andrew Anglican Church, Imola, Owo. On Sunday, a thanksgiving service woul...
•Late Prof Ben Nwabueze The national committee for the burial of Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN, co chaired by by His Excellency, Chief Emeka Anyaoku GCON, CFR and Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu, CFR, President-General of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, has announced the final funeral rites of departed Elder Statesman, Eminent Jurist and Constitutional Icon, Prof Ben ...
Impressive Super Eagles of Nigeria lost to hosts Ivory Coast in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final match at the Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, this night. The impressive Nigerian side lost 1-2 to the host nation. The Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong put Nigeria in the lead in the first half […]
•Sebastien Haller When Sebastien Haller scored the goal which sent Ivory Coast through to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, the striker kept alive the Elephants’ chances of what had seemed an unlikely triumph and wrote another chapter in his own remarkable story. Having been on the brink of a group-stage exit […]