$8.5 million deal: Adidas replaces Nike as Nigeria’s sports equipment, kits sponsor
USAfricaonline.com: Nigeria will end its 11-year association with Nike and return to Adidas, following Adidas' agreement to an $8.5 million-a-year equipment deal with the Nigeria Football Federation. It is assessed…
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Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet Suyi Ayodele, a columnist…
Floods kill 600 Lives, 2000 missing in Nepal-Tibet region
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Serving Two Masters: A Dangerous Gamble with Nigeria’s Data and Money. By Otunba Ademola Akinnola
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made a decision that should alarm every Nigerian. He has taken two of the most…
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Soccer clash: Nigeria vs Cameroon at WAFCON 2026. Who’s next?
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