Articles tagged with "nigeria"
We have found 72 articles tagged with "nigeria".
Posted on: DC United | 2007-06-21 21:46:26
And now for something completely different: I am actually enthusiastically endorsing the call-up of a United player for a international tournament. Obviously the Bob Bradley voodoo doll is out and I hope he keeps his hands off of ...
Posted on: Scotland | 2007-06-16 14:38:57
Now that the Scottish senior national side has started its summer break from Euro 2008 qualifying, it's time to concentrate on the lads. For the first time in 20 years, Scotland has qualified for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. 198 ...
Posted on: Volunteer Logue | 2007-06-08 13:02:30
I recently came across an article from Black Britain, reporting that Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO – profiled here at the Volunteer Logue) is concerned that ...
Posted on: Scotland | 2007-06-06 19:29:15
Those were the days, weren't they, Berti?
Former Scotland manager Berti Vogts is having one seriously bad week. First, he gets
Posted on: The Offside | 2007-06-04 09:00:22
It was a horrible, bizarre and riveting weekend of international soccer. A tragedy involving fans once again tarred the beautiful game, while some fans themselves did little to help the sport.
Twelve spectators in Zambia d ...
Posted on: Scotland | 2007-06-03 23:33:37
With the Faroe Islands game coming up this week, I hate to even think of Berti Vogts, the manager that led Scotland to a 2-2 draw with the tiny island nation ... but this is just too much ...
Ouch. I was never a huge Vogts fan ...
Posted on: France Football | 2007-03-02 22:35:39
While all you's guys are all drooling over Didier Drogba, who's all "Oh I'm so cool I'm the best African footballer", something much more important happened. Why be the best African footballer when you can be the best young Africa ...
Posted on: Niger River Project | 2007-03-01 15:55:46
Another hot, sweaty ride from Jebba brings us to about 300km south to Lokoja. Like Jebba, Lokoja isn't much of a place, bigger, but just as decrepit. However, its location on the confluence of the Niger and Benue, one of the larger Niger tributaries,
Posted on: Volunteer Logue | 2007-02-24 14:44:34
Yahoo news and The Christian Science Monitor report on the Lady Mechanic Initiative in Nigeria, which trains disadvantaged and/or vulnerable women to become mechanics. ...
Posted on: Volunteer Logue | 2007-02-24 14:44:34
Yahoo news and The Christian Science Monitor report on the Lady Mechanic Initiative in Nigeria, which trains disadvantaged and/or vulnerable women to become mechanics. ...
Posted on: Europe Cheap Ticket Links | 2006-12-12 19:49:01
When you think of hot tourist destinations chances are that Lagos, Nigeria doesn't come anywhere near the top of your list. Just because the ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2006-12-01 09:00:03
Some stories to read while you get beat at bowling by a blind 94-year-old....
Keep an eye out for the captain, Charles Charlie Charles (
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-10-18 10:07:52
Reports out of Nigeria say that the country is eager to hire a big name foreign coach to guide the Eagles. Among the names ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2006-09-28 09:30:00
Some stories to read while you start growing your fingernails....
* That guy named Drogba is in the Pele zone (
Posted on: The Offside | 2006-08-18 12:15:32
Even with the copious amounts of emails we receive from the country offering us incredible business investment opportunities, we have no idea what it is ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2006-08-01 11:37:57
A few months back on World Cup Blog we reported that referees in Nigeria are sometimes encouraged to take bribes. While this hardly ...
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-07-20 11:04:17
Bite sized football news in six delicious flavours...
River Plate fans think crashing out of the Cope Libertadores is a
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-07-19 09:56:01
If you have an email address, then you've probably been contacted at some point by a wealthy Nigerian diplomat/doctor/member of royalty offering to cut you ...
Posted on: Bali Blog | 2006-05-15 12:21:56
The D8 ( Developing 8) conference involving 8 developing Muslim countries, in Nusa Dua, has ended. Nations participating were Iran, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Malaysia, Bangladesh, ...
Posted on: Bali Blog | 2006-05-13 17:01:36
The D8 (Developing 8) confernce has begun in Nusa Dua, at the Westin resort. Indonesian President SBY opened the meeting with a welcoming speech, and ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog | 2006-05-13 07:22:05
A little love for Ecuador from the Nigerian press:
The Ecuadorians deserve respect. To have qualified from the tough-as-nails South Americans series, in whic
Posted on: Bali Blog | 2006-05-10 22:06:47
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be coming to Bali for the weekend. I don't blame him, the weather will be good, sexy dancers at ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog | 2006-04-27 09:53:14
Daniel Okechukwu Olerum is a Nigerian footballer and a devote Christian who has been in Iran playing for Foolad FC of Ahvaz in the last ...
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-04-27 00:05:52
Here at World Cup Blog we love every single one of our readers, even the ones that leave nasty comments and send us spam-filled emails. ...
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-03-31 12:08:44
At the risk of making this blog all about referees today, I can't help but pass along this story from our good friends in the ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog | 2006-03-31 11:59:47
As always, the avarice of the Nigerian footballer (and the penury of the NFA) never ceases to amaze. F
Posted on: World Cup 2006 Blog | 2006-02-15 11:29:16
Come on, American Samoa. Get your act together! You are still ranked dead last in the latest FIFA rankings. Surely you ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog | 2006-02-13 13:52:16
Nigeria might be a lovely country, but boy are its football journalists arrogant. Still smarting over their team's failure to qualify for the World ...
Posted on: South Africa Logue | 2006-02-10 06:18:16
The H5N1 virus - a.k.a. bird flu, which can also infect and kill humans - has been confirmed in certain bird populations in northern Nigeria. ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog | 2006-02-05 23:44:32
When I look at a team's chances in an upcoming World Cup I look at their qualifying results. The fact that the African Nations ...
