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Nigeria Handball Team Arrive Conakry For 28th Africa Women Junior Championship

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5 years ago

February 17, 2022

The National Under 20 Female Handball team have arrived Conakry, Guinea for the 28 Africa Female Junior Handball Championship.

The National Junior Handball Female team left Nigeria through Muritala Mohammed Airport in Lagos on Thursday morning with the team leaving colourfully

Head Coach, Coach Bukola Duru, talking to press men before leaving Lagos, said the team is ready and will make Nigeria proud in Guinea citing the time up friendlies games they had against Safety Babes who are the champions of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League.

“We are ready and with the level of training they have been getting, we’ll ensure we make Nigeria proud by proving our doubting Thomases wrong” Coach Duro said.

“The board of the Handball Federation of Nigeria really supported us in all aspect and I know we will reciprocate by doing well in the court and ensure we not just qualify for the World Championship but also win the cup’

” We had the experience of playing the defending champion of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League Safety Babes thrice and with the experience we have we can conquer Africa” Coach Duru concluded.

The players also echoed what the coach said. Led by Captain Toyin Yusuf, the players said they are ready to win the cup’ for Nigeria.

“We are ready to win the cup’ and make Nigeria proud and with everything out coaches have put us through, we believe we are tactically and technically capable of doing well in the competition” Toyin said

The delegation are led by Technical Representative of the Handball Federation of Nigeria Coach Bala Mohammed who highlighted the level of support of HFN to the team.

The National Under 20 Female team who have been training intensively at the indoor sport hall of the Aguiyi Ironsi Military Cantonment in Abuja, will play host Guinea, Algeria and Gambia in group B of the Biennial handball Championship which holds in Conakry, Guinea.

The championship will hold from the 19th to the 26th of February 2022 and Nigeria play the first match against Guinea

Final Team List

Names
1.Nuhu wuraola
2.Alawaye Rahmat
3.Daniel Catherine
4.Inikpi Aruwa
5.Gbamire Grace
6.muhinat Yusuf
7.Babatunde Taiwo
8.Yusuf toyin
9.Abdullahi Favour
10.Adewole Faidat
11.jimmy Gloria Habibat
12.Anih Jacinta
13.Babatunde kehinde
14.Mathew Esther
15.Abdulrazak B.Idowu

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Drogba, Amuneke, Eguavoen Lead African Legends’ Arrival in Lagos

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15 hours ago

November 7, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

With just one day to the much-anticipated Legends of Africa Football Game, Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba has arrived in Lagos, joining an impressive assembly of former African internationals already in the city ahead of Sunday’s star-studded encounter.

Drogba’s arrival further heightens anticipation for the game, which will bring together some of the continent’s most celebrated football figures at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.

Also in Lagos are Nigerian football greats Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Austin Eguavoen and Mutiu Adepoju, alongside other members of the legendary Super Eagles generations of 1994 and 1996.

The African contingent also features distinguished names including Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor, Senegal’s El-Hadji Diouf, Ghana’s Stephen Appiah and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song, among other former international stars.

The excitement will extend beyond the legends’ reunion, with popular Nigerian entertainers and celebrities preparing for a special Celebrity Match as part of the event. Yhemolee, Sheggz, Jeriq, Teddy A and Charles Okocha are among the personalities set to feature in the celebrity fixture, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

The Celebrity Match will form part of a wider programme of activities designed to give fans a full day of football, entertainment and celebration before the main legends’ fixture, which kicks off at 5pm. Gates open at 1:30pm.

Organized by Toptier Sports Management in collaboration with Afreximbank and CANEX as part of CANEX WKND 2026, the game will feature 15 Nigerian legends taking on 13 African icons in a celebration of the players whose achievements helped shape the history of football on the continent.

Beyond the match, the programme includes a football clinic involving 500 young players, entertainment and special recognition for the heroes of African football.

The Legends of Africa Football Game promises a memorable gathering of football royalty, bringing together generations of fans to celebrate the enduring legacy of the continent’s finest players.

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