Former Super Eagles’ Odion Ighalo scored thrice to help Al Wehda beat Damak 4-2 in a Saudi Arabia Professional Football League encounter The 34-year-old opened the scoring for his side in the 17th minute. Ighalo converted from the spot late in the first half for his second of the game and then completed his hat-trick
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Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo has finally completed his move to Saudi Arabia topflight club, Al Shabab from Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. The 31-year-old penned a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Saudi club, as was announced on Thursday. “✔️ Al Shabab has been signed with the Nigerian 🇳🇬🦅 Odion Ighalo @ighalojude (Ex. Man United striker)
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420 irregular Nigerian migrants returned from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mr. Abdul-Rahman Balogun, who disclosed this in a statement, said the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday afternoon. According to him, 27 of the
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The Federal Government will evacuate 802 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia this week. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said the returnees would return to the country on Thursday and Friday. He said the returnees would be airlifted by two Saudi Arabian Airlines. According
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The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Friday the Federal Government would evacuate 600 Nigerian irregular migrants from Saudi Arabia next week. Dabiri-Erewa, who disclosed this on her Twitter handle, said the returnees would be airlifted to Nigeria in two batches. 400 returnees, according to her, will be evacuated to
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The family of Sulaimon Olufemi, a Nigerian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, in Lagos approached the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) seeking its intervention to save him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sulaimon was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia in 2002, for reportedly being part of a mob
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has applauded the acquittal of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Abubakar Ibrahim, an indigene of Zamfara State, by a court in Saudi.In a statement, signed by the Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdinand Nwoye disclosed that Ibrahim release was sequel to diplomatic and legal consultations by the Ministry. Ibrahim, who was
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Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after one its citizens who had returned from COVID-19 hotspot Iran tested positive. The health ministry said the man, tested after entering the country through Bahrain, had been “isolated in a hospital”. Saudi Arabia is the last Arab state in the Gulf to report a
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Saudi Arabia has called on the United States to remove Sudan from its list of sponsors of terrorism, in a meeting with a visiting envoy on Wednesday. The US last month lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations, but Khartoum awaits the bigger prize of removal from the terror list. The designation
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Saudi Arabia condemned Thursday “Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty” after Iran fired missiles at Iraq bases where US troops are deployed in retaliation for the killing of a top commander. “The kingdom denounces and condemns the Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty,” said a statement carried by the official SPA news agency following Wednesday’s retaliatory strikes
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The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice has banned the marriage of persons under the age of 18. Saudi also set the minimum age for marriage at 18. According to Saudi Gazette the Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Dr. Walid Al-Samaani issued a circular to all courts highlighting the ban
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