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NATIONS CUP QUALIFIERS

Nigeria hosted Lybia in Uyo to continue the race for the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers.

Odion Ighalo scored a hat-trick as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Libya 4-0 in their third group E game of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash played on Saturday, October 13.

Nigeria 4 Libya 0 

                         

The Super Eagles started the game on the front foot and were awarded a penalty as early as the third minute when Odion Ighalo was brought down and he stepped up to convert the resulting penalty.

Nigeria, who suffered a shock matchday 1 home loss to South Africa, host Libya later Saturday in Uyo. The game became a tussle with both sides trying to assert themselves as the Libyans occasions causing the Super Eagles a scare.

Alex Iwobi struggled to boss the game for the Super Eagles along with companions Wilfred Ndidi and Oghenekaro Etebo with defender Jamilu Collins going the closest when his solo run hit the cross bar.

The game ended 1-0 in favor of the Super Eagles at the halftime break courtesy an Ighalo penalty. The Super Eagles started the second half with more intensity with Ahmed Musa asking questions of the Libyan goalkeeper.

Persistent pressure paid off as Ighalo doubled the Super Eagles lead when he latched onto a well weighted ball to him by Arsenal midfielder Iwobi.

Ighalo scored his third of the game when he got on the end of a cross by Musa to rebound his shot into the net.

In Kampala, Uganda cruised to a 3-0 victory over Lesotho that moved them three points clear of Cape Verde at the top of Group L.

Emmanuel Okwi opened and closed the scoring with a goal in each half and Farouk Miya converted a penalty to give the ‘Cranes’ a two-goal half-time advantage.

Uganda have seven points halfway through the six-round qualifying competition, Cape Verde four and Lesotho and Tanzania two each. Another eight qualifiers are scheduled for Saturday.

NIGERIA 3 VS LIBYA 2. Nigeria and Libya played again on the 15th of October and Ighalo scored 2 goals and Ahmed Musa scored 1 goal in favor of Nigeria.





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DEAN'S CUP 2018 AVMS.

The Dean's Cup Tournament of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine continues with another look. Some DVM1 students preferred it is called BATTLE OF THE FOOT or rather FOOT WAR.

Following the results of the Matches played last week, reactions came across the Faculty seeing that the margin of the score line are quite alarming.

The 600l team, DVM 5 suffered 5 goals to nothing from 400l DVM3. The defending Champion 200l, DVM1 replicated the same defeat to the 400l DVM3 With 3 goals to nothing on Wednesday.

300l DVM2, defeated the 500l DVM 4 by 1 goal.

The tournament at some point appeared ugly when certain work over rule had to be implemented as a result of players not coming to play with their opponent while their opponent are on the pitch. As the rule applies in the game of soccer, the team said to be favored with this rule will have a maximum of 3goals and 3points. This was applied to the DVM1 against DVM5, DVM 0 against DVM5, which made the concluding part of the first round of the tournament.

The tournament which featured all levels of the Faculty have in last week taken up to the Semifinals, having finished the first round. The emerging teams and their paired opponent are DVM1 VS DVM0 AND DVM3 VS DVM2.

The battle continues…..