Tag: Egypt
Egypt: Morsi dares army, rejects ultimatum
Egypt’s presidency rejected an ultimatum issued Monday by the army and said it would continue with its own plan for…
Egypt army gives Morsi 48-hour ultimatum
CAIRO(AFP) – The Egyptian army warned on Monday that if Islamist President Mohamed Morsi failed to meet the demands of…
Nigeria 3rd Largest Facebook User In Africa
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria is the third largest user of Facebook in Africa in the latest ranking of countries using the…
FIFA probes Togo, Ethiopia as Egypt, 4 others qualify
JOHANNESBURG, June 16, 2013 (AFP) – Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria Sunday became the first countries to reach…
World Cup Qualifiers: Egypt keep perfect record
Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Egypt whipped Zimbabwe 4-2 Sunday to maintain a perfect 2014 World Cup qualifying record.…
Court orders Mubarak’s release over murder charge
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters but he…
Egypt: Mubarak’s retrial collapses
The judge in the retrial of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak recused himself on Saturday, in a chaotic opening hearing that lasted…
Cairo airport to shut partially
Cairo’s international airport will be partly closed at night due to fewer incoming flights and to save energy, reports said…
Egypt crowned AYC champions
Ghana missed out on a fourth African U-20 Championship trophy after a 5-4 penalties defeat to Egypt at the Ahmed…
AYC: Flying Eagles Embarrassed Nigeria —NFF
Mike Umeh, the first Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has described Tuesday’s performance of the Flying Eagles at…
AYC: Egypt Dethrone Nigeria
The hope of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles defending their African Youth Championship (AYC) title was ended by an organised Egyptian Under-20…
Result: Ghana, Egypt qualify for World Youth championship
African youth championship results in Algeria: Group A At Oran Egypt 1 (Abdelmonem 22) Benin 0 At Ain Timouchent Ghana…
Israel urges citizens to avoid Nigeria
Nigeria was listed among the nations that the Israel authorities warned its citizens to avoid during the Passover holidays at…
Egypt: 19 tourists die in hot air balloon explosion
A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight…
Jonathan visits Egypt, UK, France
President Jonathan on One Week Foreign Trip Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will leave Abuja Tuesday night for London and…
Nations Cup: CAF’s Biased Umpire
By Adebobola Alawode The decision of the Confederation of African, CAF to axe the Egyptian match official, Gehad Grisha, who…
Military chief warns about the collapse of Egypt
Egypt’s military chief warned on Tuesday that the political crisis sweeping the country could lead to the collapse of the…
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Death toll hits 31 in Egypt’s football death verdict
Clashes killed at least 31 people in Egypt’s Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in…
Egypt: 16 killed after football death verdict
Twenty-one Egyptian football fans and club members were sentenced to death Saturday after a deadly post-match riot in Port Said…
Wheelchair Tennis: Nigeria Qualify For World Tourney
By Damilare Okunola Nigeria’s male wheelchair tennis players yesterday, qualified the country for the World Team Cup. The players, Jude…
Egypt’s Mubarak wins retrial
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Sunday accepted an appeal against the life sentence handed down to former president Hosni Mubarak…
11 die as abnormal weather blasts Middle East
Abnormal storms which for four days have blasted the Middle East with rain, snow and hail have left at least…
Egypt adopts Islamist-backed charter in vote
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt has adopted a new, Islamist-backed constitution with nearly two-thirds support in a referendum preceded by weeks…
Egypt: Morsi’s aides resign, protests mount
Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi lobbed Molotov cocktails and rocks at each other on Wednesday as their…
Egyptians storm the palace: Can this happen in Nigeria?
The Arab Spring is far from over, with the undying spirit of protest in Egypt, ignited by President Mohamed Morsi’s…
Egyptian judges join protest against Morsi
Egyptian judges accused President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday of an “unprecedented attack” on the judiciary by assuming sweeping powers putting…
Morsi dumps D8 Pakistan summit for peace
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has bowed out of a scheduled visit to Pakistan, where he was due to attend the…
Jonathan goes to Islamabad for D8 summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja on Tuesday night for a three-day visit to Islamabad, Pakistan to attend the summit…
Minister resigns as 47 kids die in bus-train collision
Forty-seven nursery school children were killed on Saturday when a train ploughed into their bus in the central Egyptian province…