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Asisat Oshoala Named African Female Footballer Of The Year For A Record 5th Time. Nigerian Super Falcons' Player Asisat Oshoala has been named the African Footballer Of The Year 2022 (Women) for the record fifth time. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) took it to their twitter handle to also share the news: "A superstar out of this world! � �� Asisat Oshoala is named Player of the Year (WOMEN) for a record FIFTH time! � INCREDIBLE! #CAFAwards2022" Congratulations Oshoala

Sadio Mane has won the 2022 African Player of the Year prize ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, claiming the prestigious award at a glitzy ceremony in Rabat on Thursday. It is the Senegal international's second African Player of the Year title to become the fifth African after El Hadji Diouf, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, and Salah to win the award back-to-back. Having been recognised as the best player on the continent, he is now two triumphs short of Eto’o and Toure – who won the prize a record four times. Meanwhile, Super Falcons and Barcelona superstar Asisat Oshoala won the 2022 African Women’s Player of the Year ahead of Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon and Inter Milan) and Zambia international Grace Chanda (Zambia and BIIK Kazygurt).

Peter Obi, Bianca, Putin Top Google Nigeria Searches In Last Six Month Google Nigeria on Thursday said the top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu. Search trends information is gotten from Google data based on what Nigerians have been searching for and asking Google. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion daily searches and 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide. The search engine said half of 2022 has been eventful for Nigerians. From politics, high profile deaths to sports personalities, blockbuster movies and TV series, Nollywood actors, musicians and songs that became very catchy, Nigerian netizens turned to Google to find out more. Mr Obi is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as the Governor of Anambra State three separate times from 2006 to 2014. He is the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election. Russ...

It has been reported that a Nigerian lady simply identified as Chidinma has gone missing. The lady is said to have gone missing after she noticed a car following her. Her twin brother, Emeka, who raised an alarm on Twitter said Chidinma immediately alerted their younger sister when she noticed the strange car following her. He said the call Chidinma put across to their younger sister was the last interaction anyone had with her. ''My twin sister Chidinma went missing at about 4pm yesterday between Atan and Lusada Road. She was coming back home from my uncle’s place yesterday when she noticed a car following her. She contacted my kid sis and told her about it. That was the last time anyone heard from her. She was wearing a black polo and a dark blue jean. This is her number +2349031436715. Please call: +2348162219544 or +2348163736241. Any info no matter how small is appreciated.''