To support the Invictus Games, an initiative he launched to facilitate the rehabilitation of sick and injured service men and veterans, including Nigerian soldiers engaged in a 14-year fight against Islamic extremists, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in Nigeria on Friday morning.
The couple, who were invited by the Nigerian Armed Forces to visit West Africa for the first time, reportedly landed in Abuja early on Friday morning, according to Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, spokesman for the Ministry of Defence. In an effort to improve wellbeing and morale, they will meet with injured soldiers and their families while they are there.
This participation has been praised by Nigerian officials as a major chance for the soldiers’ recovery.
Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter copilot gunner, founded the Invictus Games in 2014 to provide wounded veterans and Service members with the challenge of competing in sports events similar to the Paralympics. Nigeria participated in last year’s edition of the games.
During their stay, the couple will attend basketball and volleyball matches and meet with local non-governmental organizations in Abuja and Lagos that receive their support.
Meghan will also co-host an event on women in leadership with Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, according to the couple’s spokesman Charlie Gipson.
The news of Meghan’s visit has generated excitement among Nigerians who closely follow her life and association with the British royal family.
The Nigerian military has emphasised the significance of the Invictus Games in aiding the recovery of thousands of personnel who have been fighting Boko Haram Islamic extremists and their factions since 2009.
According to the military’s sports director, Abidemi Marquis, “Eighty percent of our soldiers that have been involved in this recovery programme are getting better (and) their outlook on life is positive.
“The recovery programme has given them an opportunity to improve their personal self-esteem, to improve their mental health and emotional intelligence.”
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The new Super Eagles jerseys for the 2024–2025 football season have been unveiled by clothing powerhouse, Nike.
Nike’s Instagram page published a post on Monday with a launch video of the new jerseys.
“The 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒔 disrupt convention with bold twists on icons.
“Featuring 𝑫𝒓𝒊-𝑭𝑰𝑻 𝑨𝑫𝑽 innovation, each kit is engineered for the needs of the modern footballer, from kick-off to the final whistle,” the post read.
Green hoops at the ends of the sleeves and shorts adorn the white home jersey. In a striking combination of colours, the word “Naija” is written in green across the kit’s breast.
In a stylistic nod to Nigeria’s national colours, the away uniform is patterned in a pastel version of the same colour, dark green.
For their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, the Super Eagles are anticipated to wear the new jerseys.
The team’s third qualifying match is scheduled for June 3 at home against South Africa. Seven days later, they are scheduled to travel to Benin Republic.
Before that, the Eagles will visit Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco for friendly matches against Ghana and Mali on March 22 and 26, respectively.
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Osbert Nduka
June 27, 2018 at 8:42 am
Missing scoring chances in a soccer game portends loss of such game. Nigeria’s lot.
Furo Brown
June 27, 2018 at 9:40 am
Please please you have made us so sad, we don’t need any talk from you now.
Ali Oluwatayo Samuel
June 27, 2018 at 9:51 am
Medicine after death
Gbolahan Benjamin
June 27, 2018 at 10:34 am
medicine after death, we don’t need ur apology a striker that can’t deliver
damilare gideon
June 27, 2018 at 10:47 am
please and please we dont need any talk from you now you make us so sad ,i was regret i was born in this country…. so stupid player…after you be claiming your self you good.
ottih
June 27, 2018 at 1:40 pm
It is very bad for someone to play against his own team.. that is what you did. you did it in Iceland match and repeated it again in Argentina game.. Ighalo, you are very wicked just because you were not started before musa and stupid iheanacho..
Ighalo
June 27, 2018 at 8:46 pm
FIFA is full of cheat.
Esential
June 27, 2018 at 4:03 pm
U really tried ur best… Kudos to u….
James
June 27, 2018 at 4:41 pm
We don’t blem u ,after all u play ur football in China n we don’t expect anything gud other dan fake things from China
ibkay
June 27, 2018 at 8:49 pm
Can anybody on this page tell me when last did this dude scored for Nigeria….it’s a shame that a nation of over 190mil people cannot be bost of a potent striker.
sheaku
June 27, 2018 at 8:55 pm
firstly with tears in my heart may thunder from thunder from the bottomless pit of hell fire kill the ref and his entire generation for accepting bribe from Argentina.
secondly, messi no matter how much u tried u will never carry world cup u are a cheat instead may God bless CR7 to win it I hate u with passion.
thirdly, ighalo or what ever u called ur self don’t try to play naija game again because I personally will bomb ur family to ashes abi u no believe boko u buch of disgrace.
fourthly, naija we get players make we no dey depend on all this China made players na me sheaku king of BOKOHARAM.
Ola2
June 27, 2018 at 9:52 pm
this guy is not a striker even KELECHI nwakali and USMAN Mohammed that were left behind are better than him.He has finished his career in Nigeria without celebration like KANU, Okocha,we need hungry strikers not lazy striker
UB
June 27, 2018 at 9:56 pm
it is OK. you guys tried. just work on your self to be a deadly striker. you can still be a very dangerous striker, just work on your self through hardworking.
Egbeokaruwa Anthony
June 28, 2018 at 6:24 am
Why is Nigerians always different, how many of you commenting rubbish here can do what they did, are they the first or only term to come home?, did Germany 🇩🇪 not go home, did the rest Africa term not go home before us, did they kill them?, ungrateful bastard. You were hailing muss not quiet long but now you are against them. IGHALO You have nothing to apologize for after all its just a game. NOR BE UNA SET START TO DEY LOOSE WORLD CUP, WHEN DEM EVEN WIN THE CUP LAST AND WHO DEM KILL FOR THE FAILURE?????