African Cup of Nation | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico African Cup of Nation | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 Coronavirus: CAF postpones Cup of Nations qualifiers https://www.insideojodu.com/coronavirus-caf-postpones-cup-of-nations-qualifiers/ https://www.insideojodu.com/coronavirus-caf-postpones-cup-of-nations-qualifiers/#respond Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:49:55 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=11527 The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has postponed all qualifiers for the 2021 Africa…

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has postponed all qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations due to the Coronavirus epidemic.

The qualifiers were meant to happen between March 21-March 25 but CAF said they were making the decision to postpone the qualifiers in order to protect the health and safety of stakeholders including players, sponsors, match officials and broadcasters.

A statement published by CAF on Friday evening read; “Coronavirus has been declared as a pandemic by WHO. In Africa, only a few cases have been reported, but the situation could evolve negatively. Several players, who are supposed to play the next Afcon qualifiers, come from countries which have been severely affected by the virus (Europe, Asia). Several African governments have taken strong restrictions on travels; lockdown, quarantine for people coming from countries affected by the virus. Several clubs refuse now to release their players for the next international matches”.F-

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Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti to perform at AFCON opening ceremony https://www.insideojodu.com/afrobeat-legend-femi-kuti-to-perform-at-afcon-opening-ceremony/ https://www.insideojodu.com/afrobeat-legend-femi-kuti-to-perform-at-afcon-opening-ceremony/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2019 08:03:26 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=5196 Nigerian legend and four-time Grammy nominee, Femi Kuti, is set to perform at the…

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Nigerian legend and four-time Grammy nominee, Femi Kuti, is set to perform at the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nation 2019 on Friday June 21, 2019.

This announcement was made by the organizing committee of the continental mundial via the Confederation of African Football’s Twitter handle.

Femi will perform the official theme song of the tournament titled ‘Metgamaeen’ alongside Hakim (Egypt) and Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast)

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