Nigerian will have only one representative in the group stage of CAF inter-club competitions this season.
Enyimba Football Club of Aba qualified for the group stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Etoile de Filante of Burkina Faso in Uyo on Sunday, but the reigning Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Enugu Rangers, failed to make the group stage of the CAF Champions League, after losing 3-2 on aggregate to Angolan club Sagrada Esperanca of Angola.
They had won the first leg 1-0 in Uyo before falling to a 3-1 defeat in Angola yesterday.
Nigerian clubsides have competed in the Champions League four times and have never made it to the mini-league phase, where prize money of $800,000 is awarded to this season’s qualifiers.
The other Nigerian qualifiers for the premier African club competition this season, Remo Stars, lost to Moroccan side FAR Rabat in the first round last month.
The She Tank Launches ‘Her Money, Her Power’ Campaign in Partnership with BellaNaija and Big Brother Naija
A creative platform, The She Tank in partnership with BellaNaija and Big Brother Naija, has launched a campaigned tagged Her Money, Her Power to encourage and support more women toward financial freedom.
Spotlight through five central themes, the campaign highlights the importance of economic power as a foundation for gender equity, and the need to shift gender norms for women’s advancement.
Founder of The She Tank, Blessing Omakwu says theHer Money, Her Power campaign seeks to elevate the conversation around women’s economic advancement by highlighting the critical distinction between empowerment and power.
Special guest at the launch of the campaign, actress and film producer, Funke Akindele, described Economic power for women as not only about financial stability— but giving women the possibility to make decisions that shape their lives, and that of their families.
Founder and CEO of BellaNaija, Uche Pedro, expanded the essence of the campaign which she says is here to challenge those norms and push for a shift that benefits not just women but their families and communities at large.
