Super Falcons midfielder, Jennifer Echegini insists the Super Falcons are working hard to win the title at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Justine Madugu’s side have enjoyed a good start at the competition, winning their opening two games against Tunisia, and Botswana.

The nine-time champions are already through to the quarter-finals.

Hosts Atlas Lionesses of Morocco, and Copper Queens await Nigeria in the last eight.

Madugu said they are ready to face any opposition at every stage of the competition.

The Super Falcons will take on Algeria in their last group game on Sunday (today).

“Right now, we are focusing on Algeria, and after that we will have time to focus on the next opponent regardless of who it is, it does not matter,” the Paris Saint-Germain star told a press conference in Casablanca.

Tunisia and Botswana will clash in the other group game.

Inter Miami captain, Lionel Messi, scored a fifth consecutive double in the 2-0 win over Nashville SC, extending a MLS record on Saturday.

Last week, the 38-year-old became the first player in MLS history to score multiple goals in four consecutive matches.

Messi netted in each half against Nashville to extend this record.

Along with Nashville’s Sam Surridge, he is the current top scorer in the MLS with 16 goals.

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner grabbed his first goal after 17 minutes, breaking the deadlock with a sublime free kick.

It was Messi’s 69th goal from a direct free-kick in his career.

Messi’s second goal arrived in the 62nd minute, when he rounded the goalkeeper and stroked the ball into the net.

Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bello M. Sani, has vowed that the command will intensify its crackdown on criminal gangs operating in the state, particularly targeting those responsible for the recent ambush that claimed the lives of three police officers.

CP Sani made the commitment while reacting to Friday’s attack by suspected Lakurawa bandits along the Zogirma–Tilli Road in Bunza Local Government Area.

The assailants, believed to be targeting travellers, were intercepted by police operatives in a gun duel that left several bandits dead, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.

Despite successfully repelling the attack, the Commissioner confirmed that three gallant officers were killed in the crossfire.

“These officers died as heroes. They stood their ground to protect innocent lives, and their sacrifice will not be in vain.

“We will hunt down those responsible, and their informants, wherever they are hiding,” he said.
The Commissioner praised the swift response of the security team and noted that ongoing intelligence operations have been expanded across vulnerable border communities in the state.

He also confirmed that coordination with the Nigerian Army and local vigilantes has been strengthened, especially following another attempted bandit invasion in Ribah, Zuru Emirate, which was foiled by troops earlier in the week.

CP Sani stressed that residents should remain vigilant and report suspicious movements in their communities, promising confidentiality and rapid response.

“The police cannot be everywhere at once, but with timely information, we will respond swiftly and decisively,” he assured.