Nigeria Well Placed To Qualify After Earning 1-1 Draw In Senegal
Published: April 08, 2016
The Super Falcons have one foot in the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations following their 1-1 draw with Senegal on Friday evening. Arsenal striker Asisat Oshoala led the frontline alongside Guingamp’s Desire Oparanozie, while offensive minded trio Francisca Ordega, Rita Chikwelu and Ngozi Okobi made the starting ...
Roma Hoping To Steal A March On Chelsea, West Ham In Race For Orji Okonkwo
Published: April 08, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Italian club AS Roma have leapfrogged Chelsea in the race for Nigeria youth-teamer Orji Okonkwo. It is understood that Football College Abuja, who own Okonkwo’s sporting rights, have reached an agreement with cooperative team Spezia over the transfer of the striker and ...
Alex Iwobi Learning New Tricks From Arsenal Stars Ozil, Alexis
Published: April 08, 2016
Alex Iwobi says he is learning from the best players at Arsenal, including Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, after breaking into the first team squad.The attacking midfielder is poised to make his third straight start in the Premier League in Saturday’s tie against West Ham, having found the net against Everton and ...
Exciting Wing-Back Chiori Johnson Trains With Arsenal First Team Pre-West Ham
Published: April 08, 2016
Chiori Johnson, who is eligible to represent Nigeria according to The Guardian Nigeria, trained with Arsenal’s first team ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against fellow Londoners West Ham at  the Boleyn Ground.The 18-year-old was drafted into the first team by manager Arsene Wenger following h...
Leicester City Monitoring Nigeria Target Jason Akiotu,Dubbed The New Alaba
Published: April 08, 2016
English Premier League leading Leicester City have handed a trial to the highly-rated Nigerian defender Jason Akiotu.Leicester City’s coaching staff ran the rule over the the wing-back on Monday during the 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the U21 Premier League and he was also in action for the Foxes in their defeat to C...
Antics Of Chris Giwa Not Good For Nigerian Football - Pinnick
Published: April 08, 2016
A Jos-based Federal High Court has sacked Amaju Pinnick and declared Chris Giwa as the legitimate president of the Nigeria Football Federation.The election held in Warri that brought Pinnick into power as the NFF supremo was nullified by Justice Musa Haruna Kurya on Friday morning, but the former Delta State Sports Com...
Arsenal Starlet Iwobi Could Face Brazil Poster Boy Neymar In Group Stage Of Olympic Games
Published: April 08, 2016
The Nigeria U23s narrowly missed out on being one of the seeded teams in the football event of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The Samson Siasia-led side are in Pot 2 of next week’s draw at Maracana, alongside Kore Republic,Honduras and Iraq, meaning a meeting with either Brazil or Argentina, who are both in Pot 1...
Kennedy Igboananike Misses Out On MLS Goal Of The Week After Losing To Adam Jahn
Published: April 08, 2016
Chicago Fire frontman Kennedy Igboananike has missed out on the MLS Goal of the Week accolade for the last round of matches.The former AIK star was nominated alongside seven other players for the most eye-catching goals scored in game week five.The Nigerian had defeated Patrick Nyarko (DC United) in the first round of ...
Amuneke Takes A Leaf Out Of Manu Garba Book;Appoints Nwakali Nigeria U20s Skipper
Published: April 08, 2016
 Arsenal-bound midfielder Kelechi Nwakali has been appointed captain of the Nigeria U20s squad by coach Emmanuel Amuneke.Regarded as one of his favorite pupils, the former Barcelona and Zamalek winger decided to name the Diamond/ASJ Academy poster boy his skipper because of his personality and leadership skills.On...
Warri Wolves Endangering The Lives Of Players, As Peabody Hotel Seizes Team Bus Over Debt
Published: April 08, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that players of Warri Wolves are experiencing severe financial hardship, with the Seasiders yet to pay them their salaries and other entitlements since the start of the 2016 season. To make matters worse, officials of Peabody Hotels in Udu, where the squad is usually accommodated, have ...
MFM Striker Odey Targets Victory At Cemetery Road
Published: April 08, 2016
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos teenage striker, Stephen Odey has shifted his focus to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match-day 11 tie coming up this weekend in Warri.The Olukoya Boys will be the guests of Warri Wolves in Sunday’s NPFL match at the Warri Township S...
Nigerian Exports: Fatai,Etuhu Subbed In;Ibe,Araba Benched;Omoh Makes Allsvenskan Debut
Published: April 07, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com reviews the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the matches that took place on Thursday across Europe, including the quarterfinals of the Europa League.We begin with the Europa League. Kehinde Fatai fired blanks as Sparta Prague lost 2-1 to Villarreal at Camp El Madrigal. The 26-year-old...
Giwa Coach Ogunbote Praises His Boys After Beating Kano Pillars
Published: April 07, 2016
Technical Adviser of Giwa FC of Jos, Gbenga Ogunbote has praised his boys for beating Kano Pillars in one of the match day ten games of the Nigeria Professional Football League on Wednesday at the Rwanda Pam Stadium in Jos.Ogunbote, who spoke with journalists in a post-match conference, said he knew the game was going ...
Exclusive : Arsenal Reignite Pursuit Of Chukwueze After Dispute Over Payment Of Transfer Fee
Published: April 07, 2016
Arsenal’s proposed move for Nigeria youth international Samuel Chukwueze has been reignited after it was thought that the transfer was on the brink of collapse due to a disagreement between the Londoners and Diamond Academy over the payment of his transfer fee.Diamond Academy had demanded a percentage of the midf...
Arsenal-Bound Kelechi Nwakali To Start Training With Nigeria U20s On Monday
Published: April 07, 2016
Ex-Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali will fly into Lagos on Sunday evening from the United Kingdom.The Diamond Academy/ASJ central midfielder has been in London for the past three weeks familiarizing himself with English Premier League team Arsenal after penning a preliminary contract which will start running in t...