Man City Striker Iheanacho Pays Tribute To Iconic Nigerian Coaches Keshi, Amodu
Published: June 13, 2016
Manchester City rising star Kelechi Iheanacho has paid tribute to two famous Nigerian coaches Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shuaibu who passed away last week.Former Super Eagles skipper Keshi died on Wednesday morning after complaining of irregular heartbeats and pain in his legs, while Amodu died in his sleep three days lat...
NFF VP : Lesbianism, Coaches Taking Advantage Of Girls Major Concern Affecting Female Football
Published: June 13, 2016
In his quest to encourage grassroots football development in the South Western part of the country, Vice President, Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Seyi Akinwumi has promised the establishment of South West Football Forum for talents discovery.Barrister Akinwumi made the promise at the Hot Seat programme organiz...
Agent Distances Himself From Money For Golden Eaglets Spot Story; Reports Impostors To Nigeria Police
Published: June 13, 2016
Respected Norwegian-based agent Atta Aneke has distanced himself from a report published by the official website of the Nigeria Football Federation that claimed that he was demanding money from unsuspecting Nigerians in order to have their wards in the Golden Eaglets. A visibly angry Aneke has revealed that some impost...
Kwara United Condole Keshi, Amodu Families, NFF
Published: June 13, 2016
Kwara United FC commiserate with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigeria football family over the death of two senior coaches, Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shuaibu.Late Keshi, who won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as Coach died in the early hours of Wednesday at age 54, after complaining of irregular heartbea...
Kingsley Sokari On Target In CS Sfaxien Rout
Published: June 12, 2016
Nigeria U23 international Kingsley Sokari was a key performer for CS Sfaxien in their 6-0 rout of  Kasserine on the final day of the season in the Tunisian top flight. The scoreboard was reading 4-0 until three minutes out of intermission when Sokari added more gloss to the scoreline.Hannachi, Derbali, Marzouki an...
John Owoeri Watches Akpoveta Score Eighth League Goal In Sweden
Published: June 12, 2016
Oke Akpoveta struck his eighth goal of the season in IK Frej’s 1-1 draw against Värnamo in the Swedish Superettan on Saturday afternoon at Vikingavallen (Täby).The visitors were close to snatching all three points until the former Brondby forward netted an equalizer in the 90th minute.After 12 rounds in...
Diamond Academy President Confirms Nwakali Will Complete Arsenal Move In June
Published: June 12, 2016
The President of Diamond Football Academy Umuahia, Martin Apugo, has confirmed that Nigeria U20 international Kelechi Nwakali will travel to London, United Kingdom sometime this month to complete his move to Arsenal.Kelechi Nwakali’s sporting rights are both owned by ASJ Academy and Diamond Academy, and the Owerr...
Nigerian Exports: Super Eagles Defenders Taiwo, Egwuekwe Scoring For Fun; Nwanganga & Will John Strike; Onaiwu Benched
Published: June 12, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues and Asia on Sunday.Despite playing out a 1-1 draw with RoPS on game week 14, HJK Helsinki lead the way in the Finnish Veikkausliiga with 28 points.Nigeria international Taye Taiwo netted his fifth goal in the league, converting a spot k...
Nigeria Behind Republic Of Ireland For Services Of Stoke City Striker Shola Ayoola
Published: June 12, 2016
Stoke City youth - teamer Shola Ayoola is eligible to represent Nigeria internationally but the Republic of Ireland are ahead of the Africans in the race to secure his international future. The teenager has caps for the Republic of Ireland U16s and featured for the squad at the 2015 Netherlands International Tournamen...
Mighty Jets Condole NFF, Nigerians On Amodu and Keshi
Published: June 12, 2016
The management of Nigeria National League side, Mighty Jets FC of Jos is sympathizing with the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on the demise of its Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu and former Super Eagles skipper and Coach, Stephen Keshi who both departed this world last week.In a statement released by the Club and ...
Nigerian Striker Remains On The Books Of Leicester City
Published: June 12, 2016
The Premier League has confirmed that England youth-teamer Layton Julius Ndukwu will remain at Leicester City, ahead of the start of pre-season training. Aged 17, the highly-rated striker was one of the players retained by the Premier League champs when they submitted their retained and released list to the Premier Lea...
Nigerian Coaches Mourn Amodu Shuaibu
Published: June 12, 2016
The President of the Nigerian Football Coaches Association (NFCA) Bitrus Bewarang has described the death of another of his strong member Shuaibu Amodu as another deadly blow that will be very difficult for the Nigerian Coaches and Football Family to comprehend.The former Plateau United General Manager who described Sh...
Arsenal-Bound Nwakali, Wolfsburg Trainee Osimhen On Song In Flying Eagles Win
Published: June 11, 2016
Defending champions Nigeria have advanced to the third round of the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers following their 3-1 aggregate win over Burundi on Saturday afternoon.In just the third minute, CS Sfaxien trainee Lukman Zakari would have put the Flying Eagles in front but missed from close range. And the Yo...
Nigeria, Burundi Wear Black Armbands In Honour Of Keshi, Amodu
Published: June 11, 2016
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has approved a request by the Nigeria Football Federation for a one minute silence and black armbands in Saturday’s Africa U20 Nations Cup qualifier between the Flying Eagles and Burundi.The two teams will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for two iconic African ...
Mikel Wants EU Passport; Midfielder Returns To Porto
Published: June 11, 2016
Ex-Flying Eagles invitee Mikel Agu, 23, will not extend his loan agreement with Belgian First Division A team Club Brugge.The central midfielder spent the whole of last season on loan at Club Brugge and they were eager to offer him a new deal, but he has turned down the offer because he is hopeful of acquiring a Portug...