A Pro’s trail: Q&A with Abuchi Obinwa
Abuchi Obinwa is a Nigerian-American currently playing professional football in the United States. He was provisionally part of the Nigeria squad that won the title at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. A controversial...
Q&A with Augustine Eguavoen
Augustine Eguavoen was part of what many believe was the golden generation of Nigerian football.
The squad of players which included storied names like Daniel Amokachi, Daniel Amokachi, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Stephen Keshi.
Nigeria won the Africa Cup of...
Ballers Award Nigeria nominations revealed
The 2021 nominees for Nigeria's Ballers Award, an annual event that "honours and appreciate the exemplary achievements of Nigerian footballers for their exploits in the preceding year", have been revealed in Lagos.
Last year's event, held at the Oriental Hotel...
Tributes pour in for Ajibade Babalade
Former Nigeria international defender Ajibade Kunde Babalade has died at the age of 48. He passed on at the University College hospital (UCH) Ibadan on September 4, 2020, after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Babalade began his professional football education in...
Simy Nwankwo scored 15th goal in Serie A
Simy Nwankwo scored twice in Crotone's 3-4 defeat to Napoli in Serie A on Saturday.The Nigerian thus continues his fearsome record in the competition as he has now netted 15 league goals for The Shark of Calabria this season.His...
Bukayo Saka still undecided over Nigeria and England option
Young Arsenal star Bukayo Saka, who is eligible to play for both Nigeria and England, may have to make a choice in the coming days. Up until now, he has remained undecided. The 18-year-old whizkid has attracted attention from...
Amokachi appointed Presidential Sports Adviser
Former Nigeria International and current Nigerian Football Ambassador, Daniel Amokachi has bagged another political appointment in Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari approved his appointment as the new Special Assistant on Sports.
This was announced in a letter released...
Rohr names Nigeria squad for AFCON qualifiers vs Benin, Lesotho
Head coach of Nigeria's national team, Gernot Rohr, has called up 24 players ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho.
Enyimba International goalkeeper, John Noble has been called up following his sparkling displays...
Q&A with Nigerian “golden generation” footballer, Emmanuel Amuneke
Emmanuel Amuneke was one of the "golden generation" of Nigerian football players and was amongst the players at the FIFA World Cup finals in the United States, in 1994.
Amuneke scored in Nigeria’s 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in the Super...
Fatai Osho outlines real reasons behind Enyimba’s CAF Champions League exit
Head coach of Enyimba Fatai Osho says conceding early in Aba to El Merrikh was majorly responsible for the People's Elephants failure to overturn the first leg deficit against the Sudanese in the CAF Champions League.Enyimba lost the first...