Chinedu Udeagha’s 29th minute goal from a well taken free kick was enough to ensure Wikki Tourist emerged victorious in a tightly contested game at the Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. The new Nigeria Professional Football League season is only four match days old but the battle for... Read more
• FIFA launches FIFA Sound, a strategy to connect with audiences worldwide through shared passions of football and music • First season of FIFA PlayOn Podcast to feature football players and global musicians such as Ivan Rakitić, Carli Lloyd, Asisat Oshoala, Lele Pons, Tiwa Savage, Wretch 32 and Morat,... Read more
The Pride of Rivers have continued their impressive start to the NPFL 2020/21 campaign with the big win recorded on Sunday in Port Harcourt Rivers United climbed to the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table following their 3-0 win over Kwara United in a Matchday three... Read more
The Nigeria Nationwide League One has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a football coaching clinic organisation, Berackiah/ABIGOL Grassroots Coaching Clinic to help develop the skills of its league coaches which in turn will assure the broad development of the game as well as the talents spread across... Read more
Nigeria reached the semi finals of the WAFU U17 Cup Tournament ongoing in Lome, Togo on Tuesday evening after Group B pacesetters Cote d’Ivoire hammered the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 at the city’s Stade Municipal. Five-time world champions Nigeria, who lost by the odd goal to the Ivorians on... Read more
Ikoyi Club based category-1 amateur golfer, Ajayi Tajudeen has emerge winner of the 59th edition of the FirstBank sponsored Lagos Open Golf Championship. Ajayi closed with 1-under par 70 for a total of 7-over the course par to win the Championship by two-shots after 56-holes. Happy at the recently held... Read more
Ahead of the make or mar clash with the Black Starlets of Ghana on Saturday, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has charged Nigeria’s U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets, to show robust winning mentality against their opponents. Pinnick also charged the players to believe in themselves... Read more
Eunisell,a privately owned conglomerate and Rivers United FC have announced a further extension of their long-running sponsorship deal. According to the Club’s Media Officer, Charles Mayuku, Eunisell is the West Africa’s largest independent chemicals company and oil and gas engineering company. Mayuku also told journalists in Port Harcout that “the... Read more
Five-time world champions Nigeria and three-time world champions Ghana headline the seven-team West African Football Union (WAFU B) U17 Tournament taking place in Lome, Togo 5th – 20th January 2021. Nigeria’s U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets will fly into Lome on Sunday morning from Lagos, with a squad of 25 players... Read more
For his sterling display coupled with his exceptional leadership style, the Executive Committee of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has reappointed Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi as the Chairman of its Nomination Committee for another term of office. In a statement signed by the ITTF Secretary General, Raul Calin,... Read more
