The coach of Nigeria’s Olympic football squad, Samson Siasia, said on Friday that he will support players boycotting Saturday’s football quarter-final against Denmark over unpaid allowances, the Guardian newspaper reports “We have only been paid allowances for 11 days. There is no match bonus. What about all the months we have been training in Nigeria […]
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The son of the former Nigerian National team coach, Stephen Keshi who was laid to rest recently has accused the President, Muhammadu Buhari of neglecting his family adding that such action does not strengthen patriotism among citizens of the country. He wrote: “I sat in front of the federal government on national television a few […]
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When my wife, an American asked me who was Keshi, my heart skipped a beat as something told me a very sad thing had happened. OH MY GOD!!! This piece will celebrate the life and times of Stephen Okechukwu BIG BOSS Keshi, perhaps the singular most influential sports figure in Nigeria ever. My father is […]
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Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of today in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable reports. The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of […]
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A Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, has nullified the election that brought NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and his board into office. Justice Musa Haruna Kurya delivered the ruling on Friday over the re-listed suit challenging the election process of Septemter 30, 2014 in Warri. Before the elections in Warri, Christopher Giwa, in controversial […]
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Former personal assistant to Sunday Oliseh, Tijani Babangida has backed his former boss, saying Oliseh decided to resign after he found out the NFF had already contacted former Ivory Coast coach Havre Renard to replace him. According to Babangida, Sunday Oliseh was incensed that NFF offered to pay Havre Renard $100,000 a month as salary […]
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Yaya Toure has expressed deep anger on the voters who voted Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ahead of him at Thursday’s African Football awards Gala. The Ivorian, who had won the award for four consecutive years until yesterday, was expecting to win again after leading Ivory Coast to victory at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Gabonese, Aubameyang […]
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World football governing body FIFA have withdrawn bronze boot award from Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali at the recent U17 World Cup in Chile and re-awarded it to compatriot Samuel Chukwueze after a mistake In a letter to the NFF general secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, and signed by Mustapha Fahmy, director of the football division, FIFA […]
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Nigeria recorded another milestone in the world of sports earlier today as a 36-year-old Nigerian scrabble player, Wellington Jighere, became the first Africab to win the World Scrabble Championship held in Perth, Australia. Jighere defeated Lewis Mackay, 30, from Cambridge, England, in the final round of the competition after many heated rounds of competition to […]
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It will be an all-African affair in the FIFA U-17 World Cup final after the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria’s 4-2 victory over Mexico in the semi-final booked them a ticket to face Mali in Sunday’s showpiece. Mali reached their first ever U-17 World Cup final courtesy of a come-from-behind 3-1 victory against Belgium. The Europeans […]
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