Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has donated 500,000 naira (US$3,184) to the family of the late Nigerian football star Rashidi Yekini. NFF President Aminu Maigari announced the donation when he visited the family at Ira, in central Kwara state, on Saturday. Maigari also said the NFF would name the national Under-17 tournament [...]
Posted: 2012-05-11 06:51 The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar as venue for next month’s 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches involving the Senior National Team, Super Eagles. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari said on Wednesday evening, following a meeting with the Director General of the [...]
Posted: 2012-05-08 14:03 As football players health has recently become an issue in international soccer, the Nigeria Football Federation, recently sent the Medical staff of the Super Eagles to acquire latest technology in the treatment of players’ knee and general health of the footballer. The 2-day course which took place at the Standford Bridge, home [...]
Posted: 2012-05-08 12:40 The first-ever Win-In-Africa-With-Africa (WIAWA) Coaching Course in Nigeria, financed by world football-governing body, FIFA and organized by the Nigeria Football Federation, will start on Tuesday at the NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja. A project of FIFA aimed at improving the general standard of the football game on the African continent, the WIAWA Coaching [...]
The Nigeria Football Federation said on Thursday that it is yet to pick a venue for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches involving the Senior National Team, Super Eagles, next month. Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama said that the NFF Executive Committee [...]
Posted: 2012-05-04 13:03 President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari is in London ahead of Sunday’s launching of a Foundation by former Super Eagles’ striker John Chukwudi Utaka. The showpiece event in the England capital has also attracted top political figures, captains of industry and sports chieftains from across Nigeria and the African [...]
Super Eagles The Nigeria Football Federation said on Thursday that it is yet to pick a venue for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches involving the Senior National Team, Super Eagles, next month. Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama said that the NFF [...]
Posted: 2012-04-27 18:39 Stephen Keshi and the Nigeria Football Federation will next week decide where the Super Eagles will prosecute their June qualifiers. June will see a busy month of three qualifying games, with two of those at home. Kaduna had already been pencilled down as venue, but with the NFF have been forced into [...]
A member of the technical sub-committee of the Nigeria Football Federation and renowned football administrator, Austel Elumelu, has voiced his opinion on the recently concluded public hearing by the Senate committee on sports, on the decline of sports in Nigeria with a particular reference to football. In his opinion, “you cannot divorce sports from the [...]
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has allocated 13 hectares of land for the proposed National Technical Centre in the State, Aminu Maigari, the Nigeria Football Federation said on Monday. “The Government of Bauchi State has allocated 13 hectares of land to the proposed National Technical Centre in Bauchi State – one of the FIFA [...]
Gospel Singing Is My True Calling — Tope Alabi
Patricia Temitope Alabi (neeObayomi) is a household name in Nigeria gospel music scene. Born over forty years ago into a catholic family, her parents had received a prophecy when she was seven years old that she would be a “great minister of God”. The actress-turned -singer had paid her dues in the entertainment industry before [...]
Air Nigeria to be privatised in two years –Jimoh Ibrahim
Air Nigeria is to be privatised within the next two years. It is expected that the airline would be on a firm footing by then. Chairman of the company, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, said the airline would focus more on international operations with scheduled flights to Dubai, Rome, Paris and Asian countries. Ibrahim, who spoke on [...]
Fashion Night Out, Ghana 2012 Comes Off This Weekend
Entertainment of Friday, 18 May 2012 Source: – Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (2) « Prev Next » The Ghanaian fashion taste is now on the high and we cannot be blind at the new styles in vogue. Fashion Night Out, Ghana [...]
Nigeria picks 25 players for U-20 invitational tourney
LAGOS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has named a 25-man squad for an invitational U-20 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. Spokesperson for the team Samm Audu disclosed this in a statement reaching Xinhua on Saturday, saying John Obuh, the Head Coach of the national under-20 men’s listed three goalkeepers, eight [...]
Victor Ikpeba, Austin Okocha & the six Legends of the Heineken Champions Planet
SPECIALBy Babajide Alaka The Heineken Champions Planet is located in the heart of Victoria Island. It is a cosy duplex filled with football memorabilia and beautiful hostesses who make sure that fans of the beautiful game never want for anything on match days. In football-speak, the Heineken Champions Planet is football heaven. It is where [...]
Keshi to continue open door policy
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that he will continue with his policy of giving every player a chance to prove himself despite calls for him to put down a standing team. Former Eagles midfield maestro and technical committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Okocha during the week urged the Eagles coach jettison his [...]
