Super Eagles chief coach, Stephen Keshi, has called on the Kogi government to establish a professional football club which can play in the Nigerian Premier League. Keshi who spoke on Sunday while on an inspection of facilities at the newly-constructed Lokoja Confluence Stadium said such a club would help launch the state into the international [...]
Super Eagles The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Technical Committee, has continued to monitor activities in the Super Eagles camp, with Chairman of the Committee, Chris Green, saying the body is doing so to avoid what befell the country last year when it failed to qualify for the Equatorial Guinea-Gabon Nations Cup championship. Green, who along [...]
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 [...]
NFF Technical Director, Tom Saintfiet By Olawale Ajimotokan Newly appointed Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Belgian Tom Saintfiet, is expected to arrive in Nigeria in the second week of May to sign his contract and assume duties immediately, THISDAY learnt Tuesday night. The Belgian was appointed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board [...]
Newly appointed Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Belgian Tom Saintfiet, is expected to arrive in Nigeria in the second week of May to sign his contract and assume duties immediately, THISDAY learnt Tuesday night. The Belgian was appointed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board in March sequel to his recommendation as the [...]
THE Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has revealed plans to open a training camp in Faro, Portugal for the Super Eagles ahead of their forthcoming World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The NFF Technical Committee Chairman, Chris Green, who made this disclosure on Sunday, said the federation would still have to consult with [...]
TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD striker Ekigho Ehiosun came into the national limelight exactly 14 months ago during a friendly international against Sierra Leone in Lagos. The Warri Wolves forward came on as a substitute in the game after fellow debutant Emmanuel Emenike was injured. Ehiosun, the leading scorer in the league at that point, had only just been [...]
Abuja – Goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim and 20 other Super Eagles’ players on Monday left Abuja for Dubai for Thursday’s international friendly match against the Pharaohs of Egypt. The Chief Media Officer of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Ademola Olajire who disclosed this in a press statement said the players were led by team assistant coach [...]
Super Eagles Next week’s international friendly between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Pharaohs of Egypt, have been shifted from Abu Dhabi to Dubai all in the United Arab Emirates, impeccable sources at the Nigeria Football Federation, have informed national team officials. NFF Scribe, Musa Amadu, who confirmed the development, revealed that the shift was at [...]
Any possible clash between the Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi and Tom Saintfeit has been doused after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Monday night clarified the schedule of duty of the two coaches. Belgian Saintfeit was last week appointed as the technical director of Nigeria by the board of the federation. NFF Secretary General, Musa [...]
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 [...]
