AfroBasket Women: Nigeria Crushes Guinea
Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress had an easy 100-47 win against their Guinean counterparts on Sunday at the AfroBasket Women 2015 Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. D’Tigress finished the game with six players, including Joyce Ekworomadu scoring 12 points or more. Nadia Peruch-Niang led Guinea with 17 points and 7 rebounds. D’Tigress’ Helen Ogunjimi was particularly […]
European Premier League Weekend Roundup
Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo scored a brace for his club Watford on Saturday to take his tally for the season to four. His goals were enough to see off a hapless Newcastle United team at St. James Park. Ighalo has now scored 20 goals since the start of 2015, more than any other player […]
Nigerian Female Wrestlers Win 4 Gold and 3 Silver Medals in Congo
Nigerian female wrestlers had a memorable day on Saturday at the ongoing All Africa Games in Brazzaville as they won four gold and three silver medals in their respective categories, increasing Nigeria’s medal haul. Adekuoroye Odunayo 53kg, Opuene Patience 55kg, Aminat Adeniyi 58kg, and Blessing Okorududu 63kg all took home gold medals in their weight categories. The […]
Oliseh Recalls English Premier League Trio
Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has recalled English Premier League trio: John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo for the upcoming friendlies against Cameroon and Congo. Chelsea duo, Mikel and Moses, and Watford striker Ighalo missed last month’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Tanzania. Mikel and Ighalo were dropped from the team whilst […]
Nigeria Wins Bronze at the 2015 All Africa Games
Nigeria’s men football national team (U-23) triumphed over their Congolese counterparts 5-3 on penalties to win the bronze medal at the 2015 All Africa Games on Thursday. Goalkeeper, Emmanuel Daniel was the hero when he saved Sagesse Babele’s penalty kick, while Etor Daniel, Sodiq Atanda, Kingsley Sokari, Erhun Obanor and Christian Pyagbara all scored from […]
Top 10 Anglo-Born Players Who Can Add Quality to the Super Eagles Part 2
Here are English-born players who can be added to the Super Eagles to improve the quality of the team. Click here to read part 1. 6. Sammy Ameobi Sammy is the younger brother of former Super Eagles striker, Shola Ameobi. Just like his brother, he started his career with Newcastle United but is currently on […]
The Typical Way Nigerian Parents Raise Kids
Growing up as a Nigerian child can be mentally challenging. Pardon me for generalising. Yes! I know Nigeria is enormous with over 250 ethnic groups and I cannot speak for everyone but I have found out that Nigerian children, no matter where they grow up, are raised in similar ways. I was in South London […]
Top 10 Anglo-Born Players Who Can Add Quality to the Super Eagles
After the impressive debut of 29-year-old Carl Ikeme in Super Eagles’ stalemate with Tanzania in Dar Es Salam last weekend, many have questioned why it took so long for Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to woo the Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper to don the Green and White of Nigeria. Ikeme was first called up to the Super […]
Iheanacho Grabs the Headlines With Last Minute Winner
Nigerian youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho was an unlikely hero for his club, Manchester City on Saturday when he came off the bench to score in the final minute and ensure City left Crystal Palace with the maximum points. Iheanacho, who made his City debut a fortnight ago against Watford, was brought on in the 89th minute […]
Brown Ideye Moves to Olympiakos
It’s official! Brown Ideye has completed his move to Greek giants, Olympiakos from English side West Bromwich Albion. Ideye, 26, joined West Brom in July 2014 from Dynamo Kyiv for a then club-record 10 million pounds but failed to repay the club’s faith in him, scoring just 4 goals in 26 league appearances. The striker […]
Segun Odegbami Announces FIFA Presidency Plans
Former Green Eagles captain, Segun Odegbami declared his intention to replace Sepp Blatter as president of football’s world governing body FIFA on Tuesday. He becomes the second Nigerian after ex-Governor Orji Uzor Kalu to declare his intention to succeed the embattled FIFA boss. Seventy-nine-year-old Sepp Blatter resigned just two weeks after winning a fifth term […]
Nigeria Clinches 1st African Basketball Championship Title
Nigeria’s national men basketball team, D’Tigers, made history on Sunday in Tunisia when they defeated Angola 74-65 in the 2015 Afrobasket Championship final to be crowned African Champions for the first time. Prior to game, Nigeria had never beaten the Southern African nation, who have won the Afrobasket Championship a record 11 times, but D’Tigers […]
Kelechi Iheanacho Makes Debut in the English Premier League
Nigerian youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho has finally made his debut in the English Premier League (EPL) for high flying Manchester City against Odion Ighalo’s Watford on Saturday. Iheanacho replaced Sergio Aguero in the 89th minute of the game with City cruising to their fourth win in four games. Iheanacho was promoted to the Manchester City senior […]
Beşiktaş Offers Chelsea €5 Million for Mikel Obi
Turkish giant Beşiktaş has offered Chelsea €5 million for Nigerian intentional Mikel according to the Punch newspaper. Mikel has found himself on the fringes of the Chelsea squad after falling down the pecking order. He has also been linked with Istanbul rivals Fenerbahçe and UAE side Al Ain over the transfer window. The experienced midfielder made […]
Sunday Oliseh Names Squad
Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has surprisingly left Chelsea duo, John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses out of the 18-man team for next month’s 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Tanzania. Wolverhampton Wanderers keeper, Carl Ikeme, who qualifies to play for Nigeria through his father, is in the squad as well as two […]
Taiwo Awoniyi Set For Liverpool
Nigeria U-20 international footballer, Taiwo Awoniyi is on the verge of completing a move to Liverpool, according to reports emanating from England. The 17-year-old attacker attracted interests from Manchester City, FC Porto, Monaco as well as Liverpool following his exploits for Nigerian youth teams. Awoniyi, who plays here in Nigeria with Imperial Soccer Academy, is […]