NPFL Top Scorers’ Charts
By Arinze Ude 5 GOALS: Bishop Onyeudo (Gombe Utd), Isah Akor (Heartland) 4 GOALS: Dele Olorundare (Sunshine Stars), Nojeem Olukokun (Kwara Utd) 3 GOALS: Oghenekaro Etebo (Warri Wolves), Uche Ihiarulam (Bayelsa Utd), Gambo Mohammed (Kano Pillars), Lordson Ithull (ABS), Haruna Babalo (El Kanemi), Tony Edjomariegwe (3SC), Gbolahan Salami (3SC), Moses Ogaga (3SC), Babalo Haruna (Elkanemi) […]
Is Divorce the New Trend in Nigeria?
By Arinze Ude “Everybody seems to be getting married and the unmarried ones seem to be getting more worried.” That’s a tweet from one of the numerous people I follow on Twitter. My friend Mikael gave me the shock of the year so far on my birthday. He told me he wanted to settle down […]
Crowd Mentality or a Mind of Your Own?
By Arinze Ude “If you follow the crowd, you might get lost in it” Prior to the World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Kenya few weeks back, there was a war between Nigerians and Kenyans on twitter. A lot of provocative, insulting yet funny words were exchanged between citizens of both countries. The Kenyans took […]
WEEKEND UPDATE: Nigerians in the Premier League
By Arinze Ude LIVERPOOL 2-2 CHELSEA Mikel Obi and Victor Moses were in action for the Blues at Anfield. Mikel played from the start while Moses came on for Juan Mata in the second half. Luis Suarez scored right at the death to break Chelsea’s hearts. NORWICH 2-1 READING Hope Akpan seems to have […]
WEEKEND UPDATE: Nigerians in the Premier League
By Arinze Ude READING 0-2 SOUTHAMPTON Promising young midfielder, Hope Akpan was handed a starting berth by his new coach, Nigel Adkins but was taken off in the 46th minute for Mikele Leigertwood. Adkins couldn’t orchestrate a revenge win over his former employers; his side lost 2-nil. Jay Rodrigues scored his third goal in three […]
Life Lessons from the Game of Soccer Part 2
By Arinze Ude Conclusion of Life Lessons from the Game of Soccer. For the first part, click here 16. Underrated people find life easy. They surprise everyone when they do well but overrated people are always under intense pressure and are often criticised for every wrong move they make. Google Freddy Adu. 17. Listening to […]
FIFA approves Nigeria’s Plea
By Arinze Ude FIFA has approved Nigeria Football Federation’s request to move the dates of two 2014 World Cup qualifiers in June. FIFA had adjusted Nigeria’s qualifiers ahead of their Confederations Cup matches in June, but the NFF implored the World’s football governing body to switch other matches in Group F to the same dates, […]
Keshi’s Eagles: May to July Team List Now Out
By Arinze Ude Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo has been overlooked by coach Stephen Keshi for the team’s summer matches between May and mid-July. Nigeria is billed to play 10 matches in the summer; Keshi has invited a total of 30players for the hectic fixtures. The African champions have a friendly against fellow Confederation contenders, […]
Life Lessons from the Game of Soccer
By Arinze Ude Soccer or football is the most popular sport, played and watched by millions of people worldwide. It is more than a game because it teaches us a lot about life, so let’s take a look at some of the lessons we can learn from following the game: 1. People don’t remember […]
WEEKEND UPDATE: Nigerians in the Premier League
By Arinze Ude EVERTON 1-0 STOKE CITY Bullish striker, Victor Anichebe played all 90 minutes as his team got one over Stoke City at Goodison Park on Saturday. Belgian winger, Kevin Mirallas scored the only goal of the game after 28 minutes. ARSENAL 4-1 READING Hope Akpan was a 76th minute sub for the […]
Oduamadi’s late strike saves Eagles
By Arinze Ude AS Varese striker, Nnamdi Oduamadi was the hero of the day when he scored a late equaliser to deny Kenya a historic win over the Super Eagles. The striker struck three minutes into stoppage time after coming on as a second half sub for Sunday Mba, who’s the focal point of a […]
Sunday Oliseh Inducted Into FIFA’s Technical Study Group
By Arinze Ude Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh has become the first Nigerian to be appointed by FIFA into its technical study group. Oliseh made this known on his personal facebook page. He wrote, “It is with Great Honour that I share with you my appointment by the world’s Football governing body F.I.F.A as […]
Osaze Criticises His Employers on Twitter
By Arinze Ude This controversial Super Eagles forward took to social media on Sunday to criticise his club, West Brom, after being subjected to substitute appearances in recent games. Osaze hasn’t started any match since he tried to force a transfer to Queens Park Rangers on transfer deadline day. He tweeted “Keeping me on the […]
Nigerians in European Club Competitions
By Arinze Ude UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Celtic defender, Efe Ambrose made up for his errors in the 1st leg against Juventus but it wasn’t good enough as his team crashed out of the competition. Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke became the last Nigerian to bow out of Europe’s premier club competition when his side, Schalke FC lost […]
Nigeria vs Kenya: Coach Keshi sets Camp Deadline
By Arinze Ude Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has set March 19th as deadline date for the foreign based Super Eagles to report to camp for their World Cup qualifier against Kenya. Mikel Obi, Victor Moses, Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa lead the Europe-based players who have been invited for the tie. Keshi says the […]
Danny Shittu is Millwall’s new Hero
By Arinze Ude Millwall captain, Danny Shittu was the hero for his club in their FA Cup Quarter-final replay against Blackburn Rovers. The bullish defender jumped above the Rovers defence to head his team to victory and set up a date against Wigan Athletic in the Semi-finals. Prior to the game, Shittu had scored one […]