Top Five Successful Nigeria Coaches
Nigeria’s football teams have recorded a number of riveting victories in the past across every category of the sport, many of which have helped place the country alongside other top football nations in the world. As is the norm everywhere, the successes recorded by Nigeria’s teams at various events, as well as their failures, have […]
Men You Should Know- Stephen Okechukwu Keshi
The ‘Big Boss’ sounds like the nickname given to the head of a cartel, or a kingpin, or the title of the head of a syndicate. Well, whatever comes to your mind when you hear the phrase ‘the Big Boss’, you can as well replace that with Stephen Okechukwu Keshi. A boss in every sense; […]
7 Nigerian All-Time Greats
Quite a huge number of Nigerians have made the nation proud in various sports; however we have selected just seven of Nigeria’s sports heroes in this article, so feel free to add yours in the comment section. In no particular order: Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun This football icon has tales written about him, told on school […]
Google Honours Nigerian Football Legend, Stephen Keshi With an Iconic Search Doodle
Born January 23, 1962, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi or ‘Big Boss’ as he was fondly called, was one of the greatest icons to have graced the length and breadth of the Nigerian Football scene, in dual positions as a Player and captain of the Super Eagle’s team in 1994, and much later as a coach of […]
Amodu Shaibu’s Death Leaves Nigeria’s Football Community in Shock
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amodu Shaibu, died early on Saturday. His death, which was confirmed by the NFF on its Twitter page, took place at his residence in Benin city. This comes only three days after the demise of another former coach of the Nigerian national football team, Stephen Keshi. According to […]
Super Eagles: The Fight Against Mediocrity
Times have indeed changed! I got home early yesterday; just in time for the anticipated friendly encounter between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Red Devils of Congo. Barely 10 minutes into the game, I had a premonition that I was in for a very long 90-minute game. I, like many Nigerians, was disappointed by […]
Nigeria Today: Top Ten News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Crude oil prices sank to new four-year lows on Thursday on the back of the announcement that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to maintain its oil output ceiling at 30 million barrels, preferring, as a strategy, to wait for the market to stabilise instead of cutting production quotas. OPEC’s decision […]
Nigeria Today: Top Ten News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Electricity distribution companies in the country are enriching themselves corruptly through the issuance of estimated bills to consumers, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. This is following complaints by consumers who decried the over 100 percent rise in their bills for the month of October, a development which was not commensurate with the […]
NFF’s U-turn on Keshi: Good or Bad?
The NFF is currently gearing up for AFCON qualifier matches against South Africa and Republic of Congo, but so much drama has clouded the house. First came the cancellation of a board election by the world football governing body FIFA, and then the emergence of Amaju Pinnick as the new NFF boss, who subsequently sacked […]
Keshi’s Acceptance to Coach Super Eagles Without a New Contract Should Inspire Players
The Nigerian Super Eagles have a double-header AFCON qualifiers match against Congo on Saturday, and with South Africa next Wednesday but what many might not know is that the coach, Stephen Keshi is actually handling the team without being given a penny. A relationship which started great went sour after the last Nation’s Cup and […]
Keshi’s Proposed Separation With Super Eagles: Good or Bad?
The bond between the NFF and the Super Eagles coach seems to be losing its hold, with Keshi allegedly asking the NFF to forget about new contract talks. “Talks over a new contract shouldn’t drag on. I can’t wait any more – the NFF is not serious. “I have moved on. I can only […]
NFF’s Attempt to Keep Keshi Should be Applauded
There is certainly no love lost between the NFF and the yet to be reinstated head coach of the Super Eagles. An affair which started on a good note after the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations title for the first time in almost two decades, appeared to have gone sour after […]
NFF Chairman Impeached as Board Seeks Contract Talks With Keshi
The Nigeria Football Federation board, yesterday, in Abuja impeached its chairman Alhaji Animu Maigari. The former chairman, coming from the brink of extinction after being saved by FIFA’s insistence, was sacked because the board members were not happy with the style of the president of the federation. The Board asked Maigari’s vice to take over […]
Stephen Keshi May be Replaced by Constantini
With Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi’s future in doubt after match bonus-stricken World Cup campaign, former Austria manager, Didi Constantini has expressed his desire to replace the former Green Eagles captain. Constantini, 59, who won 198 caps for his country, was in charge of the Austria Senior National Team until September 2011. He has […]
Should Keshi Have Based Selection Strictly on Club Form?
So much commentary and criticism has come Super Eagles Manager, Steven Keshi’s way following the release of the thirty-man provisional list from which the final twenty-three will be selected. The list released by Keshi, has most of our core players but the big question is ‘does it have our most in-form players?’ Many actually […]
Keshi – No Room for Fresh Faces
Speaking in Abuja, Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi says he will keep his faith in the team he has been building up for the past two years. He said that it would be needless to tear an already established team apart by including fresh faces, solely for the purpose of satisfying the yearning of […]