The 1994 class of Super Eagles have been acknowledged as one of the greatest teams to come out of Africa. PHOTO: AFP. By Terhemba Daka, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, making real a promise […]
Samson Siasia Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia’s life-ban from football for bribery has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS. The 53-year-old was initially sanctioned in 2019 by Fifa for agreeing to “receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches.” Siasia appealed against the ban with football’s governing […]
Coach Stanley Eguma By Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi with agency reports •NOC mourns former scribe, William Boyd Rivers United Football Club were thrown into confusion on Tuesday when news broke that their manager, Stanley Eguma, have been abducted by unknown bandits. Also on Monday in Jos, unknown gunmen killed the assistant stadium General Manager at the Rwang […]
Victor Moses being unveiled by Russian club, Spartak Moscow Gianluigi Donnarumma is still only 22 years old but somehow has already made 250 appearances for AC Milan. In spite of helping them qualify for the Champions League for the first time in his fledgling career, the goalkeeper couldn’t be convinced to sign a new deal. […]
Latest FIFA Rankings for African countries The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. World ranking African ranking Countries 22 1 Senegal 26 2 Tunisia 32 3 Nigeria 33 4 Algeria 34 5 Morocco 46 6 Egypt 49 7 Ghana 55 8 Cameroon 57 9 Mali 59 10 C d’Ivoire 60 11 Burkina Faso 61 12 DR Congo 72 13 Guinea 73 14 Cabo Verde 75 15 South Africa 82 16 Benin 84 17 Uganda 87 18 Zambia 88 19 Gabon 94 20 Congo 100 21 Madagascar 101 22 Mauritania 102 23 Kenya 107 24 Zimbabwe 108 25 Guinea-Bissau […]
NFF congratulates Okala, Oshoala, Balogun, Aribo The Nigeria Football Federation has sent a message of congratulations to much-respected former Nigeria goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala, who attained the platinum age of 70 on Monday, May 17, 2021. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi praised the towering goaltender for his glorious service to fatherland in the round leather […]
Nwakali Mr Allwell Nwakali, elder brother and agent to 2015 U17 World Cup winner, Kelechi Nwakali, says his brother and client may consider switching allegiance to a foreign country. Nwakali made the assertion while interacting with newsmen in Owerri on Monday. He said that the attacking midfielder had not been capped for Nigeria after he […]
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has picked Al Shabab forward, Odion Ighalo among the forwards who will prosecute the group stages of the World Cup qualifiers for Nigeria. Owngoalnigeria.com gathered from sources close to the coach that Ighalo, who quit the team in 2019, after finishing as top scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations, […]
Ahmed Musa is close to signing a short-term deal with Nigeria’s Kano Pillars By Oluwashina Okeleji Football Writer, Nigeria 12 April 2021 Image caption, Ahmed Musa captained Nigeria to third place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt National captain Ahmed Musa is considering a proposition to play some matches for his former […]
BY JOE APU NIGERIA remains in the same 67th position in the latest FIFA rankings and outside the top 10 among African countries according to the May 5 release from the world soccer ruling body. Not a single position changed at the top 50, with Argentina still in the lead ahead of Belgium, Chile, Colombia and Germany. The Super Eagles are now the 14th best African side behind […]
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