By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) held a meeting today, Wednesday 29 April 2026, in Vancouver, Canada on the eve of the 76th FIFA Congress and the CAF Member Associations unanimously agreed to support Gianni Infantino to be re-elected as President of FIFA for the period 2027-2031. This information was contained in a terse statement ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, have officially punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, after surviving a difficult afternoon in Lilongwe to emerge 3-2 aggregate winners over Malawi’s Young Scorchers.  Despite a narrow 1-2 defeat in the second leg on Saturday, the foundation laid in Ikenne seven days ago where ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja An Olympian and former Super Falcons forward, Patience Avre-Odeli has tasked the National Sports Commission Football Federation (NSC) and its agency the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure that Nigeria picks one of the two tickets to represent Africa in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament. This is even as Nigeria faces ...

By Harry Awurumibe,Edtior-in-Chief, Abuja As anticipation builds for the return of the Unity Cup, organisers are proud to announce SMADE Entertainment Group as the official entertainment partner for the 2026 tournament, taking place from 26-30 May at The Valley. British-Nigerian entrepreneur Dr Adesegun Adeosun Jr, founder of SMADE Entertainment said: “For over 22 years, SMADE has existed to serve our communities. ...

 By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the recommendation of the Federation’s Technical and Development Committee for the appointments of Abdu Maikaba and Eboboritse Uwejamomere as head coaches of the U20 and U17 Boys National Teams.  Maikaba, who has managed several of Nigeria’s prestigious clubs, has also previously coached the U17 Boys’ ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja … Cameroon, Benin also with advantage; Ghana on tight rope Nigeria’s U-20 girls, Falconets, have appeared at every edition of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals since the competition came into being, as an U19 tournament, in 2002. The Falconets were at Canada 2002 and Thailand 2006 (the two tournaments were for U19 players). ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja With the 2026 Elective Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) less than five months away, aspirants to the various positions in the Executive Committee, especially the presidency, have intensified their underground lobbying, maneuvering, and shadow campaigns ahead of time. Prompt News investigations have revealed that some aspirants have already thrown their hats in the ring ...

** May meet Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, Cotè d’Ivoire in subsequent rounds By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Nigeria faces a tough road to qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament as the country will meet strong opponents along the way after drawing minors Sudan or Comoros in the second round of the African qualifying phase which ...