By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief                                                                                                                  ...

By Harry Awurumibe  A two-day workshop to present the Amateur Football Environment Report of Nigeria has ended in Abuja, with FIFA experts Amr Moheb and Etienne Sockeng commending the commitment that the Ibrahim Gusau-led NFF administration has shown towards growing the grassroots and amateur football sector in the country.  Sockeng, who is a Regional Technical Consultant in the FIFA Global ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”), Dr Patrice Motsepe, has congratulated the Indomitable Lionesses, the Fédération Camerounaise de Football (“FECAFOOT”), its President Samuel Eto’o, and the people of Cameroon following their historic triumph at the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (“WAFCON”) Morocco 2026. Cameroon were crowned African ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist After suffering three heartbreaking losses in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses finally got their hands on the elusive trophy on Sunday night at Stade Olympique de Rabat in Morocco, thanks to a convincing 3-0 victory over debutants The Scorchers of Malawi. With all ...

***Continued from Friday *** By Harry Awurumibe The Role of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF): No doubt, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by the law setting it up, is the ultimate governing body for football in Nigeria. It manages domestic leagues, builds national teams, enforces global rules set by FIFA, and CAF and represents the nation in international football competitions including ...

By Harry Awurumibe For the ardent followers of women’s football in Nigeria, it was not a big surprise that Nigeria’s Super Falcons failed to fly high in the 14th edition of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco and also missed a place in the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. This is even as the reigning African ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The dream of Nigeria’s Super Falcons to pick the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup ticket via the Inter-continental Play-off has evaporated like the early morning dews after Banyana Banyana of South Africa beat Justine Madugu’s team 2-1 in the African Play-off decided on Thursday at Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca. The Coach ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football  Journalist In nearly 70 years of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and 28 years of African Women’s Cup of Nations (WAFCON), no  invited national team or a Special Guest team to participate in the men and women’s AFCON or WAFCON tournaments like it is the case in the UEFA and Copa América ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Honorable Hulayat Motunrayo Omidiran, has urged the Super Falcons to remain focused, resilient and united as they face South Africa on Thursday in a crucial playoff for qualification to the inter-confederation playoffs tournament leading to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The call comes just ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief For Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, this is definitely not the best of times as Super Falcons face yet another difficult opponents in Banyana Banyana of South Africa in a 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Play-off tie at Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on Thursday night. It has become a case of doing it the ...