Monthly Archives: March 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Club duties delay Super Falcons stars  for crucial Paris Olympics qualifiers 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Five days to the crucial Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournament CAF qualifiers final round double-header between Nigeria and South Africa, most of the Super Falcons top stars will report to Abuja camp late due to club engagements Prompt News has exclusively gathered. Checks have revealed that the bulk of Super Falcons first ...

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EXCLUSIVE: At last, Super Falcons camp opens on Sunday

**As South Africa intensify preparations in Pretoria By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist At last, Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons will on Sunday start close camping for the crucial  Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournament CAF qualifiers final round first leg tie against South Africa Banyana Banyana billed for Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday, April ...

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Enthusiasts praise Ghana’s meteoric progress at African Games 2023

**As Sport Minister gets applause for visionary leadership By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Ghana’s remarkable ascent in the African Games has sparked widespread acclaim from sports enthusiasts and stakeholders alike in the West African nation. The nation’s stunning leap from 15th place in the previous edition of African Games to an impressive 6th place in 2024 has captured the ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Quietness in Super Falcons camp as Banyana Banyana start preparations for Olympics final qualifiers

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A week away from the April crucial Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournament CAF qualifiers final round double-header between Nigeria and South Africa, Super Falcons camp is yet to come alive even as their opponents, Banyana Banyana will Monday start close camping in Pretoria, political capital of South Africa. Prompt News can confirm ...

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Int’l Friendly: Nigeria beats Ghana 2-1 in “Battle of Marrakech 

By Harry Awurumibe  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s Super Eagles this evening defeated their Black Stars of Ghana opponents in an international friendly match played at Stade de Marrakech in Morocco on Friday with forwards Cyriel Dessers’ 38′ penalty goal and Ademola Lookman’s 84′ strike proving enough to win the prestige match. Ghana’s consolation goal came in 90’+5 when star player Jordan ...

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African Games: Forget gold medal loss, focus on World Cup, Gusau tells Falconets

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has implored players and officials of the U20 girls, Falconets to put behind them the loss of the African Games women’s football event gold medal to Ghana and work assiduously towards making a huge impression at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. ...

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Lack of fund: Nigeria Amputees to miss AFCON Egypt 2024 

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja With Nigeria already drawn to play host country, Egypt in the opening match of the 2024 Amputee Football African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on April 19 at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Nigeria’s team may not participate in the competition due to lack of needed funds to embark on the trip. The tournament in ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-NFF Technical Director, Bewarang, backs indigenous coach for vacant Eagles job

***Canvasses long-term contract too By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As Nigerians await the appointment of the substantive head coach of Super Eagles, the immediate past Technical Director (TD) of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Coach Bitrus Bewarang has thrown his full weight behind the call for the vacant position to be given to the most qualifed Nigerian coach this time ...

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Amuneke, Siasia, Okpala, others apply for Super Eagles job as application portal closes

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja No fewer than 12 coaches have beat the deadline for submission of application letters for the vacant post of head coach of the senior men’s national team of Nigeria, Super Eagles which was advertised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last week. The federation had five days ago declared the position of the Super Eagles ...

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Pamodzi warns Bet9ja, Aiteo,others to stop ambushing Super Eagles, other National Teams

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Sports betting company, Bet9ja and Aiteo, an integrated energy company in Nigeria, have been warned to stop ambushing the rights granted by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to its sponsors and partners, which include any promotional, advertising,marketing and other commercial exploitation rights and opportunities in relation to the Federation and the national football teams, including players’ ...

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