By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,Abuja Determined to make a good impression on their retun to Africa’s biggest women’s football competition in Morocco next month, Ghana’s Black Queens boosted their pre-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) records with an impressive 3-1 victory over the Scorchers of Malawi in friendly match played at the Ziaida Complex in Benslimane, Morocco on Saturday, Prompt News ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed profound shock and grief at the death early on Friday morning of retired technocrat and one-time Chief of Staff to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Abba Abdullahi Yola.  He was reported to have given up the ghost after a period of illness.  Yola, a highly-experienced civil servant, served at various times as Zonal ...

The National Leadership of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commiserated with the family of the late sports icon, Alhaji Abba Abdullahi Yola, the people of Kano state and the entire sports fraternity in the country. In a statement signed by the Association’s Secretary-General, Amb. Ikenna Okonkwo, Friday, the SWAN President Mr. Isaiah Benjamin paid glowing tribute to Abba ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to give the Super Falcons adequate preparations to enable the team to win the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) under the leadership of Ibrahim Musa Gusau has again engaged a top European Video Analyst/ Match ...