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 ...

***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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist              Africa’s top-ranked team, Nigeria will host reigning African champions South Africa in the first leg of their Women’s Olympic Football Tournament final qualifying fixture at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday, April 5, 2024. According to a press statement from Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As Nigerians look forward to the appointment of a New Head Coach of the country’s senior football team, Super Eagles in the coming days, it is very important that the Technical and Development Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) rises above board to make a wise choice on behalf of over 230 million Nigerians who ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The 15th edition of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) billed for the North African country, Morocco in 2024 will go ahead after all. This heartwarming piece of information was dropped on Thursday night by a top official of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr. Luxolo September, Head of Television and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Super Falcons invitee, Ginika Ikeh has continued to make instant impacts in the Morocco Women’s Championship Division 1 as she provided an assist in her team, Club Solidarite Sportif (CSST) Temara’s 2-1 victory over FUS Rabat at the weekend  in the keenly contested match. Speaking exclusively to Prompt News from her base, ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has described as “very sad” the death at the weekend of former Nigeria U20 Women National Team goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni. Aluko-Olaseni, who had been battling with cancer for about eight years, gave up the battle on Friday evening. “We are very sad to hear of the demise of Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni. It is disheartening to hear of ...

Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has called on aspiring coaches across the Federation to elect diligence and ambition as their watchwords, as the NFF is ready to select the very best among them to discover and nurture talents for the U15 and U16 National Teams. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the ...