By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau (MON), on Monday at the NFF-FIFA Technical Centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja officially inaugurated the first batch of participants for the CAF B-Licence Coaching Course. The NFF boss expressed his delight at witnessing this significant milestone: “Today marks a moment of great ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Writer, Abuja No fewer than 10 African  women’s senior national teams, including the African reigning champions South Africa, will be in action on todayy as the March-April FIFA Women’s International Match Window closes on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. After losing to Thailand 3-2 last week, the Copper Queens of Zambia will play Uzbekistan ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Writer, Abuja Nigeria’s group opponents in the forthcoming CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Tunisia lost woefully to host country, Morocco 3-1 over the weekend in one of the international friendly matches played across the world including the African continent as part of the 2025 FIFA women’s international match windows. Prompt News ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Writer, Abuja Forward Elizabeth Badu’s 24′ goal was all Ghana needed to defeat host Senegal 1-0 in the first of the two-legged international friendly matches between the two West African countries in preparation for their forthcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) billed for Morocco in July. The match played in the Senegalese ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Writer Ahead of the 2025 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) slated for Morocco in July, one of Nigeria’s group opponents in the competition Tunisia will on Tuesday in the city of Casablanca take on the host nation Morocco  during the 2025 FIFA women’s international match calendar running from March 31 to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja, Nigeria Determined to finish better than the third position they reached in the last Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), the Zambian women’s national team Copper Queens will play two international friendly matches against Thailand and China during this month’s FIFA international women’s window. But the team will not be with its talismanic Barbra Banda and ...

BY HARRY AWURUMIBE In the words of an Irish author Oscar Wilde and Will Rogers, an American accomplished performer/actor, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” This very popular quote is apt in the decision of the incumbent President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alhaji  Ibrahim Musa Gusau to prioritise accountability and selfless service in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja, Nigeria As the countdown races to Friday’s crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Nigeria’s Super Eagles are unfazed by talks of Nigeria never having beaten Rwanda in any part of the country called Rwanda. Their focus, according to team captain William Ekong, is the three points at stake.  “Actually, ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief,  Abuja The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs have made a clean sweep of the tickets to the next round of the 2025 President Federation Cup with only Kano Pillars being the only casualty as Enugu Rangers eliminated them in the Round of 64 match played at Gwari Mini-Stadium in Abuja. Aside Rangers that beat Kano ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Ibrahim Musa Gusau-led NFF administration will add another milestone on Tuesday when the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Players’ Hostel and a number of new training pitches holds in Abuja. The groundbreaking will be done by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, GCON. Named the NFF-FIFA Players’ Hostel, ...