By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja A late minute penalty goal scored by John Bassey in the 88th minute and a first half strike by Chukwuma Agor in the 30th minute ensured that Heartland Football Club defeated hard-fighting Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan 2-1 in Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Week 24 match played at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri on ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor, Abuja Bureau Apparently satisfied with the smooth running of  the 2025 President Federation Cup, which has entered the state finals, the current official sponsors of the oldest football competition in Nigeria,  GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, have said it is committed to the promotion of football in Nigeria. This is even the NFF has placed ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cote d’Ivoire 2025, will take place tomorrow,Thursday, February 13, 2025 at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Prompt News reports According to the CAF Competitions Department, the Final Draw will be broadcast live on CAF TV, just as former Mali international ⁠Adama Coulibaly ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja                                                                                                                                                                       All is set for the final draw for the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 which will take place on Thursday, 13 February 13, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt. This is even as multiple FIFA U-17 World Cup champions Nigeria have been excluded from the final draw no thanks to the country’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor- in-Chief,  Abuja The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has promised the entire continent and football fans across the globe of bumper African football in 2025 as it has also released the key dates of upcoming competitions within the year. Interestingly, Nigerian teams have qualified for most of the eight CAF football competitions of 2025 including the ...

** To utilize 2025 FIFA Match Windows By Harry Awurumibe, Women Football Expert With the start of the delayed CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) six months away, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has assured that the senior women’s football team, Super Falcons will be given adequate preparations to compete for the ultimate trophy in July in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Year 2024 could be described as bitter sweet by women’s football followers in Nigeria because none of the three national women’s teams namely the Super Falcons; U-20 side, the Falconets and U-17 team,  Flamingos, won any continental or global trophy in the outgoing year. Also, the country’s representatives in the 4th ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Women’s Football Expert, Abuja The furore that has greeted the participation of three players of Tout Puissant Mazembe otherwise called TP Mazembe Ladies FC of Democratic Republic of Congo alleged to have high testosterone levels in the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League (WCL) hosted by Morocco from 9 to 23 November, has made it imperative for the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman has won the highly competitive 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year Award as he succeeded his compatriot, Victor Osimhen, who won the award last year. The Atalanta FC of Italy star beat four other hot contenders namely Asharaf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, South African goalkeeper Rowen Williams ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor                                                                                                                                                                                             Atlanta 1996 Olympics Gold Medalist, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara has landed in Morocco as she joins a collection of Africa’s greatest football players past and present who will grace the 2024 CAF Awards that are to be staged in a glittering ceremony holding at the Palais des Congrès by 7 pm local time today in commercial city of ...