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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja                                                                                                                                                             Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, will on Wednesday fly out of the country to South Africa for the first of their two-leg FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against the U17 girls of South Africa, known as Bantwana.  The match, for which the Confederation of African Football has selected Kenyan officials to suprintend, will kick ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,  Abuja It is not always that football fraternity will gather to celebrate one of their own, but it was a different case at the weekend in Abuja when sports personalities especially football fraternity, politically exposed persons and others gathered at the highbrow Maitama District, Abuja for the birthday bash of United Kingdom-born Nigerian FIFA licensed agent ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The 19th CAF Safe Stadium Initiative Workshop being organised by the Confederation of African (CAF) Safety and Security Department headed by Dr. Christian Emeruwa has ended in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The two-day workshop hosted by Egypt Football Association (EFA) came to an end on Friday with the award of certificates to successful participants ...

***As 11 Northern states fail to participate in football fiesta By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau No fewer than 33 women’s football clubs that registered to take part in the women’s category of the 2025 President Federation Cup  National Draw scheduled for Lagos on March 12, 2025, have qualified for the Round of 32 without kicking a ball, Prompt News exclusively ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja No fewer than 74 clubs will participate in the states final of the 2025 President Federation Cup, which will hold across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) this weekend, Prompt News reports. Amongst the clubs that will take part in the 2025 President Federation Cup states final are traditional heavyweights like Nigeria Professional ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in-Chief, Abuja In a bid to improve the financial state of the football house to enable it fulfill its monetary obligations to the numerous national teams  especially the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Carloha, the exclusive dealer and franchise holder of Chery vehicles in Nigeria on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement that will ...

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 ...