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Harry Awurumibe Celebrations are still continuing in the camps of the four teams from the Nigeria National League (NNL) which have secured promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) following victories recorded in their play-off ties yesterday. The four clubs that will be campaigning in the elite division next season are Akwa Starlet, Warri Wolves, Jigawa Golden Stars, and ...

Harry Awurumibe After just one year in suspension from fielding four club sides in the Confederation of         Africa Football (CAF), Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and League Management Company (LMC) have worked hard to restore parity with top African nations and leagues. For this reason, four Nigerian clubs namely Enyimba International FC, Kano Pillars, Enugu Rangers and Niger Tornadoes will compete ...

The Samuel Oguche Basketball Foundation has announced it will host a basketball camp in Abuja this summer to celebrate its 4th year anniversary. The camp will dunk off on 22nd to 26th July, 2019 at the prestigious Gilali basketball court in Abuja. Speaking on the coming events, the founder of the basketball camp, Samuel Oguche said, “Over the past 4 ...

Harry Awurumibe The coast may have been clear for Nigeria to host another international tournament as feelers from the Zurich headquarters of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) suggest that Nigeria stands a good chance to be awarded hosting rights of the 2020 FIFA U-20 World Cup final. Sources conversant with the workings at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ...

Harry Awurumibe  Former Tanzania  senior national team Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke is returning to base in Spain to continue to improve himself technically and tactically for the next assignment that will come his way. The FIFA U-17 World Cup winning coach of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets exclusively revealed from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania today that  he is returning to his base ...

Harry Awurumibe A 2nd minute shot by Algeria’s Baghdad Bounedjah which took a heavy deflection off Senegal’s Seydou Sane was all that Algeria needed to defeat Senegal by a lone goal to lift their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019 inside Cairo International Stadium, Egypt. The Senegalese fought back gallantly in both halves of the match but could not ...

The Federal Government on Friday lauded the bronze medal –winning effort of the Super Eagles, as a team led by the Secretary to the Federal Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha received the Nigeria delegation to the finals in Egypt, on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. A chartered Air Peace aircraft that flew the delegation from ...

The term of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick as the 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football along with that of the 2nd and 3rd Vice Presidents expired today. In line with Article 22(4) of the CAF Statutes, every two years when elections are held at the CAF Congress (as took place ...

Mr Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has defended the announcement that the World Soccer Governing Body, FIFA, would take over the running of African football in the interim. Delivering his speech at the 41st CAF Ordinary Assembly in Cairo on Thursday, Ahmad said he actually requested for help from FIFA. Ahmad admitted not having necessary ...

Last June, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad announced that he had called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to create an unprecedented partnership between FIFA and CAF that would allow the continuation of reforms aimed at modernising the governing body of African football. Today, at the CAF General Assembly held in Cairo, the two organisations ...