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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Still basking in the euphoria of Nigeria’s near clean sweep of major prizes at last week’s 2023 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco especially in the Women’s Category, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has revealed that the football house under his watch has devised ways to maintain Nigeria’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Women’s Football Aficionado ….Continued from yesterday However, the final seal of approval for women’s football to have tap root in Nigeria was given in  1989 when the federal government through the Ministry of Social Development, Youth and Sports approved the request of National Sports Commission (NSC) to include women’s football as one of the events of the ...

….CAF Awards (Women) too By Harry Awurumibe, Women’s Football Aficionado There is no gainsaying the fact Nigerians in general and football followers in particular are still in Cloud 9 over the huge number of awards won by Nigerian players especially the top two prizes in men and women categories as well as crowning the senior women’s football team Super Falcons ...

***As Oshoala,  Nnadozie, Super Falcons sweep women category By Harry Awurumibe Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Super Eagles striker and Napoli of Italy talismanic goalpoacher Victor Osimhen has won the prestigious CAF Best Player of the Year Award 2023. The Nigerian who singlehandedly helped Napoli to win the Scudetto after many years in the wilderness shrugged off stiff opposition from Egypt’s Mohammed Salah ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Barely one month after she attended the Elite Women Instructors Course organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Morocco, the assistant coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons, Ann Agumanu-Chiejine, has today in South Africa bagged another international coaching certificate after completing a week-long first-ever CAF Goalkeeping Elite ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Apparently unsatisfied with his overall performance with his team in the year under review, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has overlooked Super Falcons head coach to the last FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand, Randy Waldrum as he has failed to make the final list of the prestigious CAF ...

***As NFF keeps Nigerians guessing on vacant Head Coach position By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Until 2018 when the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) signed an agreement with top Swedish football coach, Thomas Dennerby, to take the role of Head Coach of then eight-time African champions, Super Falcons, indigenous coaches have being leading the team and have done ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons have qualified for the 2024 CAF Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco after defeating hosts Cape Verde 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia on  Tuesday, to chalk up 7-1 on aggregate. It will be the country’s 13th WAFCON qualification in a row. Two ...

***As Cape Verde ambushes Nigeria in final qualifier in Praia today By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons are 90 minutes away from picking the ticket for the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) billed for Morocco as the team tackles Cape Verdean senior women’s football side at Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to finish on the high, Nigeria’s senior women football team Super Falcons have departed Nigeria for Cape Verde ahead of Tuesday’s return leg of the final round of Morocco 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers against Cape Verdean senior women’s team. Nigeria thrashed Cape Verde 5-0 in the first ...