The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Wilfred Ndidi is the eighth highest rated player in the Premier League for the 2019-20 season, according to WhoScored. Players were selected in all teams and the positions they play and the Leicester City midfielder was selected among the best. The 23-year-old has been the best tackler in the English topflight division in the past […]
Super Eagles star Moses Simon has been rewarded with a four-year contract at French club Nantes after his impressive performance on loan from La Liga side Levante. The club confirmed the development on Monday, June 15 as reports have it that Nantes paid 5 million euros ($5.6million) for the 24-year-old forward to seal a permanent […]
Moses Simon has revealed that he would love to fulfil his boyhood dream by playing for Real Madrid. The Super Eagles winger is aiming at following the steps footsteps of former national teammate Odion Ighalo who joined Man United in January 2020. Simon who narrowly missed joining Gernot Rohr’s side to the 2018 World Cup […]
Nigerian international Odion Ighalo’s loan to Manchester United has been extended until January 2021. The club made an official announcement via a statement posted on its website. The news ends widespread speculations that he was due to return to his parent club Shanghai Shenhua with the expiry of his contract. His contract was initially due […]
Head coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has insisted that it will be ‘very difficult’ for his team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, title because Nigeria is not number one on the continent. Rohr, who recently put pen to paper for a two-and-half-year deal with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), […]
Super Eagles player, Moses Simon has been named by his French club side, Nantes Fc, as their player of the 2019/2020 season. The French Ligue 1 club made this known in a recent tweet they shared on Twitter yesterday. It could be recalled that Simon joined Nantes on a season-long loan from La Liga club […]
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has narrated how he cried after scoring two goals against Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Nigeria was condemned to win the showdown against the debutants in Volgograd as the African nation lost their first group game 0-2 to eventual runners-up Croatia. The hero of the match […]
Ahmed Musa has finally explained how himself, Mikel Obi and Emmanuel Emenike went to beg former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh after stripping Vincent Enyeama the captain armband. Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama had issues with Sunday Oliseh five years ago in the Super Eagles which forced the legendary goalkeeper out of the team. […]
Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has disclosed that the federation appointed Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the Eagles to prepare for a future role of the team’s manager. Pinnick noted at the weekend that the leadership role displayed by Yobo when he was the captain of the Eagles motivated the NFF to appoint […]
Former Super Eagles forward Chinedu Obasi has claimed that his refusal to pay bribe was responsible for his omission to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. In an Instagram chat with Kelechi Benard, the 33-year-old forward who played for Bundesliga giants Schalke as at that time lamented the ordeal, saying he was sad. Although […]
Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, has named Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, as the best team-mate he had in the national team. Yobo, who burst onto the scene early, played with different generations of Nigerian players. His first major tournament was the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, where he lined up along with Okocha, Finidi […]
Deborah Onu lost the battle to tuberculosis of the spine in the early hours of Saturday at Primus Hospital, Karu, Abuja. The basketball player last month got financial support from super Eagles midfielder John to help foot her medical bills. The operation was successful but according to Secretary-General of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), Afolabi-Oluwayemi […]
Nigeria forward Stephen Odey has dedicated to his beloved mother, the goal he scored for KRC Genk in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League Group E 4-1 home defeat to Liverpool, reports Completesports.com . Odey scored the consolation goal for the Belgian champions two minutes from time. It was his first ever UEFA Champions League goal. The […]
Super Eagles beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Cairo based Al-Salam Stadium on Wednesday night to win eight Africa Cup of Nations Bronze medal. Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr made two change from the squad that lost to Algeria in the semi-finals with Francis Uzoho and Ola Aina came in for Daniel Akpeyi and Chidozie Awaziem Odion […]
The 22-year-old midfielder made 97 appearances and scored 16 goals for Charlton and helped them win promotion to the Championship last term through the playoffs has been linked with possible moves to Arsenal, Manchester City, Celtic as well as teams in France, Germany and Portugal before he agreed on terms and a move to Ibrox […]
Super Eagles players have called off bonus striker after Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari intervention ahead of matchday two encounters against Guinea on Tuesday afternoon at Alexandria Stadium. The three-time African Champions agreed to train for 30 minutes on Tuesday evening after schedule, after the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) promised to pay a win bonus from […]
