Author: Brila

Nigeria Football Federation Executive committee member and Chairman of Chairmen of the NFF Ibrahim Gusau has stated that the inauguration of the Technical Committee of the Football Federation will serve as a catalyst to the development objective of the Nigeria Football Federation.

Member of the newly inaugurated Technical and development committee of the Nigeria Football Federation Mutiu Adepoju has stated that he is hopeful the committee will function well now that they have been inaugurated and promises to come up with positive ideas that can enhance the development of the game in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Black Stallion player Azeez Oladipo has stated that players are distraught after the correspondence from Rugby Afrique placed Nigeria on suspension owing to what is interpreted as government interference.

President and caretaker Chairman of the Handball Federation of Nigeria Sam Ocheo has stated that the action of dissolution of Sports Federations by the Minister of Youths and Sports hasn’t created any problem yet but revealed that the Confederation of Africa Handball reached out to him to confirm whether his board was affected. 

Striker Victor Osimhen trained with the rest of his Napoli teammates, on Tuesday after sustaining a head injury on Sunday.

Former Tanzanian coach Emmanuel Amunike has hailed forward Paul Onuachu for his goalscoring prowess.

Enyimba and Super Eagles goalkeeper John Noble has stated that Egyptian club Pyramid should be wary of the People’s Elephants after both teams were drawn to face each other in the quarter-final of the CAF Confederation cup slated for the 15th and 22nd of May 2021 respectively.

Director-General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria recognized  by World Athletics and the Confederation of Africa Athletics Pepple Young has stated that the Ibrahim Gusau lead board of the AFN stands undissolved despite the dissolution of Sports Federations by the Honourable Minister of Youths and Sports because the ministry cannot dissolve a board they don’t recognize.

Newly signed Rivers united forward Sunday Adetunji has expressed delight after a goal-scoring debut in the colors of the Port Harcourt-based side helping his new team record a 1-0 win against his former club Enyimba in Sunday’s outstanding Nigeria Professional Football League clash.

Enyimba striker Victor Mbaoma has backed the People’s Elephants to bounce back and make the most of their remaining outstanding games in the league after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to rivals Rivers united in Port Harcourt.