Author: Brila

Former Nigeria U20 assistant Coach Abdul Maikaba has stated that he is now open to fresh challenges after parting company with former Nigeria league champions Plateau United after three years at the club.

Ex international Friday Ekpo has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to invoke relevant sections of the FIFA law on players invitation and release by the club to countries for competitive games on the English Premier League following Monday’s release which informed the unanimous decision of Premier League clubs to prevent players from going to represent their countries due to Covid-19 protocol. 

Caretaker committee chairman of the Nigeria wrestling federation, Hon. Daniel Igali has disclosed succession plans for the incoming president of the wrestling federation.

NFF scribe Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has stated that the Football governing body in Nigeria will come up with a consolidated action plan which will be used as the working plan to prepare Nigeria for the delayed 2021 Africa cup of nations in Cameroon.

Nigeria National League chief Emmanuel Adesanya has stated that the Secretariat of the nation’s second-tier league in Nigeria is working towards ensuring that the NNL Super 8 promotion playoffs for the top eight teams in the NNL get underway by the 6th of September.

Former assistant coach of Nigeria’s Men basketball national team Mohammed Abdulrahman has stated that the Nigerian national men’s basketball team may have to depend on individual play and talents of players as they get set to compete at the 2021 Afrobasket in Rwanda.

Lobi stars coach Kabir Suleiman Dogo has stated that players will continue to move in the transfer window and on an annual basis because players can’t be stopped due to their respective ambition.

Former coach of Nigeria’s Men basketball national team D’Tigers William Voight has tipped Senegal and defending champion Tunisia ahead of Nigeria’s D’Tigers for Afrobasket title contention in the fast-approaching 2021 Afrobasket Championship which begins on Tuesday in Kigali, Rwanda. 

Assistant scribe of the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria Dr. Sunday Odior has stated that Nigerians can expect Team Nigeria medal haul at the Paralympics which gets underway on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan.

Former Nigeria international athlete and Athletics coach Deji Aliu has tasked the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to come up with programs that will aid the development of impressive Nigerian athletes after a very good outing at the just-concluded World Junior Athletics championship in Nairobi, Kenya.