Author: Brila

Enyimba striker Victor Mbaoma has stated that he is excited to be back and returning with a bang after scoring what proved to be a crucial point on the road for Enyimba in Wednesday’s rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League clash which ended 1-1 away to Warri wolves.

President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation Engr. Tikon Ishaku is backing the World Table Tennis Middle East tour quest of Africa’s last man standing Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna as he continues his bid for success today against India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the mains draws of the competition after sailing through three preliminary rounds.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s women basketball national team Peter Ahmedu has stated that the release of the official fixture schedule by FIBA for the Tokyo Olympic games later this year will aid the preparation of the Nigeria women basketball team now that they know the order of games and how to approach the group stage.

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U20 national team Jolomi Atune has stated that availability of players remains the biggest setback of transition at the age-grade national teams level after recent failures of the Nigerian team especially at the U20 level after a good outing at the U17 level would have raised the expectation of what is to come.

Rivers united forward Godwin Aguda has stated that the Port Harcourt-based Nigeria Professional Football League side will be out to turn things around ahead of today’s rescheduled league fixture against struggling league defending champions Plateau United who is just a spot above the relegation zone. 

Former Super Eagles forward Victor Okechukwu Agali has backed Napoli striker Victor Osimhen to rediscover his scoring form following his recent injury setback.

Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha has disclosed the key factor that will help the Gernot Rohr-led side perform well in their upcoming AFCON qualifiers.

Former Flying Eagles of Nigeria and Kwara united forward Adeshina Gata has stated that the Harmony Boys want to hang on to her current leadership position on top of the Nigeria Professional Football League after reclaiming the top spot in the last round of matches following their 2-0 win over Warri wolves the last timeout.

President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation Engr. Musa Nimrod has lamented the impacts of Covid-19 on the upcoming Africa U18 & U19 Volleyball Championships to be staged in Abuja, Nigeria after the confirmation of the withdrawal of some countries owing to the Covid-19 impacts. 

Chairman of the Nationwide League One Mohammed Alkali has stated that all is set for the smooth take-off of Nigeria’s third tier league slated for the 8th of March 2021 after the approval and ratification of the date by the Annual General Assembly of the NLO.