Author: Brila

Nigeria U20 national team first assistant coach Oladuni Oyekale has hinted that there won’t be open screening for the Flying Eagles of Nigeria because of the time frame ahead of the team’s schedule of engagement next month with the WAFU competition to determine the teams that will qualify for the 2021 CAF U20 cup of nations in Mauritania. 

Nigeria U20 national team second assistant coach Atune Jolomi has stated that he is hopeful alongside other members of the Flying Eagles Technical crew that the team can resume very soon this month after WAFU announced that the CAF U20 qualification which was earlier scheduled for October 17-31 will now be staged from November 14-29, 2020 in Togo.

A former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation (then Nigeria Football Association), Mr. Herbert Omokhaye, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 87. He died two months to his 88th birthday.

A veteran of the Nigerian professional football league who also is responsible to proffer advises to the domestic players, Victor Ezeji has stated that the NPFL is showing signs of development in recent times.

Nigerian Football Federation general secretary has reacted to the rumors making rounds that the NFF will soon call the age-grade teams to camp for preparation ahead of their respective competitions.

Former Super Eagles player, Garba Lawal has backed the Rohr-led Eagles to win all the friendlies lined up in this window between Algeria and Tunisia.

Chelsea striker Timo Werner has been ruled out of Germany’s friendly against Turkey on Wednesday with a ‘slight cold’.

Veteran Nigeria Professional Football League coach Zachary Baraje has stated that the idea to have the clubs licensing regulation enforced will not succeed if there is no mercenary in place to check compliance of clubs to this.

Former assistant coach of the Nigeria basketball national team and Gombe Bulls coach Mohammed Abdulrahman has predicted doom for the Nigeria Premier basketball league and that the NBBF will only continue to pay lip service to the sponsorship of the league at the Premier division. 

Former coach of Nigeria’s U17 national team Manu Garba has stated that the current Super Eagles team echoes his work and achievement as coach of Nigeria’s youths and the junior national team having coached at the U17 and U20 national teams respectively.