Author: Brila

Kano Pillars forward Nyima Nwangwa has stated that his side is ready to take responsibility to better their lot on the league table ahead of this weekend round of NPFL matches where they play the second of their consecutive home games this time against Plateau United.

President of HFN Sam Ocheho has hailed the qualification of Nigeria’s Male and Female Handball national teams after both sides picked the ticket to 2019 All Africa Games at the just concluded Zone 3 qualifiers in Burkina Faso last night. 

Captain of the Golden Eaglets Samson Tijani has stated the players have shifted their focus to winning the FIFA U17 World Cup at the finals in Brazil later this year. Tijani told thenff.com that the team was just unfortunate not to have qualified for the final, but said himself and the rest of the squad are satisfied with the qualification of the team for the FIFA U17 tournament in the land of samba. “Personally, I did not feel too bad because our main aim was to qualify for the World Cup and we succeeded in that aspect. We approached…

Former Kano Pillars forward Junior LOKOSA has disclosed his interest in getting a second chance to prove his worth in the Super Eagles under coach Gernot Rohr.

Former assistant coach of Nigeria’s senior national team Joe Erico has stated clearly that there won’t be surprise inclusions in coach Gernot Rohr’s Eagles AFCON provisional list ahead of next month’s 2019 Africa cup of nations in Egypt. 

Angola becomes the first country to build a football stadium on water. The stadium was first opened over the weekend in Luanda and more than 1,000 fans attended.

Garba Lawal has stated that the Super Eagles have good games to set them up for the challenges of playing at the Africa cup of nations after the NFF confirmed that the Super Eagles will take on Zimbabwe and Senegal.

Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation are trying to douse the tension in the camp of the Golden Eaglets as the players are agitating over the NFF’s decision to ask them to go to their various homes with N40,000 each as transport fares upon their return from the CAF U-17 African Cup of Nations which ended at the weekend in Tanzania.

Coach of NPFL side MFM FC Fidelis Ilechukwu has lamented his side’s Lagos FA cup exit which translates to failure to qualify for the 2019 Federation’s cup after losing out to non-league side Box to Box FC of Lagos in the Lagos FA cup.

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly will miss the final two Premier League games of the season and the Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a knee injury against Chelsea.