Author: Seyi Alao
The Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Chidi Offor Okenwa has hailed the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick for his timely intervention after NNL Super Eight play-off finally kick-off in Aba on Sunday.
Forward Clement Ogwu has signed for NPFL outfit Mountain Of Fire Miracles Football Club on a season long loan from NNL side First Bank ahead of new season. Ogwu was seen as the ideal candidate to replace Sikiru Olatunbosun who left the Olukoya Boys to team up with Abdul Maikaba’s Plateau United. Ogwu can is a talented player who can play as a center forward or as right or left winger. However, the forward believes the move to the Lagos based NPFL side is a step towards the direction right for his young career. ” I thank First Bank FC for an…
FC Nogoom new arrival Tosin Omoyele , Says he’s delighted to open his goal account for the club after netting on his debut in a friendly game Egyptian club side against FC Made. The attacker left former Nigeria professional football league champions Plateau United late December 2018 to join up with the Egyptian Premier league side. The former Osun United goal poacher however said he was thrilled to start with a bang at his new club. “I felt really good and hopes it gives me more confidence going forward”. “It was good for me to score in my debut…
Chelsea assistant manager Gianfranco Zola has urged the Spanish striker to develop the tactical aspect of his game if he is to reach the expected height in the Premier League. Morata has endured a torrid time since arriving Stanford Bridge from Real Madrid last summer with then manager Antonio Conte prefering Eden Hazard to lead the attack in big games. The former Juventus striker second second season has not gone as planned under new manager Maurizio Sarri who has also dropped omitted him from some of the Club’s match-day squad. However, Maurizio Sarri restored Morata to his starting line-up against…
Nigeria professional football league side Kwara United Football Club unveiled 18 new players in Ilorin on Friday ahead of the coming 2018/2019 season. Brila.net gathered that the club retained 13 players from the players which was part of the team last season while orders were released. Among the new players are: Oki Olaoluwa from Kwara United Feeders Team, Kehinde Olajuyin from Ekiti United and Yusuf Muhammad from Kano Pillars. Others includes:Kenneth Okoli from FC IfeanyiUbah, Muhammad Hussaini from Katsina United and Sunday Emmanuel from Sunshine Stars Football Club. The Chairman of Club, Oladimeji Thompson however charged the players to be…
Nigeria defender Efe Ambrose has triggered his exit from Scottish Premier league side Hibernian after turning down a new three year contract from the Club. The Nigeria international who arrived Edinburgh on Initial loan dealfrom Celtic back in 2017 before joining the Neil Lennon’s sidepermanently on a two-year deal and helped the Club gain promotion to the Scottish top-flight in the process. The Nigeria international exit was confirmed In a statement released by the Club. “Hibernian can confirm the departure of Efe Ambrose,” read the club statement. “The 30-year-old centre-back has invoked a clause in his contract that allows…
Super Eagles Captain John Obi Mikel has left Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda with two seasons into the three years contract he signed with the Club back in 2016. It is understood that the Former Chelsea midfielder reached an agreement with the Club to cancel his contrat after helping them to retain their elite division status last season. The UEFA champions league winner was not in the traveling teamfor pre-season training in Spain and confirmed his exit in an interview with Tianjin TV Sports New Visionprogram: ”I broke the contract with the club, which means I will leave Teda.…
Former Chairman Gombe football Association Gara Gombe Shuaibhas resigned his letter position as a member of Reforms Committee inaugurated by the Nigeria Football Federation. The former Nigeria Football Federation board member tendered his resignation letter on Thursday citing various reasons for his decision. In his resignation letter NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, Gara Gombesaid he doubted the sincerity of the committee’s efforts to sanitise the running of the game. “I am not fully convinced that the NFF is indeed ready for Reforms. ”The membership of the committee is populated by people whom l am not convinced are not supposed to be in…
Former Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Emenike has unveiled a picture of his multi-million naira house with an overhead bridge built in Owerri, IMO state. The former Fenerbache and west ham player Emmanuel Emenike shares the new photo as he shows his new house in Imo State on social media. The picture has been trending on social media since he uploaded it. He is joining Odion Ighalo in launching new mansion.
Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa is excited to have ended his five-game goal drought in Saudi Arabia, he scored a brace for his club, Al Nassr Riyadh in Thursday’s 6-0 win over Al-Jandal. Musa scored his side’s second goal in the 47th minute after Abdulrazak Hamdallah had shot Al Nassr Riyadh into the lead in the 29th minute of the match. Hamdallah scored two more goals in the 66th and 80th minutes to make it 4-1 and in the process bagged a hattrick before Musa completed his double on the dot of the 90th minute. Giuliano Victor had earlier…
