The Super Eagles of Nigeria have beaten the Desert Foxes of Algeria 3-1 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Chelsea forward Victor Moses scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 26th minute after a mix up in the Algerian defence. Captain Mikel Obi added a second on 42 minutes after beating the offside trap set…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has promised Super Eagles players $10,000 for every unreplied goal they score against Algeria, in Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier. Governor Udom made this promise when he visited the team at their Le Meridien Hotel camp, accompanied by his predecessor, Godswill Akpabio. The Governor had donated N10 million to…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has disclosed that it has printed 20,000 T-shirts for distribution to football fans to cheer Super Eagles in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against the Desert Foxes (Fennecs) of Algeria in Uyo. Government also constituted a Local Organising Committee to ensure a successful hosting of the match at the Godswill Akpabio…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has spoken of the football encounter between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Tiafa Football Team of Tanzania as a display of rugged talents with excellent impression on the soccer loving youths of the state and those seeking a career in football. Governor Emmanuel stated this…
Members of the Supporters Club of Akwa United Football Club who were involved in a motor accident on their way to Port Harcourt for the Week 33 NPLF league match scheduled at Liberation Stadium against Enyimba Football Club of Aba, have been assured of the best medical attention to aid their recovery. Akwa Ibom State…
Coach Samson Siasia of the National U-23 team, has narrated his latest foray where he led the team to win Nigeria’s only medal at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympic Games and this is not the first time the former Super Eagles striker will be on the saddle. Before now, he had coached the same…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has called on Sports managers to have a rethink over the poor outing of the country’s Athletes in the just concluded Rio Olympics Games and restrategise for the next tournament slated for Tokyo in 2020 and other International competitions. Governor Emmanuel bared his mind at Ibom International Airport…
Nigeria’s Minister for Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, on Monday, sent two players and three officials of the national U-23 team back to Nigeria from the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. It was learnt that the two alternate players, Stanley Dimgba, and goalkeeper Yusuf Mohammed, alongside the team’s media officer, Timi Ebikagboro,…
Former Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles under the late Stephen Keshi, Okpala Sylvanus Okpala, has described the death of the ex-national team coach as shocking. Speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, the former Super Eagles midfielder disclosed that Keshi’s death was shocking because two of them talked on phone…
One of the most iconic captains of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, and former coach of the team, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, is dead, his family has announced. He was 54. He died of Cardiac arrest in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, Emmanuel Ado, a brother to the late coach confirmed. “With…
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