NIGERIA

Former Nigeria senior national team coach Gernot Rohr says he strongly objected when he tried to go the Morocco route during his time as Nigerian national team coach, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Morocco has been one of the revelations of the current World Cup with a team largely made up of players born outside the country. A path that Rohr followed during …

European development finance institutions have strengthened their commitment to the Nigerian economy by launching a new €20 million financing facility while signaling that additional investment worth hundreds of millions of euros is expected in key sectors, including infrastructure, agriculture, health, renewable energy and small business. The new commitment was announced at the 10th Nigeria-European Union Business Forum and revealed in …

Nigeria Under-20 team coach Abdullahi Maikaba has unveiled his list of players who will represent Nigeria in the WAFU B tournament after a month of training in Abuja, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Maikaba finalized his team for the tournament during the week, ending a process that saw more than 100 players lobby to make the team for the tournament in Ivory Coast. …

Recent reports out of Türkiye have linked two senior Nigeria internationals with a summer transfer to two different teams in Türkiye in the current transfer frenzy. The Turkish team has been keen to recruit early and has ensured its targets are set early for the start of pre-season training. We can exclusively reveal that Trabzonspor’s plans to attract Samuel Chukwueze …

Europa League winners Aston Villa have joined the list of teams interested in signing 24-year-old Nigerian international winger Femi Azeez from English Championship side Millwall, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Azeez made his debut for Nigeria in the summer after scoring 11 goals and 8 assists in 34 games last season. He carried his form to the Nigerian team, where he scored a …

Newly appointed Portuguese Benfica coach Marco Silva has handed over a first-team spot to 19-year-old Nigerian striker Peter Edokpolor for the start of pre-season training, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Fresh from signing a two-year extension to his stay at the club, Silva, who replaced Jose Mourinho, will use the pre-season matches to impose the rule on the Nigerian youngster. Signed from an …

United States President Donald Trump emphasized that American military operations were instrumental in stopping the widespread killing of Christians in Nigeria, and said that America’s decisive action significantly weakened those behind the violence. Trump made the remarks Friday at an event in Washington, where he highlighted his administration’s security initiatives and counterterrorism operations in various parts of the world. Speaking …

Banik Ostrava defender Abdullahi Bewene has revealed the secret behind his impressive debut for the Nigerian senior team in the recent friendlies against Poland and Portugal respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Coach Eric Chelle handed the 22-year-old a late ball to the Nigerian senior team for the matches, after a series of withdrawals left the team without a recognized right-back. Bewene made …

Nigeria senior national team coach Eric Chelle is aiming to convince England under-21 international Ethan Nwaneri to change his nationality to Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nwaneri spent the second half of last season on loan at French Ligue 1 side Marseille but is back at Arsenal, where a decision on his future will be made before the close of the summer …

Nigerian international striker Akor Adams says there is no truth to reports that he has agreed terms on his summer transfer to newly promoted Italian Serie A side Venezia, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. According to reports in the Italian press and some select Nigerian media, he has agreed the terms of a transfer with a transfer fee to be agreed with Sevilla, …