NIGERIA

The former captain and coach of the Senior National Team of Nigeria Sunday, Oliseh, says he is disappointed by the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to hire Eric Chelle as a team coach, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Chelle was named by the NFF in February replacing Austine Eguavoen, who played the role in the interim capacity of the AFCon qualifiers. …

Nigeria’s national team has been crowned as the unity unit champions in England with a 5-4 penalty victory over Jamaica after a 2-2 draw in regulation time, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Moses Simon put the Nigeria super eagles ahead in minute 9 after the good works of Cyriel’s poses, but that advantage did not last long before Jamaica reduced through Kaheim Dixon …

The English Premier League Brentford team has granted permission to the young Nigerian center Benjamin Fredrick to play for the Super Eagles in the next match of the Unit Cup final against Jamaica later today, the club announced. The tournament that takes place in the native country of its Brentford Club involved four nations in Nigeria, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago …

Nigerian senior national team players tell them that FIFA will deduce three points of the World Cup qualifiers that rivals South Africa for presenting an inelegable player in his 2-0 victory over Lesotho, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Teboho Mokoena was supposed to be suspended for the victory over Lesotho after collecting two previous reservations, but played for more than 80 minutes in …

The goalkeeper coach of Nigeria’s national team Jean Daniel Padovani says that Stanley Nwabali’s late rescue in the 2-1 victory of Ghana’s team in the Unity Cup made her proud, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Nwabali made a late salvation in the 2-1 victory that could easily have seen Ghana to draw the level initially by moving the goal of the goal, before …

The dream of the goalkeeper of Singid SC Ama Obasogie making his debut for the national senior team of Nigeria has suffered a great setback due to visa problems, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Obasogie was supposed to be with the Nigerian team in the current unit of unit in England, but failed to make the trip from Tanzania, which means that it …

The chief coach of the national senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has explained why the team ran out of steam in the second half of his 2-1 victory over Ghana in the Unity Cup, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Super Eagles took a dominant 2-0 advantage in the second half, but could not match the performance in the second half allowing Ghana …

Chelsea Tosin Adarabioyo defender has denied rejecting the opportunity to play for Nigeria, Completsports.com information. Adarabioyo was born in England of Nigerian parents and has represented the first at the youth level. However, the 27 -year -old is still eligible to play for Super Eagles. Read also: Winning the league of the conference can be a starting point for more …

The ongoing war with HAMAS will not stop Nigerian Christian pilgrimage flight scheduled for Tuesday night, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Reverend Yakubu Pam has said. Addressing this year’s third batch of Pilgrims in Abuja on Monday, Rev. Pam disclosed that the Federal Government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NCPC have been monitoring the situation …

The chief coach of the national senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made public the initial alignment for today’s game against Ghana in the friendly Tournament of the Unity Cup in England, Owngoalnigeria.com can reveal exclusively. Chelle while maintaining his 4-3-2-1 training delivered an international debut for the first time to the Igho Ogbu, Sodiq Ismaila, Daniel Papa and …