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By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Rancorous debates over the continued relevance of Gernot Rohr as coach to the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national football team, reminisce decades of cock-ups and maladministration of the beautiful game in Nigeria. The campaign of no love lost is a direct result of the sharp decline that football is undergoing in the country generally and particularly at ...

…’Nigeria is in difficult situation with coach, whose contract is taboo’ By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may find it difficult to sack Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, even if they are inclined to do so, a member of the NFF Technical Committee, Elder Paul Bassey, has said. Bassey, who is also chairman of Nigerian Professional ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Headquarters of the Africa Beach Soccer Union, ABSU has been officially commissioned in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria. NFF President and member of the FIFA Council, Mr. Amaju Pinnick who was represented by the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi  commissioned the Secretariat and expressed his satisfaction over the edifice. He also pledged more support ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Ex-international Godwin Okpara has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to desist from sacking Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr with just three months to the final play-off of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers. Okpara is the second ex-internationals after Victor Ikpeba to kick against the sacking of the Franco-German with just 34 days to the ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh  Before the Governorship election of Anambra state on 6th and 9th November 2021, there was palpable fear of uncertainties due to the fragile security situation in the country. But to the glory of God, the much feared, threatened and much publicized election has come and gone with Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA emerging victorious. Every ...

By Belo Osagie Continued from last Edition What’s your impression about our present crop of players who you said are young and do you think they can go far in the Nations Cup, World Cup? Yeah. Because, they seem to be enthusiastic about what they are doing. But what is important now is that people should not always emphasize on ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Former Nigerian forward, Victor Ikpeba, has advised the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to sack but retain the Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Ikpeba made this known during last Monday Night Football Show on SuperSports, where he fumed that sacking the German tactician will spell disaster for ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Musa scored from the spot in the first and second half respectively to beat Liberia 2-0 and move Nigeria within a win away from booking one of the World Cup play-off spots on Saturday in Tangier, Morocco. A win against Cape Verde last Tuesday will see Gernot Rohr’s charges enter the final ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Former Super Eagles’ Welfare Coordinator, Sunmonu Bello-Osagie, is unhappy with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) over the recent 3rd NFF-Aiteo Football Awards, where the Super Falcons Team that reached the quarter finals of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted in the United States of America, were officially given recognition. The Team won two of three ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh I was invited over the weekend to review Nigeria’s performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at an event. I obliged because I believed it would be an avenue to give a holistic appraisal of Nigeria at the Olympic Games not just the athletes but the entire ecosystem of responsibilities. Many people were quick to base ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh With what I have seen so far, sports is as good as dead in South East states. Even at the level of the National Sports Festival, none of the states finishes among the top six on the medals table. ‘It is also unfortunate that even at the National Youth Games, the region struggles to compete with ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Beyond being an important unifying tool and a platform for youth empowerment, research has shown that sports, also discourages crime and youth restiveness as captured by Christian Okpara In some countries, sports constitute a top contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP), creating employment for the youths, who, hitherto, would have been lured into crime. In ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Samuel Chukwueze will be named in the Super Eagles squad for the World Cup qualifiers in November unless he suffers another setback in training, Fides reports. Coach Gernor Rohr confirmed that the Villarreal forward is back to full fitness and would be available for selection in November. Rohr is keen on having him back for the ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Leon Balogun, Super Eagles and Glasgow Rangers defender is accustomed to getting under the skin of defenders on the pitch, now he is extending it off the pitch tackling managers of the game.  He recently spoke on an open podcast carpeting the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over unpaid bonuses and poor infrastructure. Balogun is more than ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Former Nigeria international, Daniel Amokachi, has played down comparison between legendary midfielder Austin Okocha and new kid on the block Chidera Ejuke. The CSKA Moscow forward has been a revelation since breaking into the Eagles, putting in eye-catching displays. This has led football fans comparing Ejuke with the former Eagles skipper. But Amokachi, posited that there ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has re-affirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to the development of women’s football in Nigeria. The Minister gave the assurance during the draws of the maiden edition of the Betsy Obaseki women’s football tournament held in Benin last Sunday. The Betsy Obaseki women’s football tournament is sponsored ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Nigeria Football Federation has asked Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, to quickly reverse the “huge shock” and defeat suffered by Nigeria against the Central African Republic in Douala on Sunday. President of the NFF and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, in a statement on Friday said that the Super Eagles have the character ...

Finidi George, newly appointed Enyimba head coach, is looking forward to a perfect start to his coaching stint at the eight-time Nigeria Professional Football League champions. The former winger, who earned 62 caps for the Eagles, just signed a multi-year deal with the Aba giants putting an end to speculations about his future. He took over from Fatai Osho, Enyimba’s ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Former AC Milan striker, Beppe Incocciati, has described Super Eagles star, Victor Osimhen, as a quality goal scorer and goal creator for Napoli. Fides gathered that Incocciati stated this in a chat with journalists, where he praised the Nigerian international impressive goal scoring form for Napoli in the Serie A this ongoing season. He said Osimhen ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has branded Central African Republic coach, Raoul Savoy, a sore loser after insinuating centre referee, Louis Hakizimana, helped the Super Eagles to beat his team 2-0 in the return leg of FIFA World Cup qualifying match recently. Fides recalled that Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen scored to give the Eagles victory in ...