A hat-trick from Francisca Ordega gave Nigeria a deserving 4-0 victory over Italy to qualify for the quarter final of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup going on in Japan. The forward opened the floodgate in the 22nd, 40th and 47th minutes while substitute, Osarenoma Igbinovia added the fourth in the 86th minute to give Nigeria the maximum three points with seven points to lead Group B. The player who is featu ...

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), as a Party, joins concerned Nigerians at the import of the dismal performance of the Nigerian team at the recently concluded 2012 London Olympics where the country failed to register on the medals’ table, the worst in twenty four years. Undoubtedly, this poor showing is an anti-climax to the peak reached in our Olympics participation with the Atlanta ’96 haul of si ...

Nigeria international, Samson Siasia has expressed his appreciation to Nigerians for the support he received during his 11-months reign as chief coach of Super Eagles. The Bayelsa born coach was today finally axed by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) executive committee based on the recommendations of its technical committee who had met about a fortnight ago. “I just want to thank all Nigerians, the fa ...

Members of the senior national team, the super eagles have resolved their disagreement over travel plans to Madagascar. Vincent Enyeama, Mikel John Obi and Victor Anichebe have been branded rebels for rejecting the Air Nigeria aircraft chartered by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the trip for this Sunday's Nations Cup qualifier. The players alleged that the country could afford a better aircraft g ...

All is not well in the camp of Nigeria's women national football team, Super Falcons following the decision by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to decamp them and pay them paltry camping allowance of N10,000 after spending four weeks in the camp. Each of the senior female footballers was said to have been paid the shocking allowance after they managed to secure a 2-1 win over the Lioness of Cameroon in ...

Columbus Crew midfielder Emmanuel Ekpo will replace Osaze Odemwingie in the Nigeria squad after the forward withdrew due to a recurrent ankle injury. However, Ekpo will only join the squad in Bangladesh where the Super Eagles face Argentina in a friendly match. Nigeria coach Samson Siasia called up 25 players to prosecute two games in September, the first being a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier against M ...

Nigeria's Super Falcons face a difficult situation even with a 2-1 victory over Cameroon in the women's soccer event of the Olympic qualifier played at the Abuja National Stadium today. Their chance of qualifying for the Summer games in London in 2012 now hangs in the the balance. Though Reigning Africa female player, Perpetua Nkwocha and Ebere Orji got Nigeria's goals in the second half after a scrappy fir ...

Two soldiers who were drafted to Jos, Plateau state as members of the military Special Tasks Force to restore law and order in the troubled state have turned out to be part of the troubles of the state. Luck has however run out on them as they have been identified as masterminds of the kidnap of Pa Michael Obi, father of the Chelsea star Mikel and consequently arrested bringing to eight the number of suspec ...

After spending days in the den of his captors in a remote village of Kabuga in the ancient city of Kano, father of Chelsea football club star, Mikel Obi, Pa Michael Obi was today rescued from by men of the Nigeria Police Force who also arrested five suspects suspected to be his abductors   Kano State Police Commissioner, Alhaji  Idris Ibrahim said the abductors were arrested in  Kabuga Quarters , a neighbor ...

There seems to be no end yet to the agony of the family of Chelsea star player, Mikel Obi as the family today denied media reports that the kidnappers of his retired civil servant turned transporter Mr Michael Obi have made contacts with the family. Mrs. Rose Obi whose husband was kidnapped last Friday, broke her silence in a media interview in Jos today where she refuted media reports that the kidnappers h ...