Soccer

[ad_1] Nigerian football legend, Segun Odegbami, has solicited financial assistance for ailing ex-Nigerian goalkeeper, Peter Fregene. Fregene is a former goalkeeper of the Nigeria national football team, with a career spanning over two decades. In a statement on Tuesday, Odegbami disclosed that Fregene is hospitalised in Sapele, Delta state, and urgently needs medical attention and financial assistance. The 72-year-old former striker said his colleague is "waiting for help to be moved by ambulance" to the Ohara Teaching Hospital. He said […]

[ad_1] ...commends Gov Alia on Makurdi Stadium upgrade The President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau has decried the state of playing pitches in Nigeria saying only one stadium can host grade grade A matches in the country. The NFF President who spoke Tuesday shortly after accompanying Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue state to inspect ongoing total rehabilitation work at the Ape Aku Stadium in Makurdi expressed delight in the standard of work being done by the contractor. He […]

[ad_1] Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved its 2025 budget proposal amounting to the sum of N17.6 billion. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the NFF's Annual General Meeting in Asaba, Delta State. Their resolutions reads in part: "The Congress lauded the efforts of Nigeria's national teams, especially the Super Eagles for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations' silver-medal feat and the Super Falcons for their participation in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament after 16 […]