Chief Dr. Segun Odegbami, Nigerian Ex International, has described the Air Peace boss, Allen Onyema as an uncommon philantropist. In a Facebook post he tagged “Allen Onyema, caught in the act”, Odegbami narrated his experience with the businessman in Lagos home. Odegbami, who was an integral part of the Green Eagles team that won the…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan stormed to a big win in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational on Sunday. Amusan clocked a season’s best of 12.40s to win the race. The 27-year-old beat Jamaica’s Danielle Williams, who ran 12.46s, while Christina Clemons of the United States of America was third in 12.54s. Amusan has…
South African club, Kaizer Chiefs have been put away by the heavy price tag of Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali. Chiefs, according to reports in South Africa have keen interest in the shot stopper but can’t afford his R30m (approximately £1.3m) transfer fee. Nwabali has been linked with several clubs since his impressive performance for…
On December 26th in the year 1908, an igbo man from Anambra, always with his eririozo on his legs, popularly known as Nduka Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a blackman knocking out a white man….
Rashidi Yekini is undoubtedly one of the greatest Nigerian players to ever grace the football field. To call him a national hero would be an understatement; he was an African icon who left an indelible mark on the minds of Nigerians with his exceptional football talent. He won the African Best Player of the Year…
Former Super Eagles assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has said that becoming Super Eagles coach is not a do-or-die job. He said this while reacting to what he termed “misleading reports in the media” after he applied to coach the national team. Amuneke was a top contender for the Eagles job, but on Monday, he lost…
A former Super Eagles captain, Christian Chukwu, has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation still owes him salary from his time as the country’s male senior national team head coach. Chukwu led the team to a bronze medal at the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. He was however relieved of the job in…
British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua on Sunday morning paid a visit to businessman Femi Otedola in Monaco, France. MrOtedola revealed this in an Instagram post with a photo of himself and the 34-year-old boxer. “Look who popped by my Monaco residence this morning! The champ himself and my very own namesake @AnthonyJoshua,” he wrote. Joshua is…
Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has said that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, supported FIFA to have him banned for alleged involvement in match-fixing in August 2019. In a recent interview, the 56-year-old, whose ban ends in a few months, said the NFF not only refused to support him but also carried out FIFA’s instruction…
British-Nigerian former female footballer-turned-broadcaster, Eniola Aluko recently made history in Italy as she acquired FC Como, a female football club, making her the first female black woman to own a team in the women’s Serie A. Aluko is part of Mercury 13, an investment group, which has been focused on acquiring women’s football clubs across…
