Minister of Sports and Chairman National
Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has attributed the inability
of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay salary arrears of Super
Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi and his technical crew to systemic
failure.
Speaking to newsmen yesterday in Abuja, he insisted that the NSC and
NFF are however
CAF have shortlisted five Nigerian stars for this year's African
Footballer of the Year award which includes the trio of John Obi Mikel,
Sunday Mba and Emmanuel Emenike.
CSKA Moscow attacking winger, Ahmed Musa and Lille goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, complete the list of Nigerians on the shortlist.
The Chief Servant (CS) of NigerState, Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu on Tuesday doled out a total of N20M to players and officials of the Golden Eaglets as well as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for winning the FIFA Under-17 World Cup for an unprecedented fourth time.
Arsenal are monitoring the progress of talented Nigerian forward
Kelechi Iheanacho, with a view of making a transfer offer for the player
in January.
The Nigerian wonder kid’s agent Henry Galeano has confirmed that
Gunners chief scout Steve Rowley had been keeping a close eye on the
player during the recently concluded Under 17 World Cup in the United
Arab Emirates.
The teenager made a massive
