Nigeria Beat South Africa 3-2, Qualify For Quarter Final Of Under 17 Nations Cup
(News investigators) Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have booked their place into the quarter-finals of the 2023 U-17 AFCON after defeating South Africa 3-2...
Lionel Messi Pushing To Leave PSG Within Next 10 Days
(News investigators) PSG superstar, Lionel Messi wants to terminate his contract at the club within the next 10 days.
Nigeria Loses 1-0 To Morocco (Under 17 African Nations Cup)
(News investigators) Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets lost 1-0 to Morocco in their second Group B game at the 2023 U-17 AFCON on Wednesday.
Atletico Madrid President Longs For Messi, Ronaldo In LaLiga
News Investigators/ Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo will like to see Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo face off in LaLiga before both...
The Abuja International Marathon Has Been Postponed To April 2023
(News investigators) The Abuja International Marathon has been postponed to April 2023 according to a statement signed by the Race Director Olukayode...
Rohr: Pinnick Responsible For Super Eagles’ Failure To Qualify For Qatar 2022
(News Investigators) Former Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr says the decision to sack him by the then Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president,...
Pogba To Miss Qatar World Cup After Failing To Recover From Surgery
News Investigators/ France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss their FIFA World Cup title defence after failing to recover from knee surgery in...
Inuwa Splashes N10 Million Rewards On Winners Of Dan Majen Football Competition
News Investigators/ The governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has announced a total donation of N10 million cash reward for Dan...
Gombe United FC Targets Continental Action, Recruits 12 Players
News Investigators/ Gombe United FC plans to finish among the top four in the 2021/2022 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League...
Ondo Heavyweight Boxing Hopeful Knocks Out Opponent In 15 Secs, Cruises Into Semis
News Investigators/ Ondo state pugilist, Adedeji Adegbola, on Friday, knocked out his opponent, Oluwafemi Adetoye of Yobe state, in a record 15...
2021 AFCON Qualifier: Super Eagles Arrive In Cotonou
News Investigators/ The Super Eagles have arrived in Cotonou ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the...
Results Of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Europe Zone
News Investigators/ Following are the results of Match Day 1 fixtures in the Europe Zone Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup,...
Group Lauds Sports Minister On Revival Of Principals Cup Football Competition Nationwide
News Investigators/ The National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), Ebere Amaraizu, has lauded the Federal Ministry of...
High-Flying Manchester City Turn Attention To FA Cup, As Everton Meet Spurs
News Investigators/ English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City will turn their attention to the FA Cup this week when they travel...
Stakeholders Back Fusing Sports With Academics In Lagos Schools —Official
News Investigators/ The Lagos State government has announced plans to fuse education and sports in its schools, with a view to revamping...
Aubameyang Scores Own Goal As Struggling Arsenal Lose To Burnley
News Investigators/ Arsenal’s Premier League troubles intensified as they fell 1-0 at home by lowly Burnley on Sunday with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring...
2021 AFCON Qualifiers: Results Of All Day 4 Matches Played On Monday
News Investigators/ The following are the results of all Day 4, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played on Monday.
Super Eagles Match Against Leone Stars Was A Disaster, Says Super Falcon Ex-Coach
News Investigators/ Godwin Izilein, a former coach of the Super Falcons, has described the Super Eagle’s 4-4 home draw with the Leone...
AFCON Qualifier: Sierra Leone Holds Nigeria To 4-4 Draw
News Investigators/ The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone came back from 4-0 down to hold the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a...
AFCON Qualifiers: 16 Players Participate In Super Eagles First Training Session, Osimhen Missing
News Investigators/ The Super Eagles on Tuesday in Benin had their first training session in the last leg of preparations for their...
Top two Seeds Djokovic, Thiem Ousted In Vienna Open Quarter-Finals
News Investigators/ World number one Novak Djokovic and U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem crashed out of the Vienna Open in the quarter-finals...
No Agreement Between Messi, Barcelona -Reports
News Investigators/ Lionel Messi’s father and agent met Barcelona Club President Josep Maria Bartomeu on Wednesday to discuss the player’s wish to...
African Champions League Final To Be Played In October
News Investigators/ The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has abandoned plans to play the semi-final and final matches of the 2019/2020 African...
Arsenal Trash Charlton 6-0 In Friendly
News Investigators/ Arsenal returned to action for the first time since the Premier League was stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic as...
Bayern Munich’s Thiago To Miss Top Game At Borussia Dortmund Through Injury
News Investigators/ Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has been ruled out of Tuesday’s Bundesliga top game against Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich’s coach...
SWAN Hails Minister For Placing Rashidi Yekini’s Mother On Monthly Stipend
News Investigators/ Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commended the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, for granting...
No Fans In Dutch Stadia Until Vaccine Is developed –Health Minister
News Investigators/ Sporting events in the Netherlands will have to take place without fans in attendance until there is a vaccine for...
18 Varsities To Participate At 5th Nigerian University Golf Tournament
News Investigators/ Golf players from 18 universities will participate in the fifth edition of the Nigerian University Golf Tournament at the Smoking...
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria Moves By 4 Spots, Now World 31st
(News Investigators)/ Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by four spots in the November ranking to place 31st on the ranking table.
Boxer Dies Following Brutal Knockout
(News Investigators)/ American boxer, Patrick Day, died on Wednesday in Chicago as a result of the traumatic brain injury he suffered during...
Why Youth, Sports Minister Relocated To MKO Stadium Abuja
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has relocated his office to the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Liverpool Fined Or Fielding Ineligible Player
Liverpool were fined 200,000 pounds for fielding an ineligible player in their League Cup third-round victory over MK Dons last week.
Ist Deaf Athletics Championships: Nigeria Deaf Sports Federation Seeks FG’s Support
The Nigeria
Deaf Sports Federation (NDSF) has appealed to the new Minister of Youth and
Sports, Sunday Dare, to support the federation to enable...
12th African Games: Team Nigeria Arrive Abuja To Rousing Welcome
(News Investigators)/ Team Nigeria arrived in Abuja to a rousing welcome on Sunday after finishing second overall at the just-concluded 12th African...
NYCN Thanks Buhari For Appointing Dare Sports Minister
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The National Executive of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Mr Sunday...
2019 AFCON ASftermath: Tunisia Part Company With Giresse
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Alain Giresse has left his job as coach of Tunisia, after nine months and having guided them to the semi-finals...
20 Clubs To Participate In S/E, S/S 2019 Pre-Season Tournament, Says Official
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Akonam Obiefuna, a member of the Main Orgaisning Committee (MOC) for the 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) pre-season tournament...
Nigeria’s D’Tigress Beat Senegal To Win Fourth AfroBasket Title
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Nigeria women national basketball team, D’Tigress on Sunday defeated hosts Senegal in the final of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket...
African Games: Commonwealth, African Gold Medallists Lead Nigeria’s Taekwondo Team To Morocco
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Nigeria’s Taekwondo team to the 12th African Games in Morocco will be led by defending African Champion, Uzoamaka Otuadinma .
Liverpool Win Super Cup After Penalty Shootout
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Champions League winners Liverpool won the Super Cup 5-4 on penalties against Chelsea after the game ended 2-2 following extra-time on...
Golden Eaglets Begin Camping In Abuja For Brazil 2019
Golden Eaglets during training
(News Investigators)/ Five-times champions Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja got their camping programme...
Hosting U-20 Women’s World Cup Will Boost Nigeria’s Image, Economy -Per. Sec.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Olusade Adesola has said that hosting the FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup in...
Kano FA Suspends Local Matches in Sani Abacha Stadium
The Kano State Football Association says it has suspended all local competition matches at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, following a decision by its management.
Nigeria Moves 12 Spots On FIFA Ranking
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up 12 spots in the July FIFA ranking, to place 33rd in the world after winning bronze at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
AFCON: Lawan Heads For Egypt, Says Super Eagles Need Our Presence
Sen. Ahmad Lawan
Sadiq Umar - President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has departed Abuja to lead a...
Tunisia Beats Madagascar 3-0 At Quarter-Final
Courtesy: freetips.com
(News Investigators)/ Tunisia ended Madagascar’s remarkable Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) run when they beat the...
AFCON: Eagles End South African Dreams
Super Eagles v Bafana Bafana
By Sadiq Umar - The Super Eagles of Nigeria Wednesday night ended their...
Brasilia To Host Opening, Final Matches Of 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
World Cup football stadium(Source: bbc.com)
(News Investigators)/ The Estádio Bezerrão in the Brazilian city of Brasília will host...
Nigeria Beats Guinea 1-0, Qualifies For Knockout Stages
Super Eagles
(News Investigators)/ The Super Eagles of Nigeria became the first country to qualify for the knockout...
SHAME! Nigeria’s Under-20 Team, Handlers Protest Over Unpaid Allowances After Crashing Out In Sweden
Luggage of protesting Fly Eagles
(News Investigators)/ After a disastrous ouster from the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in...
U-20 World Cup: U.S. Show Class, Maul Flying Eagles 2-1
US Under-20 world cup
(News Investigators)/The forward’s two goals led the way, but Tab Ramos’ side put...
Taiwo Ogunjobi, Ex-NFF Scribe Is Dead
Late NFF Scribe
By Sadiq Umar -
A former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Taiwo
Ogunjobi is dead.
Nigeria’s Super Falcons Lift Women AFCON Trophy For 9th Time
The Super Falcons of Nigeria proved unbeatable once more as they overcame a stubborn South African Banyana Banyana squad on penalties after a scoreless...
NFF Presidency: Amaju Pinnick Wins Election For Another 4-Year Term
By Nuel Suji - President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been re-elected for a second term in office.
Mr. Pinnick...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Names 30-Man Provisional Squad For Russian 2018
By Sadiq Umar - The Super Eagles’ manager Gernot Rohr named a 30-man provisional list for the 2018 FIFA World Cup holding in Russia.
The...
FIFA Golden Cup Arrives Nigeria
By Nuel Suji - The prestigious FIFA World Cup golden trophy on Wednesday arrived Abuja, Nigeria’s capital ahead of the 2018 soccer tournament in...
Super Eagles Beat Angola 2-1, Faces Sudan In Next Match
By Nuel Suji - The home-based Super Eagles Sunday night beat their Angolan counterparts to the semifinal ticket at the ongoing African Nations Championships.
The...
Former Nigeria Goalkeeper, Raymond King Dies At 52
By Nuel Suji - A former Nigeria goalkeeper, Raymond King who has been battling with the partial stroke has died.
The ex-goalkeeper who was a...
Russian 2018: Nigeria In Same Group With Argentina
By Sadiq Umar - The Super Eagles of Nigeria, Friday emerged in Group D, the same group with Argentina for the 2018 World Cup...
First IAAF Bronze Label for West Africa Awarded To Access Bank Lagos City Marathon
News Investigators/The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Road Race Bronze Label to Access Bank Lagos City Marathon makes the Lagos marathon the first...
Edo Plans Technical Com’tee On Okpekpe Marathon
By Nuel Suji - Edo state government is to set up a technical committee to plan a three year development programme for the Okpekpe...
BREAKING: Ahmad Ahmad Defeats Issa Hayatou To Become New CAF President
By Nuel Suji - Confederation of African Football President, Issa Hayatou has been defeated by Ahmad Ahmad in a keenly contest election.
Ahmad, a Madagascan...
Mikel Obi Leaves Chelsea For Chinese’ Tianjin TEDA
By Nuel Suji - Super Eagle Captain, John Mikel Obi has moved from English Club, Chelsea to join Chinese Super League side Tianjin TEDA.
Mikel...
Presidency Pledges Payment Of Super Falcons’ Allowances Within 48-Hours
By Sadiq Umar - At last, respite may have come the way of the Super Falcon following a firm promise by the Presidency to...
Japanese Surgeon Lavishes Nigeria’s Olympic “Dream Team” With 390, 000 USD
By Sadiq Umar - The Japanese surgeon, Katsuya Takasu, who fell in love with the Nigerian U23 team the ‘Dream Team’, following their defeat...
BREAKING: Nigeria Qualifies For Quarter Final, Defeats Sweden 1-0
By Dipo Awojobi - Nigeria has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games football event after a 1-0 victory over Sweden.
The country’s U-23 team...
FIFA Boss, Gianni Infantino, Arrives Abuja
By Sadiq Umar - FIFA President Gianni Infantino has arrived Nigeria on a two-day official visit.
Mr. Infantino arrived Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Sunday accompanied by...
NFF Names Frenchman Paul Le Guen Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser
By Nuel Suji - The Nigeria Football Federation has named Frenchman Paul Le Guen as the new Super Eagles technical adviser.
Mr. Le Guen will...
Atiku Expresses Delights Over “Ambassadorial” Appointment
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed delight over his recent appointment as Ambassador of the Nigeria House in the forthcoming Rio Olympics in...
BREAKING: Amodu Shuaibu, ex-Super Eagles Coach Dies
By Dipo Awojobi - The Nigerian Football Federation has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu.
Shuaib was a former coach of Nigeria’s Super...
BREAKING: Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi - Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is dead. He died at the age of...
World’s Greatest Boxer, Muhammed Ali Dies At 74
By Dipo Awojobi - Legendary boxer, the boxing entertainer, the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammed Ali has died at 74.
He was born originally as...
Nigerian Boxer, Philanthropist, Francis Aiyegbeni Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi - A former Nigerian superstar boxer, businessman, philanthropist and engineer, who was also the Chairman of formerly D’Rovans Hotel, now Wallan...
Oliseh Quits Super Eagle Job
By Dipo Awojobi - Super Eagle Coach, Sunday Oliseh has quit his job as coach of the Nigeria's national football team, after accusing the...
Buhari Rewards 1986 Soccer Champions, Others
By Dipo Awojobi - Thirty years after unfulfilled promises, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday rewarded members of the Golden Eaglets that won the inaugural...
BREAKING: Abubakar, NFF Head Of Protocol Shot Dead
By Oladipupo Awojobi - Ibrahim Abubakar, Nigeria Football Federation's head of protocol was shot dead at his residence in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Wednesday morning.
Abubakar...
Seni, Saraki’s Son Replaces Dad As Chairman ABS Football Club
By Nuel Suji
Mr Seni Saraki, the son of the Senate President, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been announced as the new Chairman of the...
NFF Fires Keshi As Super Eagles Coach
By Nuel Suji, Abuja.
The Nigeria Football Federation has terminated the appointment of Mr. Stephen Keshi as Head Coach of the Senior National Football Team,...
Sepp Blatter Reconsidering FIFA Resignation -Report
Reports out of Switzerland say that disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter is reconsidering his decision to step down from his position, after stating his...
BREAKING: Blatter Serves Notice Of Resignation
By Idowu Bakare
FIFA President, Sepp Blatter has indicated his willingness to resign from the position, asking for an early Congress that would elect a...
For The Record: Remarks By FIFA President Sepp Blatter On His Resignation
I have been reflecting deeply about my presidency and about the forty years in which my life has been inextricably bound to FIFA and...
Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare Dies At 48
Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare is dead.
Agbonavbare, a member of the U-21 Mexico 83 Flying Eagles, and 1994 AFCON gold medalist, died at...
Jonathan To Receive Super Falcons At FEC, Team Arrives Lagos On Monday
President Goodluck Jonathan will receive the African Champions, Nigeria's women football team (Super Falcons) at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, even...
NFF Sacks Stephen Keshi
Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has been relieved of his duty by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Keshi's sack came shortly after he led...
Keshi’s Super Eagles Suffers 1-0 Defeat In Khartoum
The Stephen Keshi led Super Eagles on Saturday suffered a 1-0 defeat by the Sudanese side in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying...
Breaking: Aminu Maigari Arrested
By Emmanuel Adesuji, Abuja.
Outgoing President of Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari has been arrested by men of the Department of State Service (DSS).He was...
Under-20 Female World Cup: Jonathan Hails Falconets’ Victory Over North Korea
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Nigeria’s under-20 female football team, the Falconets on their qualification for the final match of the ongoing FIFA tournament...
Fire Guts Football Secretariat
Report reaching our News Desk says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretariat popularly called Glass House is on fire.It is located at Wuse Zone...
Ogunjobi Joins NFF Presidency Race
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
Indications have emerged that the former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, Mr. Taiwo Ogunjobi, is now among those...
NFA Chairman, Aminu Maigari Impeached
Report just reaching our news desk from the Glass House says the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari has been impeached.Maigari was...
Maigari In Fresh Trouble, As FIFA Lifts Ban On Nigeria
The crisis rocking the Nigerian Football is far from being over despite the vacation of a court Order restraining the board from running football in...
Federation Cup: Lafia Rumbles For El-Kanemi, Dolphins
This year’s Men Federation Cup competition hits the Round of 16 stage on Thursday with a number of interesting fixtures, including three ties involving...
More Trouble For NFF As FG Halts Release Of N253m July Allocation
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
Piqued by the revelation of an alleged monumental fraud and gross misappropriation of funds by the Aminu Maigari-led Executive Board, the...
Hundreds Of Ghanaian Fans Seeking Asylum In Brazil
Conflict in West Africa has already generated unfortunate headlines during the World Cup. Now the often untold strife occurring in places like Ghana and Nigeria...
Rep Rules Out Foreign Coach For Eagles, Says Keshi Is Good Enough
Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports Mrs Ayo Omidiran, has said that Coach Stephen Keshi will be the man to...
Nigeria Plans Friendly Match Against Portugal
The Chairman of the Nigeria Footbal Federation NFF technical committee, Mr. Chris Green has said that, Nigeria is planning a World Cup warm-up against...
FIFA World Cup 2014: World Travel Signs Deal With Brazil Hospitality Giant
Ahead of the FIFA world Cup fiesta coming up in Brazil in June, World Travel Shop, an indigenous travels and tours company has signed...
Mark Commends Super Eagles’s Victory Over Zimbabwe
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. David Mark has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the superlative performance at the CHAN 2014...
Qualify For Final, Get Another $100,000 -Sport Minister Tells Eagles
The Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mr Bolaji Abdullahi has offered another incentive of $100,000 dollars to the Super...
Mali Beats Nigeria 2-1 At CHAN 2014
The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagle today lost their first match 2-1 to their Malian counterparts at the on-going CHAN 2014 tournament in...
NSC Budgets N5.54b, earmarks N2.418b For Commonwealth Games
N700m For Federal Stadia Maintenance...
N200m for Equipments...
Otukpo Centre gets N100m...
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has earmarked a total sum of N2, 418, 069, 776...
Group F World Cup Draw: FIFA Dismisses Rigging Allegation
Federation of International Football Association FIFA has denied acussation that the world cup draw for Brazil 2014 which places Argentina in group f was...
Nigeria Draw Argentina In World Cup
African champions, Nigeria, yesterday during FIFA World Cup draws were drawn in Group F and will face two- time World champions, Argentina in the...
FIFA Unveils 2014 World Cup Ball
The Federation of International Football Association FIFA has unveiled the official match ball for the 2014 World Cup game coming up in Brazil.
The ball named...
Jonathan Announces N2m Cash Reward For Golden Eaglets
President Goodluck Jonathan has announced cash rewards and national honours award for the Golden Eaglets and their handlers for their victory in the FIFA...
Golden Eaglets Shines Into Final Agaisnt Mexico
The Nigerian Golden Eaglets has made it into the final of the FIFA under- 17 World Cup tournament going on in the United Arab...
Uruguay Coach Tips Nigeria For Trophy
The Uruguayan National Under-17 Coach, Fabian Coito has said that the rampaging Nigerian Golden Eaglets stands a chance of winning the final trophy in...
Eaglets Cruise Into Quarter-final: Beats Iran 4-1
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria yesterday defeated Iran 4-1 to book a place in the quarter finals of the FIFA U17 World Cup in...
Stay Focused on the Trophy –Jonathan Tasks Golden Eaglets
The African Examiner
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Golden Eaglets on their stunning victory over their Mexican counterparts in the on-going Under-17 World Championships...
Kano Pillars Defends Titles, wins Nigeria Premier League
… Smile Home with 10 Million Naira
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu
The 2013 GLOBACOM sponsored Nigeria premier league season on Sunday came to an end with...