Football won’t thrive until government hands off – Yarmaight FC boss
The future and development of the Nigeria football League lies away from the reliance on government. This is according Nigeria Football Federation Reforms Committee member and owner of Nigeria National League side Yarmalight Football Club, Farouq Yarma. Speaking with Sports247.ng at the inauguration of the Committee yesterday, Yarma insists that club owners and administrators must begin to think outside the...
NPFL: No fixed resumption date wrecking our plans for the season – Abdullahi Biffo
Katsina United head coach Abdullahi Biffo says the club cannot afford to expend its limited resource on an unending Pre-season programme when the actual date for the new NPFL season is yet to be made official. Teams in the NPFL had earlier kick started their preseason programmes ahead of a December 1 league kick off date but the league is...
NPFL resumption date to be announced soon – Dikko
League Management Company chairman Malam Shehu Dikko has assured football lovers in the country that a decision will soon be taken in earnest to decide the kick off date of the new Nigeria Professional Football League season. The season had earlier been scheduled to begin on December first and second across the various regions in the country but has been...
Super Eagles Will Shine At AFCON 2019 – Ekong
Former Regianna of Italy midfielder, Ikpe Ekong has added his voice to expectations of a glorious outing for Nigeria at next year's Africa Cup of nations, as he believes the Super Eagles will shine at the competition. Although the Eagles missed the past two editions of the continental soccer showpiece, Ekong recounted that it was the same setting, when they...
NFF Reform Committee Will Not Disappoint – Yola
A member of the newly inaugurated reform committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Abba Yola has promised that they will not disappoint the nation. Yola said after the committee's inauguration that all members of the panel will work tirelessly together, in order to meet up to expectations from the NFF and all soccer loving Nigerians. He admitted that the task...
Aigbogun Explains His Choice Of Academy Players
Youth national team, Flying Eagles' coach, Paul Aigbogun has explained his decision to include nine football academy lads in his squad to the West African Football Union (WAFU) U-20 Cup of Nations. Speaking ahead of the opening match on Saturday in Lome, Togo, Aigbogun told sports247.ng that he wants to use the competition to spot new talents for his team. Aigbogun...
Enefiok, Odegbami Recall Festival’s Past Glory Days
Ex-international athlete, Enefiok Udo-Obong and former soccer star, Chief Patrick Segun Odegbami have shared their respective fond memories of the past glory days of the National Sports Festival. Speaking against the backdrop of Thursday's opening ceremony for the 19th edition of the festival in Abuja, Udo-Obong and Odegbami said on national television that its ideals have changed over the years. Odegbami,...
Nigerian States Should Make Sports Priority – Minister
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung has urged all states across the country to ensure they make policies for sports development part of their priority programmes. Sports247.ng reports that Dalung said only policy approaches to sports development can make the sector grow in standard and impact, thereby becoming sustainable in the country. He went on to identify misplacement...
Dalung: Sports Festival Will Hold Every Two Years
Sports minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung has declared that the National Sports Festival will now hold every two years, as he says plans have already been put in place to ensure continuity for the spectacle, sports247.ng reports. With the 2018 edition declared open on Thursday in Abuja, Dalung said it was an excitiing part of Nigeria's history and assured that the...
NSF: Table Tennis Event Delayed By Para-players In Abuja
Fixtures for the table tennis events at the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja were delayed by 24 hours, due to difficulties in arranging schedules for disabled players. Sports247.ng learnt that officials of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) admitted that compilation of names and slots for the para-players were affected by logistics and structural issues, but promised that it would...
