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Aduku: Edo Queens Not Celebrating Yet Despite Super Six Lead

By Kelechi / Women's Football / June 14, 2026

Edo Queens lead the NWFL Super Six by two points going into the final matchday. Their coach Moses Aduku knows what that means and what it does not mean. The lead is real. The title is not yet won. Bayelsa Queens are the defending champions who still believe they can take it back. Moses Aduku […]

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Ezeonye Stars in Both Goals as Barau FC Exit Fed Cup on Pens

By Kelechi / Events & Tournaments / June 14, 2026

Henry Ezeonye had a direct hand in every goal Barau FC scored against Ikorodu City. He scored the equaliser. He set up the lead. When the match ended in a shootout, none of that changed the outcome but it confirmed something about a young striker that Nigerian football will keep coming back to. President Federation

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Former Super Eagles Star Udi Named Sunshine Stars TA for NNL

By Kelechi / NPFL / June 14, 2026

Sunshine Stars have chosen experience with international pedigree to lead their attempt to return to the top flight. Duke Udi arrives at the Owena Waves as technical adviser having worn the Super Eagles shirt and coached at multiple levels of Nigerian football. Banjo Adepoju joins him as head coach. The NNL campaign begins with a

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Trabzonspor Set €35m Price for Nwaiwu as Fulham Circle

By Kelechi / Transfer News / June 14, 2026

Six months at Trabzonspor. Three goals from centre-back. A Turkish Cup winner’s medal. And now a €35 million price tag with Fulham waiting to find out if they are willing to pay it. Chibuike Nwaiwu’s debut season in Turkey has produced exactly the profile a 22 year old with Premier League ambitions needed. Trabzonspor have

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Hephzibah SC Beat Chekas 1-0 to Reach NLO Lagos Playoff

By Kelechi / Match Previews & Reviews / June 13, 2026

One goal. One chance. One moment midway through the first half from Oyedele Temidayo. It was enough. Hephzibah SC are through to the NLO Lagos Playoff, and Chekas United’s long unbeaten run at the Alade Sports Centre has come to its end. NLO Alade Stadium Winners’ Playoff — Alade Sports Centre, Ipaja Command, Alimosho, Lagos

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Ilechukwu Signs New Deal to Stay at Rangers for Fourth Season

By Kelechi / NPFL / June 13, 2026

Two NPFL titles in three seasons. A CAF Champions League campaign ahead. And speculation about his future that has now been formally ended. Fidelis Ilechukwu is staying at Rangers International, and the Flying Antelopes are grateful for it. Fidelis Ilechukwu has put to rest any uncertainty about his managerial future by signing a new one-year

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Onyeka Set for Bundesliga Move as Leverkusen Agree Elversberg Loan

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / June 13, 2026

He scored eight goals in 30 Bundesliga 2 appearances as a teenager on loan at VfL Bochum and barely drew breath before another opportunity arrived. Francis Onyeka is heading to the Bundesliga properly this time with newly promoted SV Elversberg. Bayer Leverkusen and SV Elversberg are closing in on an agreement to send Francis Onyeka

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Edo Queens Go Clear With 9 Points After MD4 Derby Win

By Kelechi / Women's Football / June 13, 2026

Chioma Moses came off the bench in Matchday 4 looking to settle a tense South-South derby. She did it in the 77th minute with a decisive strike that separated Edo Queens from Rivers Angels and moved the Benin-based side into outright control of the NWFL Super Six title race with two matchdays to play. NWFL

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Aribo Departs Southampton After Four Years as Free Agent

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / June 13, 2026

Four years, 111 appearances, a promotion, two relegations, and a loan spell that neither side could build anything lasting from. Joe Aribo’s time at Southampton is over, and the 29 year old Nigerian midfielder enters the summer market as a free agent looking for a fresh chapter. Southampton have confirmed that Joe Aribo is among

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Okocha Receives 1998 World Cup POTM Award, 28 Years Later

By Kelechi / Awards & Recognition / June 13, 2026

Twenty eight years after Jay-Jay Okocha tormented one of the world’s most celebrated defences and helped the Super Eagles produce the most memorable result in Nigerian World Cup history, football’s governing structures have finally put a trophy in his hands for what he did that June afternoon in Paris. Jay-Jay Okocha unveiled a silver trophy

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