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Onazi Named Chowdeck Brand Ambassador

By Ubaso / Society / April 5, 2026

The 2013 AFCON winner has signed with Africa’s leading on-demand delivery platform, becoming the face of a brand serving over two million users across Nigeria and Ghana. Ogenyi Onazi is back in the spotlight, and this time the stage is a boardroom rather than a pitch. Chowdeck, Africa’s leading on-demand delivery platform, announced on Saturday

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Tella Stars in Leverkusen’s Thrilling 6-3 Rout of Wolfsburg

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

Bayer Leverkusen produced one of the Bundesliga season’s most entertaining afternoons, turning a 3-1 deficit into a 6-3 home win over Wolfsburg, and Super Eagles winger Nathan Tella was part of the action for 81 pulsating minutes at the BayArena. Nine goals, a dramatic comeback, and a Nigerian international involved throughout. Bayer Leverkusen’s Matchday 28

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Ola Aina Sits Out Forest’s Easter Open Training

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

Nottingham Forest held a public Easter training session at the City Ground on Saturday, but one familiar Nigerian face was notably missing from the group — Ola Aina continuing individual work away from the main squad while Taiwo Awoniyi trained normally. Nottingham Forest chose Easter Saturday to open their training session to fans at the

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Security Fears Move Plateau vs Ikorodu to Lafia

By Ubaso / NPFL / April 4, 2026

Plateau United will play their Matchday 33 home game against Ikorodu City in Lafia rather than Jos, after security unrest in Plateau State forced the NPFL to relocate one of the season’s most consequential fixtures for the title race. The NPFL has approved the Lafia City Stadium in Nasarawa State as the venue for Plateau

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Legend: Onuachu Must Win Title to Make Goals Count

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

Paul Onuachu heads into Trabzonspor’s crunch clash against Galatasaray on a nine-game scoring streak across all competitions, leading the Super Lig Golden Boot race with 21 league goals — but a club legend is making it clear that a title medal must be the destination for this form to mean anything lasting. Paul Onuachu is

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Ekong Misses Malmo Opener With Knee Injury

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

A knee injury picked up in pre-season has denied Emmanuel Ekong the chance to start his Allsvenskan campaign with Malmo FF, leaving the tri-national forward sidelined as the 24-time Swedish champions kick off their title defence against Örgryte on Easter Sunday. Emmanuel Ekong will not be part of Malmo FF’s squad when the Allsvenskan season

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Nwakali Frozen Out at Barnsley in Career’s Latest Low

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

The player who was once described as the best teenager on the planet after winning the 2015 U-17 World Cup Golden Ball is now training with Barnsley’s under-21 side, shut out of first-team football entirely in a situation his agent describes as deeply unjust. It has been a decade since Kelechi Nwakali stood on a

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Ezekiel: Enyimba Will Escape NPFL Relegation

By Ubaso / NPFL / April 4, 2026

Nigeria’s most decorated club are fighting for their NPFL lives, and midfielder Edidiong Ezekiel says belief and home-game wins are the only path out of a relegation battle that nobody at Aba’s Enyimba FC expected to be having this deep into the season. Enyimba are in trouble, and they know it. The People’s Elephant, two-time

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Besiktas Chase Nigerian Wonderkid Donald Godwin

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

Turkish giants Besiktas have entered formal negotiations to sign teenage Nigerian forward Donald Godwin after the prolific Ogun State striker stood out from a trio of Atlantic Business FC players invited to trial in Istanbul, with Wilfred Ndidi’s presence at the club adding an extra dimension to the transfer. From a lower-league ground in Ogun

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Onyeka Scores First Goal as Coventry Dominate

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 4, 2026

Frank Onyeka opened the scoring with his first Coventry City goal in the 12th minute of a 3-2 win over Derby County, a result that pushed the Sky Blues 11 points clear at the Championship summit with just six games remaining. Frank Onyeka doesn’t do things quietly. The Super Eagles midfielder arrived on loan from

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