Nigerians Abroad

Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has confirmed that Super Eagles full-back Ola Aina returned to pitch training on Thursday, but the Portuguese coach stopped short of guaranteeing the Nigerian will play any part when Bournemouth visit the City Ground on Sunday. Ola Aina has not featured for Nottingham Forest since April 30, when he hobbled […]

Taiwo Awoniyi says the night he went home from the City Ground and collapsed in pain the beginning of a sequence that would lead to emergency surgery and a medically induced coma had to happen, because it is the source of a self belief that now runs deeper than anything football alone could have given

Celtic legend Stiliyan Petrov has called on the club to pursue a more powerful, consistent striking option this summer and let Kelechi Iheanacho go even after the Nigerian scored the 99th minute penalty that kept the title race alive and played a key role in their dramatic final day comeback against Hearts. Kelechi Iheanacho helped

Wolverhampton Wanderers are willing to let Tolu Arokodare leave on loan this summer following their Premier League relegation, with the club acknowledging that finding a permanent buyer for the Nigerian striker will be difficult after a season in which he scored just three league goals. Tolu Arokodare’s debut season in the Premier League has ended

Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface put his money where his mouth is, announcing a N1.5 million giveaway for Arsenal fans moments after the Gunners were confirmed Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years. Victor Boniface did not just celebrate Arsenal’s Premier League title from the sidelines. The Bayer Leverkusen striker, a lifelong

Semi Ajayi is heading to Wembley. Hull City’s Super Eagles defender will play in the EFL Championship play off final on Saturday after Southampton were expelled from the competition by an independent EFL disciplinary commission following a spying scandal spanning three separate incidents across the 2025-26 season. EFL Championship Play Off Final | Saturday, May

Paul Onuachu ends the 2025-26 Turkish Süper Lig season as its joint top scorer, sharing the Golden Boot with Eldor Shomurodov of Istanbul Başakşehir after the Uzbek striker levelled on the final day to match the Nigerian’s 22-goal tally. Paul Onuachu | Trabzonspor | Nigeria | Turkish Süper Lig 2025-26 Golden Boot: Joint winner —

Samuel Adeniran wrote the final line of LASK’s finest season in the club’s recent history on Sunday afternoon, converting from the penalty spot in Vienna to help the Upper Austrian side beat Austria Wien 3-0 at the Generali-Arena and clinch the Austrian Bundesliga title — completing a domestic double that few had predicted at the

Maduka Okoye has been named Udinese’s Player of the Season after one of the most resilient individual campaigns produced by a Nigerian goalkeeper in Italian football, recovering from a two-month early-season suspension to claim his club’s highest individual honour with 10 clean sheets in 29 appearances. Maduka Okoye | Udinese | Nigeria | Serie A