Nigerians Abroad

Michael Kayode has been shortlisted for the Premier League Young Player of the Season award after his most complete campaign to date at Brentford, with the 21-year-old Nigerian right-back’s combination of defensive consistency, attacking output, and signature long throws earning him recognition among the division’s eight best young players of 2025-26. There are not many

Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha has been photographed wearing Nigeria’s famous 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games jersey, setting social media alight with questions about whether the 17-year-old record-breaker could yet commit his international future to the Super Eagles. Rio Ngumoha — Liverpool FC | Age: 17 | 2024-25 Premier League: 17 apps, 2 goals, 1 assist Youngest

Frank Onyeka’s impact in the closing weeks of Coventry City’s Championship title-winning campaign has earned the Super Eagles midfielder a nomination for the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award for April, with the Nigerian set to follow the honour with a permanent Premier League move worth around £9 million from Brentford. Frank Onyeka

Former Shooting Stars coach Fatai Amoo has no doubts about what Ademola Lookman will bring to Atletico Madrid when he has a full pre-season under his belt, saying the Super Eagles winger is only going to get more dangerous once he properly settles in Madrid. Fatai Amoo has watched Ademola Lookman’s first few months at

Akor Adams has scored in back-to-back LaLiga games after netting the decisive goal as Sevilla came from two down to defeat Villarreal 3-2 at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Wednesday night, taking his league tally to 10 for the season. Sevilla had absolutely no business winning that match at half-time. Two goals down inside

Super Eagles defender Emmanuel Fernandez has offered a public apology to Rangers supporters after Sunday’s heavy loss to Celtic effectively put the Scottish Premiership title out of reach with just two games remaining. Emmanuel Fernandez did not hide from the moment. After Rangers fell 3-1 to Celtic on Sunday, the Nigeria international stepped forward to

Moses Simon has started 28 of Paris FC’s Ligue 1 matches this season. On Sunday, for the first time in months, he did not play a single minute. Paris FC paid the price with a 2-1 defeat to Rennes. Moses Simon was left on the Paris FC bench for the entire 90 minutes as the

Umar Sadiq was on the bench. Carlos Corberan brought him on with 20 minutes left. Two minutes later, the Super Eagles striker had won the game for Valencia away at one of La Liga’s most intimidating venues. Umar Sadiq came off the bench to score the only goal as Valencia beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at

Three months ago, Tochukwu Nnadi could not get off the Marseille bench. On Sunday, he played 90 minutes in a crucial Ligue 1 win. The Super Eagles midfielder has forced his way into Habib Beye’s plans at exactly the right time. Tochukwu Nnadi played the full 90 minutes as Marseille beat Le Havre 1-0 at