Nigerians Abroad

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 […]

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

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

Daniel Thioune believes Felix Agu has the qualities to play further up the pitch for Werder Bremen, and a recent friendly trial as a left winger has given the German coach the evidence he needs to consider the change against RB Leipzig this weekend. Felix Agu’s future at Werder Bremen might look a little different

Semi Ajayi provided his first Championship assist of the season as Hull City were held 1-1 by Oxford United on Friday night, with Cameron Brannagan’s equaliser denying the Tigers all three points. Semi Ajayi finally got his assist tally moving for Hull City. The Nigerian centre-back set up Mohamed Belloumi’s goal just four minutes into

Born in London to a Nigerian father and Spanish mother, the 24-year-old went from non-league football to Championship standout in just a few years, and is now firmly on the Super Eagles radar. There’s a version of Femi Azeez’s career that ends somewhere in the English non-league system, unnoticed and unremarked. That’s not the version

The Nigeria international has been crowned the best footballer in Turkey at the 72nd Milliyet Sports Awards, capping off a record-breaking campaign that brought Galatasaray a domestic double. Victor Osimhen has been named Footballer of the Year at Turkey’s 72nd Annual Milliyet Sports Awards, one of the most prestigious sporting honours in the country. The

With Blackburn sitting 19th in the Championship table on 43 points, Nigerian right-back Ryan Alebiosu insists the dressing room believes they can get out of trouble in the final run-in. Ryan Alebiosu is not panicking. Blackburn Rovers sit 19th in the Sky Bet Championship with 43 points from 39 games, deep in a relegation scrap

The 25-year-old Super Eagles forward had been written off for the rest of the campaign after knee surgery, but his coach says that prognosis has changed. Victor Boniface is going to play again this season. That much is now clear after Werder Bremen head coach Daniel Thioune publicly confirmed the Nigeria international is back in

Udinese have been given a timely boost, with Maduka Okoye’s thigh injury proving less serious than feared after the Super Eagles keeper returned from the March international break. Maduka Okoye is expected to be fit for Udinese’s Serie A fixture against Como on April 6, after the club received positive news on the 26-year-old’s thigh