Youth Development

Less than 48 hours after confirming Zadok Yohanna’s £21.5m departure to Brighton, Swedish giants AIK have turned straight back to Nigeria, inviting 18-year-old winger Shedrack Egboh to Stockholm for a full trial assessment. AIK Fotboll are wasting no time rebuilding after losing their most exciting young player. With Zadok Yohanna’s move to Brighton now finalised, […]

Two more Nigerian teenagers have caught the attention of European football development scouts this time through a tournament run by the Italian Consulate General in Nigeria as the pipeline from grassroots football to the continent continues to widen. Buruj Football Club midfielders Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen and Fawas Ayomide Adeleke have been shortlisted by European scouts

Nigeria’s Falconets face a Group F at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup that includes European champions Spain and a New Caledonia side whose captain is already promising no easy ride for anyone in Poland. New Caledonia captain Kamene Simane has declared that her side’s debut at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

Nigeria’s Flamingos hold a 5-0 advantage from the first leg in Abidjan, but coach Akeem Busari is refusing to let his players treat Saturday’s return fixture at the Remo Stars Stadium as a formality. Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has urged his players to approach Saturday’s return leg against Guinea with the same intensity that

Nigeria’s Flamingos delivered a near perfect performance in Abidjan as captain Harmony Chidi’s first half hat trick inspired a dominant 5-0 victory over Guinea in the second round first leg of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier. Akeem Busari’s side put on a five-star show at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny on Saturday,

Nigeria’s U-17 girls touched down in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday night, completing a journey via Lomé as they set their sights on a crucial first leg result against Guinea this Saturday in Abidjan. The Flamingos have arrived in Abidjan, setting the stage for Saturday’s 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Guinea. The team

Ladan Bosso has confirmed to FootballInNigeria.com.ng that he wants the Nigeria U-23 Olympic Eagles coaching job, entering a race that already features Samson Siasia and Daniel Amokachi as the NFF works through its shortlist for one of Nigerian football’s most consequential age-grade appointments. Ladan Bosso did not wait to be approached. The 58 year old

Abdu Maikaba has wasted no time in his new role, naming a 35-player Flying Eagles squad for the WAFU B U-20 Championship camp opening in Abuja on Saturday, with European-based players from Croatia, Spain, Ukraine and the Czech Republic included alongside the best of Nigeria’s domestic talent. Camp opens: Saturday, May 16, 2026 — Federal

Switzerland-based Nigerian youth football coach Adeyemi Adedeji Anthony has offered an emphatic endorsement of the NFF’s simultaneous appointments of Abdu Maikaba and Eboboritse Uwejamomere, saying the double selection places the future of Nigerian youth football in safe hands. When a coach working within European youth football systems validates appointments made by the NFF’s youth football