Youth Development

Two Buruj FC teenagers are heading to Abuja’s Golden Eaglets camp, and the timing couldn’t matter more for a team desperate to end years of painful underachievement at youth level. The Nigeria Football Federation has handed Golden Eaglets call-ups to Buruj FC midfielders Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen and Fawas Ayomide Adeleke, directing the pair to report […]

In 2024, Issa Jamiu Olarewaju flew to France for a trial at Stade de Reims and came home without a contract. He could have let that define him. Instead, he went back to the Nigeria National League, rebuilt his confidence game by game, and recently stood in a photograph alongside the man whose own journey

Football academy coaches across Lagos have spent the past month chasing approval letters and making repeated trips to Ikeja after a directive from the Lagos State Ministry of Education shut them out of public school pitches they had been using freely for years. The reason: Nigeria’s worsening school security crisis. For years, the arrangement worked

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