Youth Development

Nigeria’s senior coach dropped by the U20 camp with a simple message focus now while it’s easy, because it gets a lot harder once the tournament starts. Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle paid a visit to the Flying Eagles training camp at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Friday morning, urging Nigeria’s

A week in China might not sound like the most obvious fix for three years of underachievement, but for a rebuilding Golden Eaglets squad, exposure to unfamiliar opposition could be exactly the jolt this generation needs. The Nigeria Football Federation has lined up a seven-day training tour in China for its newly assembled Golden Eaglets

Two players, two different European leagues, one Kaduna academy quietly proving it belongs among Nigeria’s most reliable talent pipelines. Ikon Allah Football Academy in Kaduna has confirmed European moves for two of its products within days of each other, reinforcing its growing reputation as one of the country’s most productive grassroots talent factories, as reported

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