Nelson Osayi, father of Birmingham City and Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel, has corrected a long-standing factual error about his son’s birthplace, confirming the right-back was born in Europe rather than in Okija, Anambra State as most sources had previously reported. For years, the widely accepted version of Bright Osayi-Samuel’s biography placed his birth in

Austel Elumelu, a former member of the NFF Technical Committee and a legal practitioner, has publicly dismissed the federation’s reported intention to appeal against DR Congo to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, saying the case will not proceed and that Nigeria’s World Cup fate was decided where it always should have been decided. The

Sunday Oliseh has firmly denied social media speculation that he is Michael Olise’s father, but in the same breath made clear his frustration that one of the most gifted players of his generation chose to represent France rather than the Super Eagles. The rumours had been circulating for a while, and on this occasion Sunday