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Femi Azeez: Millwall’s Winger Eyes Super Eagles Call

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 3, 2026

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

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Sodje Demands NFF Overhaul After World Cup Failure

By Ubaso / National Team News / April 3, 2026

Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup despite Africa receiving a record 10 slots in the expanded 48-team tournament has left former Super Eagles defender Sam Sodje calling for urgent structural change at the NFF. Sam Sodje is done with polite language. The former Super Eagles centre-back, who played professionally in England for

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Osimhen Wins Footballer of the Year at Milliyet Awards

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 3, 2026

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

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NFF Appoints Busari as Flamingos Head Coach

By Ubaso / Women's Football / April 3, 2026

Akeem Ishola Busari takes the reins from long-serving Bankole Olowookere, with Nigeria’s first qualifying assignment for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup arriving next month. The Nigeria Football Federation has named Akeem Ishola Busari as the new head coach of the Flamingos, Nigeria’s Under-17 Women’s national team. The appointment comes as the Flamingos prepare

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Alebiosu: Blackburn Rovers Can Beat Relegation

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 3, 2026

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

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Werder Bremen Boss Pleased as Boniface Nears Return

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 3, 2026

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

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Yakubu Reveals Why Everton Was His Best Club

By Ubaso / History / April 2, 2026

Yakubu Aiyegbeni has never stopped loving Everton, and a recent return to Merseyside showed the feeling is entirely mutual. Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has spoken warmly about his time at Everton, calling it the place where he played his best football and describing his recent return to Merseyside as one of the most

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Adepoju Backs DR Congo, Urges Nigeria to Learn

By Ubaso / Governance / April 2, 2026

The man they called ‘Headmaster’ says DR Congo deserve their World Cup place, and he wants Nigeria to stop making excuses and start making things right. Mutiu Adepoju, one of Nigeria’s finest midfielders of the 1990s, has congratulated DR Congo on their historic qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Leopards secured their place

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Okoye on Track to Return for Udinese vs Como

By Ubaso / Nigerians Abroad / April 2, 2026

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

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Super Eagles to Face Poland and Portugal in June

By Ubaso / National Team News / April 2, 2026

Nigeria are lining up two of Europe’s most competitive nations for back-to-back June tests, and the calibre of opposition tells you exactly what Eric Chelle is trying to build. The Super Eagles will face Poland on Wednesday June 3 and Portugal on Wednesday June 10, 2026, in international friendlies that will round off Nigeria’s pre-AFCON

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