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Odegbami: The NPFL At 36 — A Dream That Never Took Off

By Kelechi / Economics / May 16, 2026

Dr Segun Odegbami was in the room when professional football was born in Nigeria. As a member of the original implementation committee that helped craft the 1990 decree, he carries a personal stake in what the NPFL has become, which is precisely why his assessment of where it stands 36 years later carries a weight […]

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Kayode Confirms Italy Allegiance And Closes Super Eagles Door

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / May 16, 2026

Michael Kayode has ended the speculation. Speaking to Tuttosport in an interview published on Thursday, the Brentford right-back confirmed that he will always give priority to Italy’s national team despite being born to Nigerian parents and remaining eligible to switch to the Super Eagles at senior level. Michael Kayode | Brentford | Age: 21 |

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Silva: Iwobi Back And Ready For Fulham’s Premier League Final Day

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / May 15, 2026

Marco Silva delivered the news Fulham and Super Eagles supporters needed on Friday: Alex Iwobi has completed a full week of training after his hamstring injury and will be available for selection in Sunday’s Premier League final-day trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Alex Iwobi | Fulham FC | Nigeria | Age: 30 2025-26 Premier

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Rangers And Benfica Battle For Nigerian Wonderkid Akpe Victory

By Kelechi / Transfer News / May 15, 2026

Rangers are stepping up their pursuit of 19-year-old Nigerian centre-back Akpe Victory, with transfer insider Jacobs Ben reporting that the Ibrox club are preparing an offer worth around £4.5 million for the Abuja-born defender who has caught the eye of Benfica and clubs across Germany, Spain and France after a breakthrough season at Zalaegerszegi TE

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Maikaba Names 35-Player Flying Eagles Squad For WAFU B Camp

By Kelechi / Youth Development / May 15, 2026

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

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Switzerland Coach Adeyemi: Nigerian Youth Football Is In Safe Hands

By Kelechi / Youth Development / May 15, 2026

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

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Malomo Scores And Sees Red As Dinamo Tirana Win Albanian Cup

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / May 15, 2026

Ayodeji Malomo’s Albanian Cup final will be remembered for two moments that arrived within 22 minutes of each other: the composed finish that put Dinamo Tirana ahead in the 34th minute, and the second yellow card in the 56th that sent him from the field with his club still needing a winner. Dinamo Tirana 3-2

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Dangote: I Chose My Refinery Over Buying Arsenal And I Have No Regrets

By Kelechi / News / May 15, 2026

Aliko Dangote has finally told the full story of why he did not buy Arsenal, revealing in a candid interview that he chose to complete his refinery over acquiring a football club he has supported since the 1980s, a decision that has cost him exposure to one of the fastest-appreciating assets in global sport. The

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Hot Akara: Super Eagles Stars Hype Iheanacho After Celtic Heroics

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / May 15, 2026

Two words from Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi told the whole story. When Kelechi Iheanacho’s 99th-minute penalty landed in the Motherwell net and kept Celtic’s title hopes alive, Ndidi’s Instagram response of “Hot Akara” captured exactly what every Nigerian football supporter was feeling watching the moment unfold. The Nigerian dressing room has always had its

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Uwejamomere: Becoming Golden Eaglets Coach Is A Dream Come True

By Kelechi / Youth Development / May 15, 2026

Eboboritse Uwejamomere has described his appointment as Golden Eaglets head coach as the realisation of thirteen years of deliberate preparation, taking charge of a programme that has failed to qualify for three consecutive FIFA U-17 World Cups and three editions of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. When the Nigeria Football Federation handed Eboboritse Uwejamomere

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