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Chelle Visits Flying Eagles Camp Ahead of WAFU B Test

By Kelechi / Youth Development / June 20, 2026

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

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Tijani Completes Permanent Move to Hungarian Side Ujpest

By Kelechi / Transfer News / June 20, 2026

A loan spell that started as a search for game time has turned into a permanent home, with a Hungarian sporting director already convinced the Nigerian forward solves a problem his club has wrestled with all season. Former Flying Eagles striker Muhamed Tijani has completed a permanent transfer to Hungarian top flight side Ujpest FC,

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Where Every Super Eagles Star Lands on EPL Opening Weekend

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / June 20, 2026

The Premier League fixture list is out, and Nigerian football fans already know exactly where to look on opening weekend. Some Super Eagles stars get gentle starts. Others get thrown straight into the deep end. Several Super Eagles internationals will be in Premier League action when the 2026/27 season kicks off, following the release of

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Bayelsa Queens Start Rebuild After Losing NWFL Crown

By Kelechi / Training & Coaching / June 20, 2026

A goalless draw cost Bayelsa Queens their crown on the final day. Now the club has to rebuild before it even knows the full extent of who it’s rebuilding without. Bayelsa Queens head coach Ogbonda Whyte has confirmed the club has already begun planning for next season, with several members of the current squad expected

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Adepoju Says Osimhen Not Yet Ready to Captain Nigeria

By Kelechi / National Team News / June 20, 2026

Nigeria’s biggest goal threat in a generation isn’t the right man to wear the armband, according to a 1998 World Cup veteran who watched a sideline flare up at AFCON and didn’t like what he saw. Former Super Eagles midfielder Mutiu Adepoju has weighed in on the debate around Victor Osimhen’s suitability to captain Nigeria,

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Imuran Eyes WAFCON Spot After Super Falcons Recall

By Kelechi / Women's Football / June 20, 2026

She watched Nigeria lift a record 10th continental title from the outside. Now Rofiat Imuran wants back in, and her recall gives her a genuine shot at making it count. Super Falcons left-back Rofiat Imuran has set her sights on forcing her way back into Nigeria’s squad for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations,

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Rivers United Raid Kun Khalifat for Three Key Players

By Kelechi / NPFL / June 20, 2026

Three players who helped keep Kun Khalifat in the NPFL are now heading to Port Harcourt, the first concrete sign of the recruitment drive Rivers United promised for their Champions League season. Rivers United have completed the signing of three players from Kun Khalifat, strengthening Finidi George’s squad ahead of a demanding 2026/27 campaign that

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NFF Charges Referees to Lift Standards After FIFA Course

By Kelechi / Governance / June 20, 2026

It has been nearly two decades since a Nigerian referee took charge of a match at the Africa Cup of Nations, and the federation’s latest training push is an attempt to finally close that gap. Nigerian football referees have been issued a direct charge to raise their domestic performance standards in order to improve their

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Iheanacho’s Celtic Future Clouded by Failed Vasco da Gama Bid

By Kelechi / Transfer News / June 20, 2026

A title and a cup double should be answering the question of where Kelechi Iheanacho plays his football next season. Instead, the silence from Celtic and a rejected approach from Brazil have only deepened the uncertainty. Kelechi Iheanacho’s future at Celtic is edging closer to an exit, just nine months after the Super Eagles striker

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Nigerian-Born Oluwaseyi Features in Canada’s World Cup Rout

By Kelechi / Nigerians Abroad / June 19, 2026

Nigeria isn’t at this World Cup, but a striker born in Abuja still found his way onto the pitch in Vancouver, wearing red and white and helping deliver a result Canadian football had waited decades for. Nigeria may have missed out on a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but the country’s football fingerprint

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