Ndidi Could Leave Besiktas After One Season as Saudi and European Clubs Circle

Ndidi Could Leave Besiktas After One Season as Saudi and European Clubs Circle

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Wilfred Ndidi arrived at Besiktas last August for €8 million and spent the season proving he still belongs at the top level. Now, less than 12 months later, he could be on his way out with Saudi Pro League clubs waving large contracts and Manchester United and Ajax watching from a distance. Wilfred Ndidi’s time

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Busari Warns Flamingos: Eleven Goals Mean Nothing Against Benin Republic

Busari Warns Flamingos: Eleven Goals Mean Nothing Against Benin Republic

By / National Team News /
Nigeria’s Flamingos crushed Guinea 11-0 on aggregate, collected ₦4.5 million in prize money from sports investor Kunle Soname, and then were told by their coach to forget all of it because Benin Republic are coming and the margin for error in the final qualifying round is zero. Akeem Busari does not do sentimentality in the

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Troost-Ekong: Senegal and Morocco Can Shock the World

Troost-Ekong: Senegal and Morocco Can Shock the World

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William Troost-Ekong has spent his entire career watching African football from inside the dressing room. The former Super Eagles captain knows better than most what it takes to compete at a World Cup and he believes two of the continent’s most formidable sides have everything required to go deep in 2026. Nigeria may be absent

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Done Deal: Lawal Joins FC Midtjylland From FC Ebedei

Done Deal: Lawal Joins FC Midtjylland From FC Ebedei

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Eighteen-year-old Nigerian forward Olashile Musa Lawal has completed his move from FC Ebedei to FC Midtjylland, joining the Danish Superliga giants’ U-19 academy and becoming the latest young Nigerian talent to follow one of European football’s most established development pipelines. FC Midtjylland have added another Nigerian teenager to their academy ranks. Olashile Musa Lawal, an

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Awoniyi's Nottingham Forest Future in Doubt as Contract Ticks Down

Awoniyi’s Nottingham Forest Future in Doubt as Contract Ticks Down

By / Nigerians Abroad /
Taiwo Awoniyi joined Nottingham Forest in 2022 as one of the most exciting Nigerian strikers to arrive in the Premier League in years. Four seasons later, he has one year left on his contract, no renewal discussions on the table, and three other strikers ahead of him in the queue. The summer of 2026 could

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Lagos Academy Coaches Scramble After School Pitch Clampdown

Lagos Academy Coaches Scramble After School Pitch Clampdown

By / Youth Development /
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

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