Nigeria’s Super Eagles and their technical staff boycotted training in Rabat on Tuesday over unresolved bonus payments, raising concerns ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa play-off semi-final against Gabon, PUNCH Online has gathered. The squad, along with officials, withheld their participation in protest, citing outstanding allowances dating back to 2019 for achievements including…
Rampaging Katsina United fans attacked Barau Football Club’s player, Nana Abraham, leaving him with a cut on his neck during their Nigerian Professional League encounter on Saturday. Barau Football Club confirmed the attack on its player, posting a photo of him with a bleeding neck on X. Barau Football Club wrote, “70′ The match is…
FIFA has appointed a team of South African match officials for the forthcoming Super Eagles’ World Cup playoff clash against Gabon. Nigeria will take on Gabon on November 13 in one of the two semi-finals of the African World Cup playoffs in Morocco. The winner of the match will face either Congo DR or Cameroon…
The house of representatives has resolved to probe the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over alleged misuse of $25 million grants received from the global and continental soccer ruling bodies. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during Tuesday’s plenary following the adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Adedayo Adesola and Nwaeke Uche. Moving the motion,…
Super Falcons defender, Michelle Alozie, has made the shortlist for the FIFPRO XI with teammates Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie, and Esther Okoronkwo — all instrumental in Nigeria’s 2024 WAFCON triumph — missing out. FIFPRO, which means the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, announced the shortlist on Monday. “The FIFPRO Women’s World 11 finalists…
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has declared the team will give everything to qualify for the 2026 World Cup via the Playoffs. Nigeria failed to win the automatic qualification ticket to next year’s Mundial after they could only finish second behind South Africa. However, they have been handed a second chance to feature at the…
FIFA has caused a stir in Nigeria after featuring the Birnin Kebbi Stadium — a project funded by FIFA and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) — as the new banner image on its official social media pages. The photo, showing the partly completed mini-stadium in Kebbi State, quickly went viral on X (formerly Twitter), with…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has clarified that all funds it receives from world football governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are tied to specific projects and not given as free grants or gifts. In a statement released on Friday, the NFF said the clarification was necessary following widespread misinformation on…
Super Eagles stars Victor Osimhen and Stanley Nwabali have been nominated for top honours at the 2025 CAF Awards, though Nigeria’s national team failed to make the shortlist for the National Team of the Year category. CAF announced the nominations on Wednesday, with Osimhen making the final ten-man list for the Men’s Player of the…
Eighteen-year-old Cheikh Touré, a promising Senegalese goalkeeper from the Esprit Foot Yeumbeul Academy, has been found dead in Ghana after being lured into the country under false pretenses. According to a statement from Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Touré was deceived by a group of fraudsters posing as football scouts. They reportedly…
