Police gun down Kano Pillars fan during football match

 

 

 

The Nigerian Premier League clash between Kano Pillars and Heartland was called off before half-time after a fan was shot by police following crowd trouble at the Sani Abacha Stadium.

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NFF Elevates 3 Shamed Overaged U-17 Players to Flying Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said it will upgrade the three Golden Eaglets players that failed the mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test at the on going African U17 Championship in Morocco to the U-20 national team.

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Taribo West 'was 40 when he said he was 28', claims former Partizan Belgrade chief

Former Derby County, Plymouth and Inter Milan defender Taribo West has been accused of lying about his age.

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NFF is broke, opted out of African Nations Championship

African champions, Nigeria, has opted out of next year’s Championship of African Nations (CHAN) due to poor finances. Nigeria were due in June to battle Cote d’Ivoire in a qualifier for the tournament reserved for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues.

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Africa Youth Championships: Nigeria clinch bronze

The Nigeria Under-20 national team beat their Malian counterparts 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal at the Africa Youth Championship.

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