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Wasiu Alalade plays forward for Kwara United and believes his team can create something special. The Harmony Boys face Abakaliki FC for the President Federation Cup championship. Saturday June 28 marks the date when these two sides battle at Mobolaji Johnson Arena located at Onikan. Kwara United...

Turkish football expert Gürcan Bilgiç has blasted Fenerbahçe president Ali Koç for keeping José Mourinho as head coach. The commentator thinks the club made a terrible choice about their Portuguese manager. Mourinho could not deliver the league championship during his first season at the...

Ghana coach Kim Lars Björkegren wants his Black Queens team to face Nigeria's Super Falcons. The teams will meet during preparation for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Morocco hosts the main competition later this year at Benslimane. Both squads need practice matches before the...

Two Italian teams want to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United during the summer transfer window. Juventus and Napoli have both shown strong interest for the English winger. Sky Sports reports that these clubs are working hard to convince the player to join them. Juventus officials have...

Gbenga Ogunbote turned down Kano Pillars and will stay with Shooting Stars for another season. The coach still has twelve months left on his deal with the Ibadan team. He chose to stick with his current club rather than make a move. Shooting Stars came eighth place during the previous campaign...

A Turkish football expert has made a bold promise to a presidential candidate. Gürcan Bilgiç spoke directly to Hakan Bilal Kutlualp about winning the upcoming Fenerbahçe election. The commentator believes one signing could guarantee victory for Kutlualp. He wants the candidate to bring Victor...

Friday Etim has made his move to Denmark after signing with FC Midtylland. The Nigerian striker left his Portuguese team CD Mafra to join the Danish Superliga side. He put his name on a four-year deal with the Wolves. The 23-year-old forward brings experience from his time playing across Europe...

Daniel Ogunmodede leads Remo Stars as their head coach and has ambitious dreams for the team. He wants to guide his squad to victory at the CAF Champions League competition. The coach helped his players capture the Nigeria Premier Football League championship during the previous campaign. This...

Plateau United pushed back against rumors spreading across social media about their head coach. The football club said stories about Mbwas Mangut leaving his job are completely false. Team officials made it clear that the coach will keep working with the squad for the upcoming season. The Peace...

Nigeria's young football team learned about their opponents for the upcoming tournament. The Flying Eagles will face Ghana and Benin Republic during the group stage matches. Ghana gets to play at home since they are hosting the entire event. The draw placed these three teams together for what...

Former Nigerian star John Mikel Obi shared his thoughts after watching Chelsea lose to Flamengo at the Club World Cup. The match ended 3-1 as the Brazilian team staged an amazing comeback on Friday. Chelsea had scored first through Pedro Neto during the opening half. Flamengo refused to give up...

The Akwa Ibom State government has fired all the management teams running the state's football clubs. Four teams lost their entire leadership boards after officials made the announcement. Commissioner Paul Bassey broke the news during a special meeting with club representatives who gathered at...

Cross River State police chief Olusegun Omosanyin calls reports about dead bodies lying around two villages completely false. Etono and Biakpan communities have been fighting each other for two months over who owns the land. People from both places say their families lived there first and...

A cargo ship caught fire Friday evening at Apapa Port. The vessel CHANG MIN was unloading goods when flames started around 6 o'clock. Workers spotted the fire coming from the second cargo area. The ship carried dangerous items like gas trucks, wood products, and rubber tires. Emergency teams...

Flames broke out early Saturday morning at God First Plaza near TCN on Ogbondoroko Road. The building caught fire around 6:20 when most people were still sleeping. Twenty different spaces filled the one-story structure with ten apartments and ten shops. Fire crews rushed over when someone called...

Police officers caught a teenage girl who pretended someone kidnapped her and her little sister. The 14-year-old planned the fake crime with three other people who helped her trick everyone. Her four-year-old sister got caught up in the lies without knowing what was happening. The whole mess...

A mob killed twelve people from Basawa community during their journey to attend a wedding. The victims came from Zaria Local Government Area where they lived peacefully. They boarded a bus from Ahmadu Bello University that held eighteen passengers. The group planned to celebrate at a marriage...

A court judge sent a young man to prison for three years after he tried to rape a female student. Raji Ridwan is 25 years old and must serve his sentence with hard labor. The case happened at Ila-Orangun Chief Magistrate Court on Friday. Magistrate Ibukun Adeniran made the final decision...

Police officers caught a man who killed a young woman and hid her body. Joshua Osaigbovo faces murder charges after officers found him guilty of killing Osato Festus Edogiaweria. The 31-year-old man buried the 21-year-old girl near his house at Iyanomon community. Officers dug up her remains...

Seven people from China went to jail for running internet scams that stole money from Nigerians. A Lagos court gave each person one year behind bars and made them pay one million naira as punishment. Anti-corruption officers caught these criminals during a huge raid last December. The operation...