NIS remains fulcrum which Nigeria sports revolves …. DG NIS Philip Shaibu The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Sports NIS , H. E. Comrade Philip Shaibu says the National Institute for Sports is the fulcrum on which Nigeria sports productivity revolves. He made this statement during an interview on Channels television last Monday noting that the system of budgetary is tactically responsible for the mismanagement of the National Institute for Sports by past Ministers of Sports. Shaibu also pointed out that Nigerian Sports is not living up to its bidding because the…
Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
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Nigeria and Algeria: Why AFCON’s Even-Year Tide Often Leans Green By Kasali D. Obanoyen History, when properly read, does not merely recount the past—it whispers confidence into the present. In African football, few rivalries capture this rhythmic tension better than the Nigeria national football team—the Green Eagles of old, today’s Super Eagles—against the Desert Foxes of the Algeria national football team. And when the Africa Cup of Nations falls on even-numbered years, the tide—subtly yet persistently—has often leaned Nigeria’s way. This year’s current appears to flow in that familiar direction. Elegantly clad in green and black, Nigeria now score with…
Morocco 2025: Lookman, Osimhen rift, No rumpus in Nigeria camp says NFF The camp of Nigeria’s Super Eagles has shot down insinuations and dark innuendoes of a rumpus in the team following Monday night’s 4-0 thrashing of Mozambique’s Mambas, which progressed the three-time champions to the last-8 of the ongoing 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco. Striker Victor Osimhen was seen making gestures to fellow forward Ademola Lookman just before a corner kick, and conjectures of various complexions have followed in the legacy and digital media. “There is no problem whatsoever in our camp. Whatever people saw as a…
Morocco 2025: Super Eagles in ferocious charge for 18th AFCON quarter-final berth Nigeria are confident of reaching the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the 18th time when they engage Mozambique in Monday night’s Round of 16 tie at the Complexe Sportif de Fès. The Super Eagles have the record of most medals in the 69-year-old flagship football tournament of the African continent, viz three triumphs (gold medals), five runner-up positions (silver medals) and eight bronze acquisitions. The only three times they failed to reach the quarter-finals were at their debut in Ghana in 1963, at the 13th edition in Libya in…
4 January 2026 “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” That timeless African proverb comes sharply to mind today as Sunshine Stars FC cries out for collective intervention. The club’s current distress is no longer subtle; its wailing is loud, public, and impossible to ignore. The team’s most recent match was not just another disappointing result—it was a clear alarm bell. Sunshine Stars is edging dangerously close to the cliff that leads into the National League, a footballing abyss where many clubs have fallen and never truly recovered. History shows that relegation is not merely a sporting setback;…
All is set for exciting Round of 16 at TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 The fixtures for the Round of 16 at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 have been set following a thrilling group stage campaign that highlighted the world-class quality of football on the continent. The first knockout stage will be staged from Saturday, 3 January to Tuesday, 6 January, with two matches every day at 17h00 local time / 16h00 GMT and 20h00 local time / 19h00 local time as the remaining sides battle it out for a quarter-final place. Hosts…
Morocco 2025: Super Eagles to take on Mambas in Round of 16 Nigeria will clash with Mozambique for only the sixth time at senior level, as both teams go for each other’s jugular in one of the Round of 16 games of the ongoing 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco. The 35,000-capacity Complexe Sportif de Fès, which has been home to three-time African champions Nigeria in their entire Group C campaign, will be the venue for the encounter that will commence at 8pm on Monday, 5th January. Nigeria swept through their group phase campaign like the harmattan, winning all three games…
Play Fair Atlanta coordinator , Micheal Collins describes Super Eagles World Cup absence as “tragic” By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The director of the Play Fair ATL Coalition, in Atlanta Georgia , Micheal Collins has lamented the failure by the Super Eagles’ of Nigeria to book their place at the 2026 FIFA world cup next summer in US , Canada and Mexico. The outspoken activist commenting of the anticipated fun fare that would envelope the largest football party ever expected in world cup history, said the absence of the Nigeria’s Super Eagles from the party is painful He said, whenever the world…
Morocco 2025: Winner of Africa Cup of Nations to pocket 10 Million US Dollars By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The winner of the Morocco 2025 African Cup of Nations, AFCON will cart away the sum of 10 million US dollars as prize money, Confederation of African football , CAF has averred. The President of Africa’s football governing body, t Dr Patrice Motsepe announced the 43% increase in Prize Money for winner of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations . The announcement was made last Saturday following a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee (EXCO) in Rabat, Morocco, a day before the…
Kano FA Task Sabon -Gari Football Management On Grass Root Development By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The Chairman , Kano state Football Association, KSFA, Sherif Rabiu Inuwa has urged Sabon Gari Football Management, SGFM to sustain the momentum in the football development strides being recorded in the area. The Kano FA boss, testified that SGFM has made tremendous progress in the promotion of the game of football in Sabon Gari and its environ. Inuwa in his remarks while declaring open , the fourth Annual General Meeting, AGM of the management held at Igwe Palace, New Road Kano, applaud the efforts of the…
