Non payment of Super Eagles Wages : National Sports Commission faults finance ministry and Central Bank of Nigeria By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Nigerian sports authorities have confirmed that the Super Eagles currently representing the country at the AFCON 2025 in far away Morocco were been owed backlog of their entitled wages. The Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, however said that the concerned authorities have surmounted issues surrounding the payment of the entitlements of the Super Eagles players and their officials . Impeccable news outlets domicile in Nigeria have quoted News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) saying that…
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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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TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 , actions returns Friday Jan 9., Mali VS Senegal, Morocco vs Cameroon The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 will continue on Friday, 9 January with the first two fixtures in the Quarter-finals. CAF stated. To assist with coverage of the tournament, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) is providing statistics packs to the media which take an in-depth look at the history of the competing sides at the tournament, fascinating facts around the teams and match officials information. CAF said on Friday, 9 January , quarter final at 16:00 GMT will…
Ahead AFCON quarter final clash against Algeria, Super Eagles players, coaches go on strike over unpaid wages Super Eagles players and technical officials , Wednesday reached the resolve to shun training sessions in protest over the alleged non payment of their wages by Nigerian sports authorities . The players alleged that they were been owed accumulated wages starting from their first win against Tanzania . The owed waged they claimed to include their entitlements for their won matches against Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Mozambique. Impeccable sources revealed that the players have reached the resolution not to travel to Marrekech to…
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…
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…
