Eagles Fans Favorite Joel Obi Disagrees With Keshi: I Was Fit For 2014 World Cup
Published: April 16, 2018
Super Eagles fans favorite Joel Obi has insisted that he was fit enough to be named in Nigeria's 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup.The late Stephen Keshi had named the Torino star as one of the nine midfielders on the provisional squad list but axed him from the final list announced, citing lack of fitness. Though J...
EFL Awards: The Beast Is Nigeria's Best Player Outside EPL After Terrorizing Defenses
Published: April 16, 2018
Wycombe Wanderers frontman Adebayo Akinfenwa can officially be regarded as Nigeria's most outstanding English-based player outside the Premier League this season. The 35-year-old was included in the Football Manager Team of the Season across the EFL, that is Championship, League One and League Two, at the EFL Awards ce...
Anderlecht On Brink Of Deal For Manchester United Goalkeeper
Published: April 16, 2018
Anderlecht are working on a deal to sign Manchester United's Belgian goalkeeper Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui.And ahead of a possible move in the summer transfer window, the 19-year-old has started training with the Belgian First Division A champions and took part in a friendly against Brentford B last Friday.Moutha-Sebtaoui c...
Premier League Winner's Medal: Man City's Adarabioyo & Nmecha In The Same Boat As Mikel, Aina, Tomori
Published: April 16, 2018
By Sunday, April 22, Manchester City's Nigerian duo Tosin Adarabioyo and Lukas Nmecha will discover if they stand a chance of receiving Premier League winners' medals.Pep Guardiola's Manchester City were crowned champions on Sunday after West Brom's 1-0 win at Manchester United, it means the Citizens have an unassailab...
Iwobi, Omeruo, Akpeyi, Mikel, Ogu, Solomon-Otabor Earn Nigerian Team Of The Week Honors
Published: April 16, 2018
After another week of football which put a host of Nigerians yet on show, allnigeriasoccer.com brings to readers the ones who proved delightful enough to catch the limelight in its Team of the Week.GoalkeeperDaniel Akpeyi (Chippa United): The Super Eagles goalkeeper was between the sticks for the Chilli Boys in their 1...
Super Eagles Star Scores For Hapoel Beer Sheva In Israel
Published: April 15, 2018
Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu was on song for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their 2-2 draw against Hapoel Haifa at the Turner Stadium in an Israeli topflight clash on Sunday evening.Alon Turgeman and Eden Ben Basat had earlier put the visiting team ahead in the game before the 29-year old struck to halve the deficit in the...
Creative Iwobi Gets Good Ratings Despite Arsenal Loss At Newcastle
Published: April 15, 2018
Super Eagles winger Alex Iwobi had a promising performance in Arsenal's humiliating 2-1 defeat against Newcastle United at Saint James' Park on Sunday and got rave reviews from the British media. Football.London in its review  of the game wrote of Iwobi: "Clearly has seen his confidence increase in recent weeks. Alwa...
Ahmed Musa's Goal Saves CSKA Moscow From Defeat
Published: April 15, 2018
It appears all is well between Ahmed Musa and CSKA Moscow coach Viktor Goncharenko, with the Belarusian naming the Nigeria national-teamer in the starting line-up for the eleventh game in all competitions on Sunday afternoon.The Leicester City loanee repaid the faith shown in him after scoring a crucial equalizer for t...
Deadly Belgian-Born Nigerian Striker Dessers On Target Vs Feyenoord
Published: April 15, 2018
Belgian-born Nigerian striker, Cyriel Dessers was on target for Utrecht in a 3-1 away defeat to Feyenoord in their Eredivisie clash at De Kuip Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The 23-year-old who has reiterated his ambitions of turning out for the Super Eagles if opportunity calls drew his team level with a sizzling left-fo...
17-Year-Old Okafor Hoping To Follow In The Footsteps Of Ike Shorunmu, Named In Basel 18
Published: April 15, 2018
The 17-year-old Nigerian winger Noah Okafor is close to making his professional debut for Swiss powerhouse FC Basel.During the January transfer window, Basel announced with pride that the teenager has penned his first professional contract with the club and handed the number eleven jersey.However, Okafor had failed to ...
Tottenham, Arsenal, Brighton Battling Swedish Clubs For Nigerian Striker Omidiji
Published: April 15, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Sophia Omidiji is preparing to bid farewell to Dutch Division I Club S.B.V. Excelsior, with as many as six clubs interested in her signature.The 20-year-old frontwoman has seen her stock rise after earning her maiden call-up to Nigeria Women's National Team for the friendly against...
Iwobi Shines But Arsenal Fall To Disappointing Defeat To Newcastle
Published: April 15, 2018
Arsenal crumbled to a shocking 2-1 loss to Newcastle at St James Park in their Premier League clash on Sunday afternoon, with goals from Ayoze Perez and Matt Richie orchestrating a comeback for Rafa Benitez's side.Super Eagles winger Alex Iwobi earned his 21st league appearance for the Gunners in the game, starring fro...
Official: Strongest Nigerian Player Signs New One-Year Deal With Wycombe Wanderers
Published: April 15, 2018
Adebayo Akinfenwa has been rewarded with a new one-year deal by EFL League Two club Wycombe Wanderers, the Chairboys have informed via their official webpage.It means the prolific striker will remain at Adams Park until at least the end of the 2018-2019 campaign.Regarded as Nigeria's strongest player, Akinfenwa has tal...
Official : Premier League Side Watford Release Talented Nigerian Striker
Published: April 15, 2018
Through a statement on their official website, English Premier League side Watford have confirmed that promising Nigerian striker Jubril Adedeji will depart the Hornets at the end of the 2017-2018 season.Born May 25, 2000, Adedeji is currently a second-year scholar at Watford and was earlier tipped to pen a professiona...
Joel Obi On Barcelona's Coutinho : Everyone Said He Won't Make It When He Arrived Inter
Published: April 15, 2018
Nigeria international Joel Obi has revealed that ex-Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho was not tipped to make the grade when he arrived Inter Milan in July 2010 and the Brazil international has proved his doubters wrong after joining Barcelona in the January transfer window.In the three years Coutinho was on the books of...