Nigeria News Archives


Features news coverage of Nigeria and its players, including match reports and general football news.

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Oct
23
2008

Nigerian goverment refuses to fund 2009 Under-17 World Cup

Nigeria may be forced to quit as hosts of the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, after the country’s government said it cannot afford to provide the money needed to stage the competition.

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Sep
23
2008

Nigeria Can Rule The World, We’re Already On Track - Kanu

The following interview with Nigerian legend and captain of the national team Nwanko Kanu was conducted by African football magazine New African Soccer and reprinted here with their permission. The magazine...

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Sep
22
2008

Copy of Nigerian consortium´s official bid for Newcastle United

Following all the speculation about possible owners for Newcastle United, it seems that Mike Ashley is preparing to sell the club to a consortium of wealthy Nigerians. Chris Nathaniel, the chief executive of NVA Management, the company managing the...

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Aug
23
2008

Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)

Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came...

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Aug
2
2008

2008 Olympic Football’s Best XI

The Olympics are less than a week away, but the football tournament will kick off with the start of the preliminary round on the 6th, two days before the big show starts.

So, similar to the Euro 2008 Best XI that I did several months ago,...

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Jul
29
2008

Is the BBC killing Nigerian Football?

Take a honest account of the sad state of affairs in Nigerian football - corruption, lack of money, the lack of love from the locals, etc. Bring in a “journalist” working under a deadline to produce a catchy, quotable punchline to the story...

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Jul
28
2008

Nigeria 2008 Olympic Football Squad

Nigeria’s Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008:

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Jul
10
2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Football Squads

Olympic Football squads for the 16 teams participating at the 2008 Olympics:

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