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FC Ifeanyi Ubah President, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has been re-elected as the new Anambra State Football Association Chairman for the second time running to steer the ship of the State's Football powerhouse.  The astute  administrator who has invested billions of naira on Football development in and outside Nigeria claimed 22 out of the 26 votes casted earlier on Monday, July 27, 2020 and emerged as the Chairman of the State F.A for another term. After the electoral process,  the Congress members and the newly elected Executives visited the State F.A Grand Patron, Arthur Eze. The Grand Patron of the F.A donated N10 million  to the association to aid the programs of the newly elected Executives. The newly re-elected Anambra State FA boss, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah vowed in an interview shortly after the victory, that his administration will take football to a lofty heights in the State with programs that will have long lasting effects on the Youths and the Peo...

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development, Friday submitted the hard copy of a well researched and properly designed Covid-19 Sports Code and resumption protocol to the National assembly and the presidential task force on Covid-19. This document if approved,  will pave way for the gradual resumption of selected sporting activities after over 3-months of abrubt stop occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic which has put the world at a standstill in the last few months. Sports minister, Sunday Dare said that the objective of the Covid-19 sport code and protocol is to provide a Covid-19 infrastructure and standard operational procedure to regulate the practice of sports in Nigeria. The ministry has also put in place a central coordinating and working committee to work hand in hand with the state cordinating and working committee in ensuring proper coordination, devoid of lapses, taking into consideration the paramount importance of lives of athletes and officials at t...

Top Nigerian football agent Attai Emmanuel Udia, has stated that there are notable number of players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) that can represent the country at the national level.  The agent revealed during an interview session on Family United By Football (FUBF) claiming players from the Nigerian top flight can actually play for the Super Eagles. “You have very good players in the NPFL, I have gone round, I have watched the Nigerian Premier League and I can tell you categorically that you have players in the NPFL that are good enough for the Super Eagles. “But, that is the job of the scouts to do, by going round and see which player fits into the coach’s plans. “Generally, I will say yes. I feel and I know that there are good players in Nigeria Premier League that are good enough for the Super Eagles,” he stated. As the Chief Scout Manager of Players Sports Management, Atta has been able to manage top Nigerian players — Odion Ighalo, Aaron ...

Former Chairman Nigeria Premier League, Chief Victor Rumson Baribote, has argued that the impeachment process used to impeach him as the league body head was illegal. Rumson Baribote was duly-elected Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League in 2011, at an election organized by the NPL Electoral Committee and supervised by the Nigeria Football Federation but was unceremoniously kicked out in 2013. Reacting to questions on one of Nigeria's top sports platforms, *Family United by Football (FUBF)* on Sunday evening, the legal luminary pointed fingers at former Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullah for his impeachment. "The process of my impeachment is illegal. The NFF statues is very clear and FIFA has said it clearly that whatever decision any Federation takes can't come from outside the FIFA rules," he told FUBF. "You cannot go outside the law of Nigeria to operate. Most times we swim in ignorance and illegalities. "Some of those people that were u...

By Akin Bolarinwa.  One of the most respected sports entrepreneur/administrator in the country has donated two hundred thousand Naira worth of pallatives to the Nigeria foremost WhatsApp sports group called Nigeria Sports Mouthpiece (NSM) Rebranded. According to the administrator who chose to remain anonymous,  this is to alleviate the hardship occasioned by the COVID-19 lock-down on sports journalists that serves as essential workers. The Philanthropist fondly addressed by his kinsmen as " Mr Talk and Do", delivered the palliatives to the leaders of the NSM noble platform for onward distribution to journalists. He said, "Journalists across the world are one of the worse hit during the COVID-19 pandemic because the sports sector has been shut down for 3 months. Here in Nigeria, sports may not resume until the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 gives us the go ahead.  "The palliative is to ensure that sports journalists who are also...

Like the biblical Paul who went on three missionary journeys preaching the gospel and performing miracles, another Paul is set to embark on his second missionary journey as Flying Eagles chief coach. Adjudged the best National team coach in 2019 due to his sterling performances with the Under 20 National team that saw Nigeria make it to the last 16 of the 2019 FIFA Under 20 world cup in Poland and a Silver winning exploit at the All Africa games in Egypt, Paul is the man looking good to get the job again Blessed with UEFA A' Licence certificate, the former Warri Wolves and Enyimba FC chief coach is currently in the United kingdom undergoing intensive coaching from some of the world's best coaches as the Covid-19 pandermic persists. He has travelled from London to Ireland and lately Scotland to beef up his credentials A top official of the NFF told this reporter that Paul is top on a list of four and is looking food for the job. According to him, Paul Aigbogun has do...

The Federal Government has donated 600 bags of rice to assist vulnerable youths across the country.  The donation of  palliative to the youths was facilitated by the Minister for Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Affairs. The rice was handed over  to the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria led by Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo who has distributed it to youths across the country. While thanking the government for the gesture, Sukubo said, "We are indeed very grateful to the Federal Government for the gesture of donating rice to vulnerable youths to cushion the effect of the lockdown due to Covid-19. "We commend Mr. President Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari for the proactive measures he has taken to cushion the effect of the lockdown as a result of covid-19. We also applaud the Minister for Youth and Sports Development as well as the Minister for Human...