Lobi elevates youth team duo

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

Youth Team graduate of 2012, Stephen Eze, won the Best Feeder Team Draft at the 2013 LBA.

ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com can reveal that Dominic Iorfa’s decision to establish a youth team for Lobi Stars in the Nationwide (Amateur) Division 1 League has continued to yield dividend following the elevation of Lobi Feeders duo of Michael Anura and Suleiman Ochimana to the first team, ahead of the new season.  

Personal musuem boosts Ronaldo's PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has opened a museum in his honour, which he said has extra room to be filled by future trophies. 

Akwa out to prove there's life after Udoh

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

In football, heroes come and go.

That’s the situation at Uyo based Glo Premier League side, Akwa United where the exit of the club’s most outstanding player in the 2012/13 season, Mfon Udoh, has created more problems for the new man in charge, Patrick Udoh.  

El-Kanemi preserves Cameroonian flavour

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

  

 

Raphael Boumsong is standing (third from right)

 

Three Cameroonians have been training with Maiduguri based Glo Premier League side, El-Kanemi Warriors, as the club continues to preserve its French flavour, ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com reports.

Cameroonian influx rejuvenate Lobi

Kingsley Ashu (middle - front row) before a league match during the 2012/13 season. 

Cameroonian influx rejuvenate Lobi

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

 

Even before the new season begins, former champions, Lobi Stars, have set a record as the first Nigerian team to attract as much as five Cameroonians to its training camp. 

Wafu Cup goal king set for Bayelsa deal

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

 

Togolese striker, Saibou Badarou, who scored four goals to emerge goalking at the just concluded GoTV Wafu Cup, in Ghana, is set to seal a deal with Glo Premier League side, Bayelsa United, ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com can report.

NFF bungle Golden Boot race in Fed Cup

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

 

2013 Federation Cup goal king: Musa Najare, yet to get his reward.

ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com can reveal that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have bungled the 2013 Federation Cup Golden Boot race after ignoring Warri Wolves’ five-goal hero, Musa Najare, and announced Akwa Starlets’, Utibe Archibong, who scored four goals as Golden Boot winner, in the 2013 Federation Cup. 

Trio hunt Cup Golden Boot

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

 

 

Ifeanyi Ede

The trio of Bobby Sokari, Musa Najare and Ifeanyi Ede head into Sunday’s 2013 Federation Cup final with a chance of making Cup history as highest goal scorer. 

Top stars missing in Cup final

By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

The 2013 Federation Cup takes centrestage in Nigeria on Sunday and the duo of Enyimba and Warri Wolves are expected to parade their top stars for the big event.

However, several top stars will be missing in action.

In this report, ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com profiles the stars who will watch from the stands as their teams take to the battle ground.

Enyimba

 

Cup Legend, Victor Ezeji will watch the 2013 finals from the stands

Delta fast-track next football stars

Delta State has been at the forefront of football development in Nigeria and moved a step further by fast-tracking the discovery of schoolboy stars through the inaugural Secondary Schools Soccer tournament for the Governor’s Cup. 

Schoolboy stars take centrestage in Delta

 

 

 

 

 

Schoolboy stars will converge on the Warri City Stadium as the finals of the inaugural Secondary Schools Soccer tournament for the Governor’s Cup in Delta State is decided on Tuesday.    

GUINNESS wins SportsBrand of the Month Award

Aerial view of the World's Largest Jersey for Nigeria's "Super Eagles" by GUINNESS

 

GUINNESS, Official sponsor of Nigeria Super Eagles has emerged inaugural winner of the SportsBrand of the Month Award.

GUINNESS Marketing & Innovation Director, Austin Ufomba and other officials during the unveiling of the jersey.

Iorfa explains significance of Lobi's jerseys

Lobi Stars duo of Ezekiel Bassey & Tony Okpotu modeling the jerseys: (Black & White: Tiv Colour)

Lobi Stars supremo, Dominic Iorfa, has revealed that the club’s jerseys for the 2012/2013 season symbolize the unique tradition of the Benue people.

NPL stars model OWU's unique designs for 2012/2013 season

NPL stars Ezekiel Bassey, Tony Okpotu (above) Mutiu Adegoke, Sola Adeboye and Abdulrahman Bashir were in Lagos to model jerseys of their respective clubs produced in Nigeria by leading sportswear brand, OWU Sportswear

Okpotu, Bassey to model Lobi's OWU kits

Lobi Stars sensation, Tony Okpotu (right)

Ezekiel Bassey

Lobi Stars duo of Tony Okpotu and Ezekiel Bassey arrived Lagos on Tuesday for Wednesday's unveiling of their club's jersey.

NPL top stars converge for OWU

3SC stars, Mutiu Adegoke and Thomas Adesina in OWU's design last season. Adegoke, who is one of the free-kick specialists in the NPL is one of the top stars to model the new designs on Wednesday.


Six Nigeria Premier League (NPL) stars will converge on Lagos for the unveiling of OWU Sportswear jerseys to be used by the trio of 3SC, ABS and Lobi Stars during the 2012/2013 season.

Blackburn replace Umbro with Nike

English Championship team, Blackburn Rovers has announced Nike will be their new kit supplier for the 2013-14 season replacing Umbro. 

Vincent Kompany signs with Warrior sportswear

Manchester City and Belgium captain, Vincent Kompany, has signed a deal with Warrior Sports.
Kompany announced the news to fans via a video message posted on his YouTube channel earlier today.

The Ascent of OWU Sportswear

BY OHI ESEZOBOR

3SC coaches: Tunde Odubola & Hakeem Busari in OWU Leisure wear

3SC fan elebrating a goal in OWU Sportwear replica

The Eagles Have Landed

 

 

 

 

Sunday boy, Mba celebrating his goal

Oboabona, Mba in historic Afcon finals

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

Godfrey Oboabona

Sunday Mba

Eagles want Odemwingie

Championship side, Crystal Palace (nicknamed: Eagles) have offered Nigerian International, Osaze Odemwingie, an escape route from West Bromwich Albion, where he has become an outcast after attempts to force his exit from the club.

Palace manager, Ian Holloway,  wants him on loan at Selhurst Park to boost their promotion bid athe club where former England star, John Salako was club legend.

New Home: Selhurst Park?

Eagles in dream Afcon final

Nigeria's Super Eagles battered Mali 4-1 in the first Afcon semi-final to reach their first final since 2000.

Referee was Man-of-the-match - B. Faso coach

Burkina-Faso coach, Paul Put, claims referee, Slim Jdidi was Man-of-the-Match for his controversial calls in the Afcon semi-finals against Ghana.

OWU to unveil new NPL jerseys

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

OWU's 2010/2011 design for 3SC.

Owu Sportswear, Nigeria’s leading sportswear producers will unveil its latest products for three top Nigeria Premier League sides at an impressive event, on February 13, in Lagos. 

Mba's fairy tale continues

By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

The phenomenal turnaround that Nigerian International, Sunday Mba, has experienced in the last 12 months is the stuff of which fairy tales are made.

Mba is Man-of-The-Moment

A brilliant goal from Enugu Rangers star, Sunday Mba, earned Nigeria the ticket to the Afcon semi-finals on Sunday.

Afcon 2013 Sponsors delight

 

 

 With the 2013 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off in South Africa this week, iSportconnect looks at the sponsors and partners behind Africa’s largest football tournament.

By Steve Moorhouse

Orange

Puma named Official Fan Supplier of 2013 Afcon

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Sponsorship: Sports retail giant, Puma have announced its partnership with the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013 to become the Official Fan Supplier.

LMC Pre-Season Tournament or NPL Pre-Season Tournament

BY OJEIKERE AIKHOJE





Photo: mtnfootball.com


ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com can reveal that the League Management Commitee (LMC) of the Nigeria Premier League has kicked off with an unpardonable branding mistake. 

Keshi commits marketing sin: Nike vs adidas

Keshi ignites brand war with Nike Cap & adidas track suit

 

Super Eagles manager, Stephen Keshi, unknowingly displayed his limited knowledge of how to protect the rights of a sponsor of a property (adidas/Super Eagles) when he appeared in a Nike Face Cap and the team’s traditional adidas track suit at their Faro Camp, in Portugal.

Iorfa enters Caf history books

Lobi boss, Dominic Iorfa, with his League Managers gong as Best Coach of the Year.

 

Lobi Stars supremo, Dominic Iorfa, has entered the history books as the first Nigerian to earn the CAF Accreditation Coaching License after participating at the first-ever workshop organised by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for coaches who will lead teams in the continent this year. 

Bolowotan create buzz with replicas

 

 

Nigeria National League rookie, Bolowotan, is creating a buzz with the club’s Official Merchandise from indigenous sportswear brand, Owu Sportswear.

Eagles release Afcon squad

By George Akpanyen


Nigeria have left out Portland Timbers forward, Bright Chinedu Dike, from their 23-man squad to this month's Afcon in South Africa. 

Afcon grows into global event

The Africa Cup of Nations has grown from an insignificant three-team event to a competition contested by 16 countries which attracts a global TV audience running into hundreds of millions. 

Websites remain inactive

By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE

ojeksaikhoje.blogspot.com can reveal that websites of Nigeria Premier League trio of Enyimba, Shooting Stars and Kano Pillars remain on "break" just as players are also on break.

COD's mascot flavours NNL

By OJEIKERE AIKHOJE


It’s time to focus on mascots rather than players.

Mascots are as much a part of football as the players themselves.

It’s unusual to find mascots in the Nigerian League, but they remain a common feature in Europe. Most clubs have furry mascots, but few have a living symbol of their heritage like 1. FC Köln’s, Hennes VIII, a living billy goat, which has a Facebook page. 

Eagles celebrate Catalonia victory

Seven players from the Nigeria Premier League were on duty on Wednesday as Nigeria's Super Eagles earned a 1-1 draw against Catalonia, which paraded several La Liga stars.

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