Nigerian Football
WOMEN LEAGUE PLAYERS IN EDO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Some women footballers at the ongoing Nigerian Women Football League Super 4 contest in Benin, Edo State took a break this Wednesday to embark on community development.
The initiative of Aisha Falode was meant encourage young Nigerians that they can effectively combine education with sports.
The players paid a visit to the Emotan Secondary School, Wire Road. The Nigerian Women Football League Vice Chairman, Icheem Margaret, led other board members to join the players.
They are Joe Amene, Mustapha Tahir, Kemisola Adesanya, Hussein Suleiman, Henrietta Ukaigwe, Abdullahi Mustapha, Matilda Otuene and the NWFL Chief Operating Officer, Ayo Abdulrahman.
The players’ representatives from the four clubs in the Super 4 that participated are Tochi Oluehi, Catherine A Kenneth, Charity John and Arit Itu, from Rivers Angels.
Others are Chioma Nwankwo, Nnodim Sarah, Mariah Ibrahim and Igboamalu Chinyere from Nasarawa Amazons.
The urged the female students to embrace sports as they study hard to achieve greatness in their education.
The players, who were introduced one after the other by Ayo Rahalman, told the students numbering over two thousand that their various personal experiences, how playing football and focusing on their education have helped them become the bread winners in their various families.
The players urged the students to go the extra mile in ensuring that they engage in one sport or the other, as this will go a long way in aiding their easy assimilation of studies as sports will enable them to be mentally alert at all times.
The students asked questions on how they can become successful female footballers. The majority of the students of Emotan praised the Aisha Falode-led board and appealed to the leadership of the NWFL to speak to the school authority to detail a sports master that would start teaching them how to play football and compete in other sports as soon as possible.
The NWFL Vice Chairman, Icheem Margaret, promised to take the students’ message to the NWFL Chairperson, who she assured would take urgent steps to make the dreams of the students at Emotan Secondary School come true.
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, who was in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Former Nigeria manager, Clemens Westerhof has recommended one of his former players, Samson Siasia as the substantial coach for the Super Eagles.
Siasia was one of his players of the famed golden generation of the Super Eagles.
“I called him last month to greet him for his birthday and also to celebrate with him for the end of his five-year ban”, Westerhof told Sports Village Square at his house in Arnhem in the Netherlands.
According to him, Siasia is just like Keshi and that he has the capacity to turn the Super Eagles around for the better. Westerhof, the author of the famed ‘Golden Generation’ of the Super Eagles made his suggestion shortly after Germany’s Bruce Labbadia turned down the Nigerian job offer.
Westerhof remarked that he was surprised about the choice of Labbadia in the first instance and that the now Mali coach, Tom Saintfiet who is his friend could have been a better choice.
Saintfiet, a Belgian, was speculated among the coaches initially short-listed for the Super Eagles’ job. But Westerhof, before the naming of Austin Eguavoen, another member of his famous 1994 squad, strongly back Siasia for the job.
He remarked that he was in touch with the former striker as well as Austin Okocha whom he met with in London recently.
To Westerhof, Siasia has the same quality like Stephen Keshi to handle the Super Eagles. “He has done it before and I think he can still do it.”
The balls hit the nets 17 times this Sunday as the Nigeria Premier League Season 2024/25 burst into life this Sunday.
The first of the goals was from Plateau United’s Olawale Doyeni who converted a 24th minute penalty kick against Katsina United in an eventual 1-0 home win.
Another star-man of the the day is Enyimba’s Clinton Jephta who has become the season’s first hat-trickster. His three goals in the 65th , 70th and 73rd minutes sank heartland 3-1 in their home match.
The Nigerian Premier Football League burst into life this Sunday with eight matches on the card and contrasting results. Three of the eight matches resulted in away wins signalling level playing field of the league.
It is a sharp departure from the past seasons when it is almost predictable that home teams would win. Remo Stars, Enyimba and Niger Tornadoes have away wins and with scoring multiple goals.
Remo Stars won against Abia Warriors by 2-0. Enyimba came from a goal down to win 3-1 against Heartland while Niger Tornadoes beat Kwara United 2-1 away from home.
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- Heartland 1-3 Enyimba
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- Plateau United 1-0 Katsina United
- Kano Pillars 3-0 Ikorodu City
- Nasarawa United 1-1 Shooting Stars
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