Nigerian Football
NFF congratulates Bassey, Danladi on government appointments
The Nigeria Football Federation has felicitated Etubom Paul Bassey and Chief Isaac Danladi, two eminent members of the Nigeria football family who have been appointed commissioners by the Akwa Ibom State and Nasarawa State governments respectively.
“These appointments are, no doubt, just reward for the excellent contributions that these two illustrious men have made to football development in their different States in particular, and the country in general, in over one decade.
Etubom Bassey and Chief Danladi have had their hands on the plough in Nigeria football for a very long time, and they have always shown great passion, dedication and diligence all the time.
“The NFF congratulates them on their new posts and believe they will do more than enough to justify the confidence reposed in them by their State Chief Executives,” NFF President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, said on Tuesday.
Bassey, a dyed-in-the-wool communication expert, rose through the ranks from the position of a reporter to becoming a newspaper publisher and also worked as a member of the Media Committee of the Confederation of African Football.
He mutated to become a CAF and FIFA General Coordinator and has been Chairman of elite-division club, Akwa United FC for over a decade, alongside serving meritoriously as special adviser to the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Sports.
He has always been at the forefront of ensuring comfort and easefulness for players and officials of the National Teams whenever they are in Uyo to play international matches.
Chief Danladi, who recently retired as a permanent secretary in the Nasarawa State Civil Service, was also Chairman of NPFL club, Nasarawa United FC for over a decade, and surely, is leaving giant footprints in the sands of time.
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All things being equal, the teams for Nigeria’s national all-comers competition, the President Federation Cup will emerge this Weekend.
Owing to that, there are no matches in the Nigeria Premier Football League this weekend. In its stead, the states’ finals of the President Federation Cup will played to produce two teams representing each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The National Play-Off of this year’s competition has been scheduled for 5th March, with the National Draw one week later, while the Rounds of 64, 32 and 16 are scheduled for 19th March, 2nd April and 16th April 2025 respectively.
The quarter-finals have been slated for the 3rd and 4th of May, with the semi-finals fixed for the 17th and 18th of May.
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BY KUNLE SOLAJA.
Nigeria’s national football coach, Eric Chelle, has revealed to Sports Village Square that he has seen some players in the domestic league with prospects of getting national team call-up.
The coach unveiled in January as Nigeria’s coach, watched the Ikorodu City’s match with Plateau United in Lagos as well as the Remo Stars’ encounter with Kwara United in Ikenne.
He said that in the Lagos match, he saw four players with prospects of the national team call up and in the second match in Ikenne, three players impressed him.
He would not name the players as he remarked that he was still taking notes.
However, he revealed that the players he had spotted displayed proficiency in specific skills such as passing and shooting and were physically fit as they displayed endurance on the pitch.
Other qualities he noted were their mental fitness and ability to decide as well as good ball sense.
He was particularly thrilled by the positional ball displayed by Remo Stars in their 2-0 defeat of Kwara United on Thursday night.
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Nigeria’s national team coach, Eric Chelle was among the crowd that watched Remo Stars tighten their grip at the top of the Nigeria Premier Football League, on Thursday as they beat Kwara United 2-0 following late goals in the hard-fought battle.
With the win, Remo Stars are now 10 points ahead of the second-placed Shooting Stars.
To further tighten their grip at the top, they have established a goal difference of 16 to become the only one with double digits.
It was an easy match as they had to fight almost to the end of the encounter before they could secure the three points at stake.
They dominated the encounter, especially in the first half where even the national coach informed Sports Village Square that he was impressed with the passing of the ball and the smooth transition from defence through the midfield into the attack.
But they lack the cutting edge in the final quarter. They missed many chances and hit the woodwork three times.
The match seemed to be heading towards a barren draw before Samuel Anakwe broke the deadlock for Remo Stars in the 79th minute.
Deep into added time, a substitute player who had added sparks to the strike force of Remo Stars, Hadi Haruna sealed the full points with a second goal.
Elsewhere, Katsina United beat Enyimba 2-1 at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium.
Katsina United took a 2-0 lead courtesy of Bello Lukman’s brace before substitute Ekene Awazie reduced the deficit for Enyimba in stoppage time.
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