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  • Sanusi urges Nigerian coaches to keep advancing their knowledge

    Sanusi urges Nigerian coaches to keep advancing their knowledge

    he General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi  has called on coaches who have successfully completed their Coaching Educators’ Course to continuously enhance their knowledge, given that the laws of the game frequently evolve.

    The closing ceremony was held at the NFF/FIFA Technical Centre auditorium inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, with the presence of all fifteen participating coaches, their instructors, and a CAF expert, Michael Amenga.

    Sanusi emphasised the importance of mastery in specific subject areas related to coaching. “In coaching education, acquiring knowledge, understanding the methods of imparting that knowledge, and effectively communicating it, are vital. To achieve this, one must have a thorough understanding of the subject matter,” he stated. He also noted that feedback received from the technical officer indicated areas that require serious improvement. “I have received plenary reports and engaged in discussions with the CAF expert, who has recognised that while considerable progress has been made, certain challenges still need to be addressed.”

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    In conclusion, Dr. Sanusi advised the coaches to remain committed to keeping themselves updated with the latest innovation, emphasising that continuous learning is essential in their profession. “This type of programme necessitates ongoing engagement. Improvement must be a constant goal. We, as educators, are dedicated to enhancing our knowledge in line with the dynamic nature of football and sports.”

     “There are continual advancements in our field, and without staying abreast of global trends, one risks falling behind. Therefore, I encourage you to internalise, comprehend, and apply what you have learnt. If you have any doubts, always feel free to consult your peers, and when necessary, reach out to the educators for guidance,” he concluded.

    Also present were NFF Technical Director, Coach Augustine Eguavoen; CAF expert Michael Amenga; NFF Director of Communications, Dr. Ademola Olajire; Head of Education, Dr. Terry Eguaoje; Consultant on Finance and Administration, Mr. Charity Kadiri and; Deputy Director, Women’s Technical Programme, Mrs Faith Omon Ben-Anuge.

  • Sanusi lauds stakeholders as 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League lights up Birnin Kebbi

    Sanusi lauds stakeholders as 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League lights up Birnin Kebbi

    General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi , has praised beach soccer stakeholders in the country for their support of the game.

    In its fifth season, the 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League (NBSL) kicked off with Round One games on Monday, 31st  March in Birnin Kebbi, capital of Kebbi State.

    Eight teams started the journey to be crowned champions this time around. They are holders Kebbi Fishers BSC, Anambra Beach Soccer Warriors, Kebbi United BSC, Kada BSC (Kaduna State), Nmanko Patigi BSC (Kwara State), Jigawa Golden Star BSC, Ibom BSC (Akwa Ibom State), and Niger BSC.

    Sanusi, who was present during the first round of the NBSL, appreciated the League Management led by Mahmud Hadejia for their good work complemented by the NFF Beach Soccer and Futsal Committee, while acknowledging the support of the Kebbi State Government and the Kebbi State Football Association.

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    “It has been very glamorous and we give glory to God for that. Alhaji Mahmud Hadejia, who is the President of the African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU) and Coordinator of the Nigeria Beach Soccer League (NBSL), has done very well and is doing very well.

    “In fact, we are very proud of him in Kebbi State and Nigeria in general. We are very grateful to the Governor of Kebbi State for the support he has given them, and we urge that he continues to give them the necessary support. Alhaji Abubakar Chika Ladan who is the Chairman Kebbi State Football Association has been very supportive of football activities right from the time when we were playing football and till the present.”

    He added: “What we are saying is that the Government of Kebbi State should give him the maximum support to succeed. We are grateful to the people of Kebbi State for all the support they are giving to beach soccer and the Kebbi State Football Association. We are equally grateful to the members of the media for their support. Football, beach soccer and sporting activities generally are no more mere recreation. We use them to fight social vices and create employment. We urge youths to embrace sports instead of indulging in social vices.”

    The eight teams have been drawn into two groups of four. Defending champions and three-time winners, Kebbi Fishers BSC are in Group A alongside Anambra Beach Soccer Warriors, Nmanko Patigi BSC, and Ibom BSC. 2022 champions, Kada BSC will face Kebbi United BSC, Niger BSC, and Jigawa Golden Star BSC in Group B.

    The season will feature three rounds in Kebbi, Kaduna, and Anambra States, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the title-deciding Super Six Finals in Akwa Ibom in December.

  • Sanusi nominated for Sports Administrator of the Year

    Sanusi nominated for Sports Administrator of the Year

    The Board, Management and Staff of National Star newspaper has nominated the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi as the Sports Administrator of the Year. Dr Mohammed’s recommendation was based on his selfless service and contributions to sports development in Nigeria.

    As the newspaper house gets set to mark its 5th  year anniversary, Dr Sanusi and four other governors have been nominated for this annual award ceremony which will take place on 20th November.

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    In his acceptance speech, the General Secretary welcomed his nomination and promised to continue to deliver in any capacity he finds himself nationally and internationally.

    “This is a welcome development. I am happy with this nomination, for which I sincerely appreciate the board of National Star Newspaper. This will spur me to do even better in whichever area of responsibility I find myself now and in the future.”

    At the NFF Secretariat to break the news to Dr Sanusi were the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, Mr. Obinna F. Nwachukwu and a senior member of Staff, Mr. Ezeocha Nze.

  • Go for gold, Sanusi charges Flying Eagles, Falconets

    THE General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr Mohammed Sanusi has challenged the U-20 boys’ and girls’ National Teams to go for gold medals in the football events of the ongoing 12th All-Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco.

    Paul Aigbogun’s wards were forced to a 1-1 draw by their counterparts from Burkina Faso in their opening match of the men’s football event on Friday, while Chris Danjuma’s Falconets took no prisoners, hammering South Africa’s Basetsana 3-0 in their first match on Saturday.

    “I have confidence in the two teams that are in Morocco for the football events and I know they will do the country proud. The Falconets have shown their teeth right from the beginning while the Flying Eagles have to rejig their strategy.

    “From available records, Nigeria has not won the gold medal in the men’s football event since 1973 that we hosted the 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos. It is a very long time and the Flying Eagles have to do make their best efforts to win this year,” said Sanusi.

    The Senior National Team, known then as Green Eagles, defeated their Guinean counterparts 2-0 in the final of the football event of the 2nd All-Africa Games in 1973. But Nigeria lost the final and gold medal to Algeria in Algiers in 1978 and Cameroun in 2003 when the country hosted the 8th edition in Abuja.

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    This year’s edition is being contested by U20 teams, in both men and women categories.

    Following their draw with Burkina Faso, the Flying Eagles must take a cue from the Falconets when they take on their counterparts from South Africa in their second match of the tournament on Tuesday.

    Their last match of the group phase is against host nation Morocco on Friday.

    For the Falconets, the three points and three goals from the win over South Africa will be a big boost when they take on Cameroun on Wednesday before rounding off their group phase campaign against Zambia on Saturday.

    Host nation Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Algeria are in Group A.

    Nigeria won the gold medal of the women’s football event on home soil in 2003 and repeated the feat in

    Algiers four years later, but failed to qualify for the 2011 Games in Maputo and only finished in fourth place in Brazzaville, Congo four years ago.

     

  • Man, 20, in court for stealing car parts worth N600, 000

    A 20-year-old man, Mohammed Sanusi, who allegedly stole car parts, on Friday appeared in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    Sanusi, of no fixed address, is facing a charge of stealing.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 18, at 6.00 a.m., at African Road, Iponri, Lagos.

    Osayande said the accused stole one kick starter, alternator, gear knob, selector, dash board and fuel tank valued at N600, 000.

    She said the parts were stolen inside a parked truck where they were kept.

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    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Section 287 stipulates a seven-year jail term for offenders.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    The chief magistrate, Mrs Oluyemisi Adelaja, granted the accused N100,000 bail with one surety in like sum.

    Adelaja said the surety must show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    The case was adjourned until Sept. 3, for further hearing.

    NAN

     

  • NFF appoints Ikpeme Acting Gen. Sec.

    …postpones league resumption

     

    The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF ) led by Chris Giwa, has appointed Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme Acting General Secretary of the football house following corruption allegation leveled against former General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made on Tuesday night after an exhaustive meeting of the NFF Executive Committee at the football secretariat in Abuja.

    Sanusi had been mandated to step aside sequel to investigations into allegations of financial corruption levelled against him to give way for the appointment of an acting scribe pending when the Executive Committee will announce a substantive General Secretary.

    The Chairman, Communique Drafting Committee, Otunba Dele Ajayi, who addressed newsmen after their meeting, said the present NFF leadership had decided to restore match bonuses and allowances to all age group teams.

    “We are new in office, we have to collate records and when we are done with that we will let you know.

    “If we say we are restoring the match bonuses and allowances of all age group teams, it does not mean we will pay arrears immediately.

    “The board will meet to decide whether to pay outstanding debts to the teams or continue on a clean slate.

    “We will later fashion out a way to pay the outstanding debts and we are starting again to pay allowances to the age grade teams,” Dele Ajayi said.

    According to him, the teams in question are the U-23 team, Flying Eagles, Golden Eaglets, Falconets and the Flamingoes.

    He said the Giwa-led NFF had taken note of the various national teams preparations for Africa and World Cup qualifiers, noting that financial and moral support would be given to them to succeed.

    “The board notes the activities of NFF for the rest of the year which include the Flying Eagles qualifiers against Mauritania, as well as the Falconets World Cup preparation and tournament.

    “We have also noted the Super Eagles Nations Cup qualifiers against Seychelles in September and the Golden Eaglets African Nations qualifier in Niger Republic in September,” he added.

    The executive committee also resolved that the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) earlier scheduled to resume on July 18, be postponed by two weeks.

    It would be recalled the League Management Company had on Tuesday announced an indefinite suspension of the Premier League following the leadership crisis in the NFF.

    The Giwa-led board has also fixed an emergency congress on July 27 to find a lasting solution to the perennial crisis in Nigerian football.

  • NFF committed to training referees, match officials, says General Secretary

    In its bid to ensure greater Nigerian leagues, the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF ) says the it will remain committed to enhancing the capacity of referees and other match officials.

    The NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, told the News men on Tuesday in Abuja that it was imperative for referees and match officials to be at par with their European counterparts.

    He said that the federation would continue to drive football management in line with international standards.

    “We will build the capacity of our referees and match officials in order to meet up with current rules of the game.

    “Referees and match officials need to know how best matches are officiated in line with FIFA rules,’’ Sanusi said.

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    The general secretary who expressed optimism in the capability of Nigerian leagues to compete with standard leagues, called for total support.

    According to him, the federation will not leave any stone unturned in making our league one of the best in the world.

    He noted that the federation’s biggest challenge was sponsorship, adding that the greatness of Nigerian leagues was a collective duty of all Nigerians.

    The newsmen reports that Nigeria’s Professional Football League ( NPFL ) is ongoing alongside the Nationwide League One ( NLO ), while the Nigeria National League ( NNL ) is postponed indefinitely.

    NAN

  • NFF ensuring coaches succeed — Sanusi

    NFF ensuring coaches succeed — Sanusi

    Mohammed Sanusi, General-Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Friday in Abuja said the federation was committed to creating an enabling platform for coaches to succeed.

    Sanusi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the success of coaches and football administrators were the priority of the federation.

    He said that Nigeria’s football development could not be realised without the important role of coaches.

    The scribe explained that the federation would not relent in promoting excellence in the handling of players.

    “A coach’s role has a lot to do in the skill development of individual players and a team collectively.

    “So, we are doing our best in giving coaches chances to improve and succeed which by extension impact on our football,’’ he said.

    Sanusi, who urged Nigerian coaches to tap into the opportunities created by the federation, called for more support for Super Eagles’ coaches.

    He said that the federation was determined to see that the Eagles excel in Russia.

    According to him, we are not leaving anything behind to support our coaches.

    The scribe expressed confidence in the Eagles, saying that both the coaching crew and players were in form.

    He said the federation was optimistic that the team would come out stronger after the series of quality friendlies before the World Cup.

    NAN reports that Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be playing friendlies against Poland on March 23 and England on June 2.

     

  • NFF moves games out of Abuja for lack of facilities

    NFF moves games out of Abuja for lack of facilities

    The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF ), on Wednesday, said it had to play most national teams’ games outside the Abuja National Stadium, due to lack of facilities there.

    Mohammed Sanusi, the NFF Secretary-General, told newsmen in Abuja, that the national stadium currently lacked the necessary facilities for the teams to play conveniently.

    Sanusi, however, disclosed that the various states had indicated interest in hosting the national teams.

    The female national teams have taken refuge at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, while the Super Eagles moved from the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo to the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt.

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    “Some of these states indicated interest in hosting the teams and that is why we went there. The Abuja National Stadium is under renovation and so there is no facility for us to play our matches here.

    “We have our technical centre here, but there are no dressing rooms. So we are making efforts to see if the dressing rooms can be provided,” he said.

    The Secretary- General added that the football house was planning to take the matches of the teams across the country, so that Nigerians can watch their national teams play live.

    NAN

  • We have not neglected Super Falcons – NFF

    We have not neglected Super Falcons – NFF

    Mohammed Sanusi, the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF ), says the federation has not neglected the Super Falcons who are yet to play any match this year.

    Reports say that after winning the 10th African Women Cup of Nations ( AWCON ) in Cameroon last December, the Falcons have been inactive.

    Sanusi however said plans for the team, which is the country’s senior national women football team, would soon be unveiled.

    He said in Abuja on Wednesday that the federation was working out plans to address the plight of women football in the country.

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    “We always have plans for the women team. It is a different thing if your plans did not work out the way you want it to. But we have not neglected the team.

    “Our plans for them will be unveiled soon,’’ the NFF general secretary said.

    American coach Randy Waldrum was appointed new coach of the team in October but he is yet to be unveiled.

    NAN