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Chairman of the NFF technical committee, Felix Anyansi-Agwu has assured the Super Falcons that they will get the best preparation ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada in June.

Anyansi, while giving the assurance when he visited the team, stated that the ladies have been doing very well and deserved special commendation and maximum support to do more for the country.

“I want to assure you that you will be given the same preparation and attention accorded other national teams including the Super Eagles. I know your problems and we shall address them. I believe you deserve everything that will make you succeed because your success is our success. There should be no difference between the Super Eagles and the Super Falcons; they are our senior national teams,” he was quoted on thenff.com. “Preparing this team adequately for the task ahead will be our number one priority and we shall give you the kind of preparation you have never experienced before to underline our resolve to ensure that you do well at the World Cup and I am sure you will not fail the nation,” Anyansi further stated.

He also urged the ladies to make names for themselves by qualifying from their group adjudged to be the group of death at the World Cup, adding that playing against USA, Sweden and Australia is not a big deal because there will only be 11 players on each side.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has commiserated with the Chairman of the Yobe State Football Association, Mohammed Garba, who lost his wife on Tuesday night.

Hajiya Fatima Garba died on Tuesday and her remains were committed to mother earth on Wednesday morning.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said the NFF and the entire Nigerian football family shared the grief and sense of loss of Mohammed Garba.

“It is heartbreaking news, but God knows best. All we can do is share in the sorrow and pain of Alhaji Garba at this moment.”

Chairman of State FA Chairmen, Ibrahim Gusau relayed the sad news and disclosed that the late Hajiya Garba is survived by six children.

Mohammed Garba was last month re-elected as Chairman of the Yobe State Football Association.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been charged to monitor the career of the  national teams players more closely, because of the activities of most football academies in the country.

Welfare officer of Future Stars Academy, Olubunmi Balogun made this call, while urging the federation to look into the ownership dispute of National Under-20 goalkeeper, Sunday Dele Alampasu.

In a chat with Sports journalists, Balogun accused the Abuja Football College of playing games over the career of the young goalkeeper, playing hide and seek with the leadership of Future Stars academy and NFF, when the representative of Abuja Football College, Kumbi Titiloye refused to attend a meeting called by the NFF 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi to resolve the matter between the parties involved.

He disclosed that a meeting was scheduled between the parties involved for Abuja,  of which tAkinwunmi  invited  Olusola Orelaja who brokered Dele Alampasu’s deal in Portugal from his London base to attend the meeting.

On arriving Lagos on  March 24, a call was put through to Titiloye, and agreement was made to meet in Abuja on March 26 but Kumbi later called to cancel the meeting because of his team friendly match against the National Under-23 team.

And a new date was agreed for April 4  at 2pm, With all parties involved duly informed of the new date and venue, to all which included President of Remo Stars Football Club,  Kunle Soname, Akinwunmi, Olusola Orelaja, Player representative and I representing Future Stars.

But to everybody’s surprise Titiloye who was earlier communicating with  Orelaja on arriving in Lagos at the MM2 airport, later switched off his phone, while everybody at the meeting in Victoria Island were waiting, but surprising, he didn’t attend the meeting.

He didn’t even deem it fit to call any of the parties involved to apologise or give reason for his not coming to the meeting. The player is above 18-years-old and has the right to decide what he wants as he was denied his signature right with Estoril Portugal owing to the fact that Football College was attached on the U-20  World Cup list. Hence the reason “We are calling on the Leadership of NFF to intervene so that the career of the boy won’t be wasted because of selfish reasons”, He nsaid.

According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) it has recently procured Prozone’s match analysis software that easily dissects players’ performances and enables a trainer to perfect his/her match plan and strategy.

The NFF’s move is in keeping with a promise made by its President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick to members of the NFF Technical Study Group during a 10-day match analysis educational programme in the United Kingdom last month.

A total of 19 persons, including two women, were at the programme in the United Kingdom, and Pinnick also made it clear that the persons will be divided into groups for each of the National Teams and would be supported by the software that is seen as a wizard in performance analysis and opposition scouting.

Prozone pioneered performance analyses in sport, with a dedication to delivering insights that have genuine on-field impact. Established in 1995, Prozone has worked with many of the world’s leading clubs and organizations in sport to deliver performance analysis services.

Arguably the world’s most popular opposition scouting and post-match analysis platform, Prozone’s wizard allows instant access to every match event and links data to video, allowing coaching staff to quickly and efficiently review contextualized performance information. It is used for reflection and preparation at all levels from academy to first team.

The NFF will also send a number of officials from the Technical Department on special training for efficient utilization of the software.