Super Eagles and Watford forward Odion Ighalo could be jailed for two years over falsification of driving documents during his stay in Spain with La-Liga side Granada.

Spanish publication, Marca, reports that the provincial district attorney’s office of Granada has requested a two-year prison term and a fine of 3,000 Euros for Ighalo, his ex-Granada teammate, Diego Buonanotte, and 93 others for allegedly bribing their way to pass a driving test.

According to the provisional writing of the prosecution, in 2012 and 2013 someone was hired to write the exams for Ighalo and the other accused. After the test was written, the errors made on the sheet were deleted. Investigation further revealed that three syndicates of Íllora (Granada), Mengíbar (Jaén) and Ciudad Real who moved to Granada allegedly recruited students to help write exams for clients who wanted to pass the driving license exams, and were charged between 1,500 and 2,500 Euros.

Following the incident, the prosecutor found the Super Eagles striker culpable of the crime of falsifying an official document. Meanwhile, as is the practice, Ighalo may be dragged to appear in court to testify in Granada if an open trial is to be held.

Arsenal 20 year old Nigerian forward Alex Iwobi was handed a new role by manager Arsene Wenger in Arsenal 2-0 win over Reading in the EFL Cup game at the Emirate Stadium.

Iwobi usually deployed on the left by Arsene Wenger, was this time around given a role in the midfield. The role that is usually reserve for star midfielder Mesut Ozil.

The Nigerian had a first half to forget but recovered brilliantly in the second half, and impressed with neat passes and strong runs which kept the backline of the visitors under pressure.

He came close to scoring with a rasping drive from his weaker foot, the left but the strength in the shot brought out a punched save from goalkeeper Omar Al-Habsi.

However, he missed a glorious chance to score his first goal of the season, when he horribly miscue a ball that dropped for him in the Reading box, with goalkepper Al-Habsi in no man’s land.

His poor goal return this season was addressed by Wenger during his post match conference, and the striker appears to be in agreement with his manager by posting ” It’s Like I Dunno How To Shoot” on social media platform snapchat

Hot in demand Manchester City loanee Chidiebere Nwakali is currently stalling on an offer of contract extension by the Etihad based outfit, as he wants assurances of his chances of making the first team.

Presently out on loan to Norwegian side Start, he has so far made 22 appearances with three goals to his name from his role as a midfielder, which has lead to talks of a contract extension by Manchester City.

19 year old Nwakali is finally delivering on the promises that made Manchester City splash out on him and wonder kid Kelechi Iheanacho, who has become a main stay in the first team.

Although Nwakali took a while to get going after failed loan spells at Spanish side Malaga and Girona. He has been one of the consistent performers for Start, who are struggling to stay in the top division in Norway.

” He has offers from top teams in Norway and some other teams in Europe as well but Manchester City is still his priority. He wants to stay and prove his worth like his friend Iheanacho is doing. But he wants assurances that he will be given a shot at the first team by the manager”. A source told Owngoalnigeria.com.

Head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr is putting final touches to his list for Nigeria’s next World Cup 2018 qualifiers tie against Algeria in Uyo.

Rohr has ruled out inviting home based players to the team. However goalkepper Ikechukwu Ezenwa will be retained by the German but he has also made plans to call up Chippa United shotstopper Daniel Akpeyi.

Akpeyi will take the place of Emmanuel Daniel who was ironically the first choice goalkepper at the Rio 2016 Olympics ahead of Akpeyi, but the South African based shotstopper has kept goal for the Super Eagles on seven previous occasion.

His experience and constant game time for Chippa United in the Premier South Africa League makes his selection a no brainier. But Rohr is also planning for the future with David Nwokolor who keeps goal for Bosnian side Vitez, where he is on loan from Croatian side Rijeka firmly in his plans.

Rohr is well aware of the 21 year old Nwokolor, and has penciled him for future invitation to the team, but there’s no chance of him making the team for the game against Algeria.

” There are friendly games planned for next year and Nwokolor is among those under consideration. The Algerian tie is too soon but subsequently he will be called up. He is young and will benefit from training with the senior team” a source close to the coach said.

The Nigerian teen duo of Adams Muhammed and Chukwuemeka Emmanuel who are presently on the books of Serie A side AS Roma are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Sadiq Umar, who is now at Bologna.

Adams and Emeka both joined the U-18 of Roma this season as exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com months ago, and the duo have been spending time with Sadiq, who played for Roma last season.

Sadiq top scorer for Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics is on a season long loan/ co-ownership deal to Bologna from Roma, but he is passing his experience during his stay at the Serie A giants to the emerging duo.

Even though Nura Abdullahi is still at the club, Sadiq Umar who has first team experience after progressing from the youth ranks last season, has been giving tips to the duo on how to make it to the first team in the nearest future.

Emeka who is a defender is nicknamed Boateng for his similar style of play to the German defender Jerome Boateng, while Adams, a central midfielder by trade is nicknamed “goma” which means 10 in Hausa language, due to his midfield prowess.

They were both signed from the prestigious Football Academy Abuja, same team that produced Sadiq Umar and Nura Abdullahi, and they were teammates to Inter-Milan teen sensation Theophilus Awua at same Abuja academy.

Former Nigeria youth international Olarenwaju Kayode, who is in good goal scoring form for Austrian side, Austria Wien is very much in the plans of manager of the Nigeria senior national team Gernot Rohr.

The former ASEC Mimosas goal king has been consistent in front of goal for Austria Wien both in the continental and domestic scene.

In the league he has three goals from eleven games, in addition to the 13 he scored last season, which was his debut season after moving from Israeli side Maccabi Netanya.

His fine form in the Europa League has seen him scored four goals including the equaliser against Roma, in the last round of Europa League game. And in the domestic cup he has two goals to his name.

However, while he is well on course to gatecrash the Super Eagles team, he has little or no chances of making the squad for the game against Algeria, as the has picked his forwards for the World Cup 2018 qualifiers game.

Kayode alongside other players on the radar of the manager are all lined up to play friendly games for the team next year, before the commencement of the World Cup 2018 qualifiers next year.

It was a tale of different tales for different folks, for the Nigerian duo of Gbolahan Salami and Paul Onobi when Finnish side KuPS had their end of season meeting with the players.

Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that CHAN 2016 Nigerian midfielder Paul Onobi was told in clear terms that his services are no longer required by the club, no thanks to disciplinary issues during the course of last season.

The former Sunshine Stars and Warri Wolves midfielder made 22 appearances for the team last season, but had issues bothering on indiscipline, which made the club turn down the option of extending his deal by another year as contained in his contract.

Meanwhile, Salami who finished the season on a high by breaking a 15 year old club goal record with 14 goals scored this season, had his contract extended by a year as earlier agreed in his initial deal in February when he joined the Finnish side.

However they are indications that Salami might yet leave the team in January, as his fine form lead to so many inquires from top clubs in Europe, notably in Israel and Turkey.

As many as three Nigerians are expected to be on the shortlist for the 2016 BBC African Player of the year award, when the organisers unveil the names in running for the award.

The list of nominees will most likely be revealed on Saturday 12th of November 2016, according to reports exclusively gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Nominees will be unveiled on the BBC World Service early morning Newsday programme at around 0555GMT. The public will then be able to vote online or via the BBC Sport pages and via text.

Five names are expected to be on the shortlist with the Nigerian trio of Kelechi Iheanacho of Manchester City, Alex Iwobi of Arsenal and Ahmed Musa of Leicester City expected to be on the shortlist.

Although Algerian forward is the favourite for the award, which will be handed out in December, current holder Yaya Toure of Manchester City is expected to be on the shortlist despite being frozen out at Manchester City by manager Pep Guardiola.