As many as four Nigerians are now officially on the payroll of Finnish side Kuopio Palloseura after they official announce the signing of Aliyu Abubakar.

President of Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick says the Super Eagles of Nigeria will continue to play their home games at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium as a reward for the passion of the fans.

Much have been said about the capacity crowd at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium that watched Nigeria’s 1-1 draw against Egypt with the only omission being the efforts of the president of the NFF to control the crowd which went a long way in preventing any form of chaos or stampede.

Carl Ikeme: Had little to do for large spell of the game, misjudged a corner kick that almost created an opening for Egypt but recovered to salvage the situation still deserves part of the blame for Egypt’s equaliser due to his poor decision to put the ball out in his own half for fair play which wasn’t respected by the visitors who pounced and score…. 7/10

Head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Samson Siasia has faulted goalkepper team Ikeme for Egypt late equaliser in his team 1-1 draw with Egypt in an AFCON 2017 qualifiers played in Kaduna.

Interim coach of the Super Eagles Samson Siasia says Nigeria did not cap Alex Iwobi because of the pressure by England for him to switch allegiance to them.

Chelsea of England midfielder Mikel Obi says Egypt cheated to score the goal that helped them hold the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a 1-1 draw in an AFCON 2017 qualifiers.

The governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai has paid for all of the tickets for today’s game between Nigeria and Egypt at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.

The Nigeria U-23 team secured a shock 0-1 win over their Brazilian counterpart in a friendly game played yesterday in Victoria,Marcelo Brigi owngoalnigeria.com correspondent in Brazil gives his ratings of the Nigeria players who did the nation proud.

Emmanuel Daniel – 9/10