The Vice-Chancellor of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, disclosed this on Tuesday while receiving ESUT athletes who returned from the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) Games hosted by the University of Jos.
Browsing: Christian Chukwu
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chukwu, a former Super Eagles Captain and head coach, passed away on April 12, 2025 at the age of 74.
The match, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, featured the likes of the ex-Rangers defender, Benedict Ugwu, popularly known as Surugede.
A reporter once asked him why Rangers tended to play without the midfield. He retorted: “Did you see any goalpost in the midfield?”
The former two-term governor of Anambra State described the death of Chukwu, a former Super Eagles Coach, as “a huge loss” to Nigeria.
Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke in a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile
“The President joins the football community in mourning a legend whose contributions to the beautiful game elevated Nigeria’s status globally,” Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement.
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu, who captained Nigeria’s 1980 Africa…
Chukwu, also known as Commander, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu.
Chukwu, who spoke on a Channels Television programme said Nigeria does not have a team for now.
Chukwu made his views on the ongoing AFCON 2021 known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Thursday.
Chukwu made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Tuesday while reacting to the Super Eagles’ encounter with the Pharaohs of Egypt.
The Chairman of the association in Anambra State, Arthur Ebunam, who reacted to the rumour in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka, described it as “condemnable and embarrassing”.
Chukwu disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at his Trans Ekulu residence, Enugu.
In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday, President Buhari joined sports lovers, family and friends to celebrate the skillful footballer who captained the national team to lift its first African Nations Cup title in 1980.
Ebere Amaraizu, Director-in-Charge of South-East of the NLO, in an interview with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu, said Chukwu has played significant roles in the lives of youths, especially sportsmen and women in Nigeria.
Forty years after winning the most coveted Football trophy on the continent, Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, has lavished encomium on the victorious 1980 Green Eagles.
Business mogul, Femi Otedola, on Tuesday assured that money will be no impediment in the way of providing former Nigeria Captain, Christian Chukwu, with adequate medical and post-medical care.
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has reiterated that the football-governing body will soon institute a welfare foundation for former Nigerian international players in order to guarantee ready funding for them in case of unexpected health challenges.
Former Nigeria captain, Christian Chukwu, in company with his wife, Lilian Nkeiruka, has arrived in the United Kingdom for medical treatment.