The event is scheduled to take place on May 27, 2023 at Upbeat Recreation Centre, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State.
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The mercurial midfielder gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday.
He was named Nigerian Footballer of the Year seven times during a distinguished career through the 1990s and 2000s.
The Blues stopper was a key player for the Teranga Lions in Cameroon, as they beat one of the pre-tournament favourites Egypt in a penalty shootout, with Mohanad Lasheen and Mohamed Abdelmonem failing to convert.
This will be hosted by famous sports presenter, Mozez Praiz.
Ozil signed for Fener this week after securing a release from his Arsenal contract.
The global body in its congratulatory messages via Twitter said: “A Super Eagle and a sensational talent Magic wand.
Tottenham Hotspur is reportedly favourites to sign Queens Park Rangers starlet Eberechi Eze.
She told an Igbosere High Court on Wednesday in Lagos that the LIRS informed the prosecution team that the defendant visited its office and reconciled his accounts.
Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze has revealed his admiration for former Nigeria international Jay-Jay Okocha.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the AFCON (1994) and Olympic Games (1996) gold medalist, was capped at both junior and senior levels for Nigeria from 1993 to 2006.
Africa’s biggest sports broadcaster, SuperSport, has unveiled a host of big names to provide expert analyses of the tournament to ensure that the 2019 African Cup of Nation is more than a mere spectacle of soccer action.
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles’ captain Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu as well as former star winger Tijani Babangida as scouts and motivational figures for Nigeria’s campaign at the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Egypt this summer.
Okocha, who was a guest on Super Sports TV, said the team lost because the players played in wrong positions which didn’t bring out the best in them.
Yaya Touré, one of the most celebrated African players of the past decade, will be joined by straight-talking Jay-Jay Okocha, Dwight Yorke (one half of the deadly duo which spearheaded Manchester United’s charge to a historical treble in 1999) plus former Manchester United and Everton fullback Phil Neville and Italian maestro Gianfranco Zola, one of Chelsea’s greatest players.
Yaya Touré, one of the most celebrated African players of the past decade, will be joined by straight-talking Jay-Jay Okocha, Dwight Yorke (one half of the deadly duo which spearheaded Manchester United’s charge to a historical treble in 1999) plus former Manchester United and Everton fullback Phil Neville and Italian maestro Gianfranco Zola, one of Chelsea’s greatest players.
The former Burkina Faso handler also opined that the Super Eagles are pitched against tough teams in Russia, saying a lot of work must be done to put the team in shape ahead of the Mundial
So, when I stand on the stage this week to open the CAF Awards, the winners will be very clear to me before the awards have even been handed out: the true winners will be every young person who sees that event; sees that the eyes of the world are on Africa and that a future for each one of them exists in which they can go beyond their school, their hobbies, their parents, and truly embrace their potential
The Lagos-born 21-year-old has scored four goals in 14 appearances for Nigeria since joining the side at Under-23 level.
No doubt there is abundant natural football talent scattered across the 36 states of the federation but these talents waste away untapped because there are no deliberate attempts to nurture and guide them to fulfilling their potentials.