Browsing: Nigerian Stars Tracker

Former Super Eagles coach Jo Bonfrere has delivered a stinging assessment of Nigerian football after major setbacks for the Flying Eagles and Super Falcons.

Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey both delivered 103 Fantasy Premier League points last season, but a £1m price gap now separates Fulham’s Nigerian pair.

Nigeria’s WAFCON title defence is over, a new African champion is guaranteed, and the Super Falcons must now fight through the repechage route to keep their 2027 World Cup hopes alive.

Jessica Oji leaves Oregon 26 as a world U20 champion, while Oghene Success Oyibu finished fifth in the 200m final and Nigeria’s women reached the 4x400m final.

Nigeria’s Eniola Bolaji beat Brazil’s Kauana Beckenkamp 21–12, 21–12 in Lima to claim the women’s singles SL3 title at the 2026 Peru Para Badminton International.

Junior D’Tigress dismantled Senegal 70–40 in Abidjan, recovering strongly from defeat to Cameroon and securing progression to the U18 Women’s AfroBasket quarter-finals.

From Nigeria to Denmark, Belgium and now Germany, Raphael Onyedika has built his career by crossing one difficult threshold after another. At Eintracht Frankfurt, another test begins.

Jessica Oji has delivered Nigeria’s breakthrough at Oregon 26, winning the women’s shot put world U20 title with an 18.08m throw.

Frank Onyeka has completed a permanent move to Coventry City after helping the Sky Blues win promotion, putting the Nigeria midfielder back on the Premier League stage ahead of a demanding opening trip to Arsenal.

Nigeria’s U18 women powered past Ghana 6–2 in Nairobi, adding another emphatic result to their Hockey5s Youth Africa Cup campaign.