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NFF President Calls For Stakeholders Support As Super Eagles Begins 2026 World Cup qualifiers Journey
President of the Nigeria Football Federation Ibrahim Gusau has called on all stakeholders in Nigerian football to rally round the Super Eagles as the team officially begins its 2026 FIFA World cup Qualifying Series.
Three times African Champions the Super Eagles will open their campaign this week with a double header against Lesotho and Zimbabwe for the sole World cup ticket in Group C.
According to the NFF Boss , the Football House is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure Nigeria feature in her 7th World cup appearance in the U.S.A, Mexico and Canada in 2026.
Gusau maintained that this is the reason why all hands must be on deck and the NFF needs all the support and prayers of all football fans and stakeholders to achieve this.
” We are particularly excited and optimistic in the NFF about the Qualifiers and We just want the cooperation of everyone around the Football family throughout the Qualifiers”.
” I want to say that we are particularly very lucky with the kind of support we are getting from the Federal Government through the Sports Minister and other relevant Government agencies and the Akwa Ibom State Government towards this Qualifiers and we have no doubt this will continue”.
” And this is the kind of support we are asking from Corporate bodies and all stakeholders throughout the qualifying campaign”, he said.
” We all know how bad we all felt for failing to qualify for the last World Cup in Qatar and plenty lessons were learnt from that which we are hoping will not repeat itself this time around”, Gusau assured.
” We know that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a passionate sports loving President who is very keen to see the Super Eagles land the World cup ticket and we are very determined to see this happen”.
Nigeria are in the same group with South Africa, Rwanda, Lesotho, Benin and Zimbabwe for the sole World Cup ticket in Pool C of the African Qualifying campaign.
Throughout History, Nigeria has qualified for six of the last eight FIFA World Cups, missing only the 2006, 2022 editions.
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King defeats 21 others to win RSFL ultimate skills challenge
New Dawn FC star, Emmanuel King Wednesday defeated 21 other players to emerge champion in the maiden edition of the Ultimate Skills Challenge.
The challenge was organised by the Rising Star Football League (RSFL) and held at the Bwari Township Stadium, Abuja.
King had tied on 71 points with his closest challenger, Philip Onyedika but clinched the honour with a tie-breaker.
He went home with N250,000 while Onyedika who came second got N100,000. John Godwin came third and smiled home with N50,000. All the twenty-two players received N10,000 as appearance fees.
“It was a beautiful program and I am grateful to the management for this opportunity to help the young and grassroots footballer to grow. I am glad I emerged champion after a close tie with my opponent,” he said.
Speaking with the league’s project supervisor, Ifeanyi Kama, the challenge was instituted to keep the players busy after the league had ended a few weeks back.
“It is done for the best players in the league. It is an event to keep them going, not to be idle, and encourage them after the league has ended. We are trying to keep the energy up there. We are trying to showcase these talents to the world,” he said.
He further sought more partnerships from brands as it is working with the FCT football association to develop the players.
“Basically, we are currently working with the FCT FA and affiliated with them for this program. We can’t do this alone as we need their support to promote these players,” he noted.
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