Boniface Jimoh Oni, Nigeria’s First FIFA–Graded Referee (Complete Football, October ’91, page 29) FIRST achievers are never forgotten in history. Chief Boniface Jimoh Oni (a.k.a ‘Bee Jay Ooh) can never be forgotten in the history of Nigerian football. And the reason is simple: this was a man with the enviable record as the First FIFA-Graded …
How Nwankwo Kanuand Finidi George became the first Nigerians to win the European Champions Cup (Now Champions League) with Ajax Amsterdam (CF, June 1995 Edition) GLORY BOYS By Complete Football AJAX Amsterdam’s victory over AC Milan in this year’s (1995) European Champions Cup final on May 24 owes much to the tremendous contribution of its Nigerian …
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ORDINARILY, most Nigerian soccer followers would love to watch big football matches live. But in the event of inevitable handicaps like distance and transportation means preventing them from witnessing such spectacles, television sets have always been their resort, at least, when the matches are televised live. However, it is not strange to find such viewers …
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1996 Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria’s Dramatic Withdrawal By Mumini Alao EXACTLY 14 days to the kick-off of the 20th Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa in January 1996, defending champions Nigeria pulled out of the competition at the eleventh hour to become the first country in history to not defend the African Cup. MUMINI …
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How Emmanuel Amuneke emerged Nigeria’s AFCON ’94 cup-winning hero against Kalusha Bwalya’s spirited Zambia (CF, April 1994 edition). AMUNEKE MAKES THE MARK By Complete Football Match No.20: Nigeria 2(1) Zambia 1 (1) Advertisement El-Menzah Olympic Stadium, Tunis. 10-04-94. 17:00 Hours. GOALS: Elijah Litana 3rd (ZAM), Emmanuel Amuneke (2) 5th, 46th (NGR). NIGERIA: P. …
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Stories By Mumini Alao (Complete Football, 1991) THE DAY was Wednesday, October 9, 1991. I went to the Obasanjo Farms camp of the Nigerian female soccer team (Super Falcons) with my photographer, Supo Olusunde, to observe the girl’s final day at Ota as they were scheduled to leave for Holland the following day, October 10 …
