Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means People's Elephant in Igbo language and is also the nickname used for the city of Aba. Founded in 1976, the club rose to prominence in the 2000s and is considered the most successful Nigerian football club as they won two African Champions League titles, nine Nigerian championships and four Federation Cups since 2001. Their most-recent league glory came in the 2022–23 season.
The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindling fortunes since the late 2000s. It is fed into by the Nigeria National League (NNL). It is organized by the Interim Management Committee Board headed by Mr. Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye.
The Nigeria women's national football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most successful international women's football team, having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles; their most recent title in 2018, after defeating South Africa in the final. The team is also the only women's national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and left winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Sivasspor and the Nigeria national team.
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Football Club, or simply MFM FC, is a Lagos-based Nigerian professional football club that competes in the Nigerian nationwide league(3rd division ) of Nigerian football. The club is wholly owned by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, a Pentecostal Christian Organization.
Bimbo Akintola is a Nigerian actress.
Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Nigeria women's national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest African female footballers of all time and one of the best in the world, she is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time, having won African Women's Footballer of the Year a record five times.
Amaju Melvin Pinnick is a Nigerian football administrator, who was president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) from 2014 to 2022. He was elected NFF president in September 2014 and reelected on 20 September 2018. He was also First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) from September 2018 to July 2019, and a member of the Organising Committee for FIFA competitions.
Peter Dedevbo is a soccer coach who is currently the head coach of the Nigerian U20- Women's National team. In 2014, he led the Nigerian women U20 squad to final of the U20 worldcup in Canada.
Felix Anyansi-Agwu is a Nigerian football administrator who currently serves as Chairman of Enyimba International F.C. since 1999. Under his leadership, Enyimba International has since risen from a relatively unknown club to one of Africa's most successful clubs. He is married to Mrs. Uzoamaka Anyansi-Agwu and has been blessed with 4 children: Chibunkem Anyansi-Agwu Felix Jr., Kelechi Anyansi-Agwu Joshua, Kamsi Anyansi-Agwu Tiffany and Chidozie Anyansi-Agwu Icon. He was recently appointed as the new Vice President of NFF.
Toyin Ibitoye is a Nigerian sports analyst and journalist who currently works for Channels TV. An alumnus of the University of Ibadan and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Toyin was on March 18, 2015 appointed as Media Officer to the Nigeria national football team by the Nigeria Football Federation.
Godwin Enakhena is a Nigerian sports journalist and analyst. He currently serves as the Director of Sports of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries ( M.F.M)
Victor James Osimhen MFR is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Nigeria national team. Considered one of the best strikers in the world, as well as one of the best players in the world. He is known for his elite finishing, pace, strength and athleticism.
Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Atlético Madrid and the Nigeria women's national team. She is nicknamed "RASH", a shortened form of her first name, and is also called "The Girl With The Blue Hair", an ode to her bright-blue hairstyle which she dons whenever she takes onto the field.
Charity Chetachukwu Reuben is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Bayelsa Queens. She previously represented Ibom Angels in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national under-20 football team. For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, she scored eight goals, which was the most by any player in the league.
Amarachi Grace Okoronkwo is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigerian Women Premier League and the Nigeria women's national football team. She previously played for Kokkola F10 in Finland's Naisten Liiga.
The 2019–2020 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 49th season of the top-flight division of the Nigerian football league system and the 30th season since its rebranding as the 'Professional League'. The league started on 3 November 2019 but was cancelled in July due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with no champions and no teams relegated. Enyimba were the defending champions, after winning the Super 6 play-offs the previous season
Vandrezzer Football Club is a professional football club in Lagos state, Nigeria, that competes in the Nigeria National League, the second tier of Nigerian Professional Football League.
Paul Bassey is a Nigerian sports journalist and sports administrator. He is also the Chairman of Akwa Ibom-based Akwa United.
