Tag: Kanu Nwankwo

Kanu Nwankwo and many Arsenal legends have had their request fulfilled by Arsenal as the club erects a statue of legendary Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. The Professor, as he is fondly called, managed Arsenal for...

Kanu Nwankwo has been appointed as the new chairman of Enyimba by the Abia State Government to bring an end to the 24-year-old reign of the experienced proprietor and vice-president of the Nigerian Football...

The Kanu Nwankwo biography I have written in this article is one like no other that'll make for good good reading. Kanu Nwankwo, best known by the nickname "Papilio," is a former Nigerian professional footballer...

Who no like better thing? Even footballers like good things. In a nutshell, that explains why footballers marry models in Nigeria - as well anywhere else in the world. Ask Cristiano Ronaldo, he'll confirm...

Who are the most successful ex footballers in Nigeria? Nwankwo Kanu? John Mikel Obi? Finidi George? Daniel Amokachi? Sunday Oliseh? The list of the successful ex footballers goes on but which ones are the...

Who is Nigeria's greatest footballer of all time? Which Super Eagles players - from the past - can qualify as Nigerian Football Legends? The truth is, the article will be subjective. The footballer I pick...

The football industry in Nigeria suffered fatality of recent, as three ex-international footballers were lost to the cold hands of death in less than a week apart from the other. While we were all trying...

Former Nigerian international Osaze Odemwingie took to Instagram to accuse Kanu Nwankwo's wife, Amara Kanu of sliding into his DM and "chasing" him "relentlessly" for a chat. Osaze shared a photo of Amara Kanu with...

Former Super Eagles star Nwankwo Kanu has urged Gernot Rohr’s men to learn from their mistakes against Sierra Leone, in Friday’s AFCON qualifier as they prepare for the return leg in Freetown on Tuesday. A...

My African footballer of the year winners list will cover even when it wasn’t awarded by the Confederation of African Football. Yes, that’s right. It wasn’t until 1992 that CAF became the body giving the...

A lot of the players who featured at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic football game found their way into the Nigeria 1998 World Cup Squad – obviously because they won the gold medal. Whether it was...

Former Nigeria coach Fani Amun has made a revelation that he had an agreement with former Super Eagles coach Clemens Westerhoff to include some members of his 1993 FIFA U-17 world cup winning team...

Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has rated former Bolton Wanderers captain Austin Jay-Jay Okocha higher than Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu. The Super Eagles defender admitted that the Arsenal forward had a fantastic career, but he...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry played eight years for the Gunners and then a three-year spell for Barcelona, where he won the treble under Pep Guardiola's management. The French striker has now admitted playing for the...

Former Arsenal star, Nwankwo Kanu, has backed Gernot Rohr to continue as coach of the Super Eagles. Speaking with brila.net, the former Ajax star noted that Rohr should be supported for what he’s doing with...

Former Nigerian midfielder, Henry Nwosu believes Mikel Obi remains one of the best Super Eagles players to have represented the country in the English Premier League.Mikel who recently walked away from Trabzonspor in the...

Ighalo called time on his international career after helping the Super Eagles finish third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Super Eagles legends, Nwankwo Kanu and Daniel Amokachi are some of the former football stars expected to attend the CAF Awards 2019 ceremony at the Citadel Azure, Hurghada, Egypt. Kanu, a two-time African Footballer of the...

Papilo Football Academy was established in 2000. Owned by one of Nigeria’s greatest footballers, Nwankwo Kanu who played with Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal, and Portsmouth and has numerous medals to his name. About Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo...

The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles captains Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, and former star winger, Tijani Babangida as spies and motivational figures for the team. NFF General Secretary, Dr....

The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria has said the medals of former Super Eagles skipper, Kanu Nwankwo were not taken in the process of the takeover of the Hardley Apartments property and that it...