Beat Bafana Bafana for Keshi and Amodu, NMJ urges Super Eagles

Beat Bafana Bafana for Keshi and Amodu, NMJ urges Super Eagles

By Footyalert → Friday, 9 June 2017

The New Media Journalists (NMJ) have urged the  Super Eagles to defeat their South Africa counterparts in their 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers to honour former coaches of the team, Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shaibu, who died a year ago.


Keshi qualified and won the AFCON tournament for the country after defeating Burkina Faso in the final of the 2013 competition in South Africa.


Amodu on the other hand was in charge of the team in winning bronze medals on two occasions.


Nigeria will face Bafana Bafana in the matchday 1 of the qualification for Cameroon 2019 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium on Saturday.


The NMJ in a message of encouragement to the Super Eagles urged them to give the match at home to Bafana Bafana their best shot and was confident that they would put smiles on the faces of football loving Nigerians, following their recent impressive display in friendly games against Corsica and Togo respectively.



The message signed by NMJ coordinator, Alonge Akinlolu said, "This is a difficult mission but we believe the Super Eagles have put their failure to qualify for two consecutive editions of the tournament behind them and are prepared to win emphatically on Saturday and start the journey on a good footing."


"The Super Eagles are the symbol of football in Nigeria, which means that they are the heartbeat of the country so the team must do everything possible to qualify."


"We thank the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), technical and management team of the Super Eagles for their hard work and urge them not to relent in their efforts to ensure that the team is battle ready on Saturday.


The NMJ also appealed to Super Eagles supporters to remember the Gernot Rhor managed side in their prayers as they have always done and fill the Stadium to give their maximum support to the success of the team.

NMJ's Adebayo wins GoalFest 2017 Football Influencer award

NMJ's Adebayo wins GoalFest 2017 Football Influencer award

By Footyalert → Monday, 5 June 2017

One of the fast rising blogger in the country, Suleiman Adebayo, and a member of the New Media Journalists (NMJ), at the weekend won the GoalFest2017 Football Influencer of the Year award.

Adebayo beats BBC Shina Okeleji and Kiibati Bankole of Brila FM to the award which was in his second edition.

Speaking after the award, the CEO of Pooja Media communications dedicated the award to God for giving him life and gift.

“It was a great moment in my young career and this has given me cause to work harder,” he said.

“Winning this award shows that hard work pays and I am going to continue working so hard to maintain the standard and also improve on it.

“To other nominees, I want to say we are all winners for the work we have put in the year under review. I learn from you guys every day and I respect your brands.

“To all well-wishers,readers, followers and fans. I have one thing to say; without you, there is no me or the Pooja brand.”

Reacting to the award, the spokesman of the group, Tobi Adepoju, said the award showed that the country has accepted the role of bloggers in promoting football and sports in the country.

Adepoju added that gone are the days when bloggers were termed jobless as they are now at the forefront of promoting sports.

He added: “I remembered some years when some people called bloggers jobless or people that should not be taken seriously, but now things have change.

“This award is a wakeup call to other members of NMJ to put in more efforts and show the world that they are ready to change the face of sports reporting.

“I want to congratulates Pooja (Adebayo) for this award and also advise him to put in more efforts because others are watching.”

Ahmad: Our vision is for a transparent, accountable CAF

Ahmad: Our vision is for a transparent, accountable CAF

By Footyalert → Friday, 3 March 2017

Candidate for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football, Mr. Ahmad Ahmad on Thursday declared that his group is committed to installing new thinking and ideals at the CAF headquarters, if he wins this month’s poll in Addis Ababa.