Arsenal on Saturday, September 28, won Leicester City 4-2 at Emirates stadium.
Super Eagles’ Wilfred Ndidi’s own goal in the 94th minute first gave Arsenal a 3-2 lead.
While a close-range Kai Havertz strike in the 99th minute of stoppage time denied the visitor a chance to fight on.
Gabriel Martinelli had scored the first goal in the 20th minute before Jurrien Timber’s cross, which was converted by Leandro Trossard, hit the net just before the end of the half-time.
Leicester net its first goal in the 47th minute of the second half when James Justin’s header from Facundo Buonanotte’s free-kick got in.
Justin doubled his personal tally in spectacular fashion shortly after the hour mark at the 63rd minutes, meeting Ndidi’s left-wing delivery with a swerving volley that beat David Raya via the inside of the post.
However, Newcastle struck back in the 58th minute when Anthony Gordon went one-on-one with City goalkeeper Ederson, who conceded a penalty when he tripped him.
Gordon the scored from the spot to level the game at 1-1.
Some local football fans on Wednesday, September 26 urged the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, to invest in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
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This comes after the billionaire business mogul told Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua that he regretted not buying English Premier League side, Arsenal Football club, when his interest lies in owning a football club.
Dangote had in 2020, shown interest in buying the North London Club, when the club was still valued at $2 billion but he however committed himself in completing his refinery in Lekki, in Nigeria.
However, there are some Nigerian business owners who have invested in football in Nigeria, as it is becoming a very lucrative business.
Today, Newsaccessng has details five Nigerians who own football clubs in Nigeria.
Here is a list of Five Nigerians who own football clubs in Nigeria:
1. Kunle Soname (Remo Stars)
Kunle Soname
Kunle Soname is a Nigerian entrepreneur, sport enthusiast and the chairman of Bet9ja, a betting website he founded in 2013.
In 2004, he founded Remo Stars Football Club previously known as FC DENDER.
After Soname acquired Remo Stars, he relocated the club from Lagos State to Remo area of Ogun State, and is now playing in the Nigerian Premier League’s Top Division.
In 2015, he acquired European Football Club, C.D. Feirense that is in Portugal.
Soname also the founder of the popular Nigerian airline ValueJet.
2. Shola Akinlade (Sporting Lagos FC)
Shola Akinlade
Shola Akinlade, the co-founder and CEO of Paystack (now Stripe), is the owner of Sporting Lagos FC.
Akinlade is also the owner of Aarhus Fremad in Denmark.
The 39-year-old bought a 55 percent stake in the 76-year-old Danish club, which plays in the second-division of the Danish League, making him the majority owner.
The club are second of the Danish second division with 16 points, with the hope of securing qualification to the Danish first division next season.
In 2022, Shola founded Sporting Lagos FC, a Lagos-based football club that competes in the Nigeria National League.
The purchase of Aarhus means that the Danish club will become a sister club to Sporting Lagos.
3. Late Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (F.C. Ifeanyi Ubah)
Late Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
In 2015, late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, founded the NPFL club “Ifeanyi Ubah FC” in the year
The club which has its headquarters at Nnewi, Anambra State, was established following the acquisition of Gabros international Football Club by the late senator.
F.C. Ifeanyi Ubah is one of the few privately run football clubs in the country.
4. Felix Obuah (Go Round FC)
Felix Obuah
Felix Obuah is the founder of Nigerian football club Go Round FC, which is located in Rivers State, Nigeria.
It was founded in 1994.
They play their home games at Krisdera Hotel Stadium, and currently compete in the NNL, the second-tier in Nigerian football.
5. Bukola Saraki (ABS FC, Kwara)
Bukola Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki Founded the football club known as ABS FC, which is located in Ilorin in 2011.
The team is also known as “Bukola Babes.”
In 2016, the team returned to the Nigeria Professional Football League.
Recently, the team was relegated from the Nigeria National League(NNL) to Nationwide League One(NLO).
The Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) has announced the appointment of a German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, as the new Super Eagles coach, with immediate effect.
Secretary General of the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi made the announcement in an early morning tweet on Tuesday via the NFF’s X handle.
Here are things to know about new Super Eagles coach Bruno Labbadia
1. Bruno Labbadia was born February 8, 1966.
2. He is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker.
3. Labbadia is of Italian ancestry.
4. His family roots go back to Lenola, a town in the Lazio region.
5. Labbadia’s Italian parents moved to Germany as Gastarbeiter and settled in Schneppenhausen near Darmstadt in Hesse.
6. Together with eight siblings, he and his family had lived on a farm for rent before moving to Weiterstadt when he was ten years old.
7. Labbadia communicated in Italian with his parents, while he spoke German with his siblings.
8. He acquired his secondary school leaving certificate and trained as an insurance salesman.
9. When he was 18 years old, he gave up Italian citizenship and became a German citizen, since in Germany only two foreigners were eligible to play in one team at the time, and so he gave place to a non- German in the squad of SV Darmstadt 98.
10. He won the DFB-Pokal in 1989-90 with FC Kaiserslautern and the Bundesliga in 1993-94 with FC Bayern Munich.
11. He was also capped twice for the German team.
12. He last managed VfB Stuttgart.
13. He was also associated with the German U21 national team.
14. Labbadia made his debut for hometown Bundesliga side Darmstadt 98 in 1984–85, scoring 9 goals in 33 games.
15. Labbadia recorded 103 goals in 328 Bundesliga games across his career, including 50 goals for Arminia Bielefeld and 44 goals for his hometown club Darmstadt 98, as well as scoring 101 goals in 229 Bundesliga 2 games.
16. He netted a total of 229 goals across all competitions in his career having played for some of Germany’s top Bundesliga clubs.
17. He had two caps for the Germany national football team.
18. His most successful season was probably the 1998–99 season, where he scored 29 goals for Arminia Bielefeld.
19. Other notable seasons include 1986–87, where he scored 21 goals for Darmstadt 98, as well as 15 goal campaigns in 1987–88 and 1994–95 with top flight clubs Hamburger SV and 1. FC Köln.
20. In the 1989-90 season he scored twice in the final as his club FC Kaiserslautern beat Werner Bremen 3-2 in the final of the DFB-Pokal.
21. He also had 14 goals in his 1992–93 campaign with Bayern Munich and had 10 goals the next season where he was limited to only 23 appearances.
22. His final season was in 2002–03 with Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC where he netted 13 goals in 28 appearances.
23. He formerly coached Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburger SV (twice), VfB Stuttgart (twice), VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC.
24. Labbadia becomes the 37th Head Coach of the Super Eagles after the resignation of Finidi George.
Aston Villa lost 2-0 to Arsenal at Villa Park on Saturday
Second-half goals by Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey earned Arsenal a 2-0 win as Mikel Arteta’s side continued their perfect start to the Premier League season.
The visitors who gained the lead through substitute Trossard in the 67th minute remained resolute.
However, Ghanaian’s Partey sealed the victory in the 77th minute.
While Arsenal’s traveling supporters celebrated two victories from two games to keep their team on track for another serious title campaign, Villa supporters regretted their wasted opportunities and made their way out of the stadium.
Manchester City on Saturday won Championship elevated team, Ipswich Town 4-1 at Etihad Stadium.
Belgium’s striker Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick as Man City proved to Ipswich how tough life in the Premier League can be.
After missing out on promotion for 22 years, the Tractor Boys are back in the top division, and they are off to a great start against the reigning champions thanks to a goal from Sammie Szmodics on his full debut, which he scored just seven minutes into the first half by putting the ball between Ederson’s legs.
However, their joy was cut short after Man City hit back with three goals within four minutes.
First Haaland equalized with a skillfully executed penalty, awarded after a review by the video assistant referee after Sam Allison had initially deemed Savinho had dived.
After that, Kevin de Bruyne took advantage of Ipswich goalkeeper Arijanet Muric’s lapse in concentration to score, and just 16 minutes later, Haaland made it 3-1 by going around Muric and finishing with a shot.
Leif Davis appeared to be hauled down by Brazil winger Savinho inside the area, and Ipswich had a strong claim for a penalty turned down, although Man City might have been much farther up after hitting the post twice.
Arguably the loudest cheer of the match occurred in the second half when Ilkay Gundogan, who completed his one-year transfer from Barcelona back to City on Friday, entered the game to celebrate his return to the team.
In the dying minutes, Haaland completed his hat-trick with a low drive from distance, just as it appeared that Ipswich had kept Man City to just three goals.
With the win, Man City has won both of its first Premier League games, whereas Ipswich, who lost to Liverpool in their first match, is still awaiting their first point following an incredibly tough start.
Fulham on Saturday, August 24 won their first Premier League home game of the season 2-1 against Leicester at Craven Cottage.
Nigerian winger, Alex Iwobi’s 70th-minute winner gave Fulham victory over the visitors.
Wout Faes had scored an equaliser for the Foxes before the end of the first half.
However, Iwobi fired through the legs of goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to restore Fulham’s lead.
Emile Smith Rowe, a club record signing, opened the score in the eighteenth minute of play for the dominant Cottagers.
Faes’ equalizer came in twenty minutes later, but the goal was disallowed by referee Darren Bond because he thought Jamie Vardy had interfered with Bernd Leno in an offside position.
Welbeck capped a lovely move in the first half, involving Kaoru Mitoma, when he escaped Harry Maguire to poke home into the empty net from close range.
Welbeck then struck the woodwork with a header from close range, before United hit back through Diallo’s strike, which was deflected past Jason Steele.
However, Amad Diallo’s goal for Red Devils in the 70th minute, levelled the game.
Joshua Zirkzee’s goal woud have kept Manchester United ahead, but for the VAR that cancelled the goal.
The Seagulls, however, seized all three points in the 95th minute through Pedro to keep Fabian Hurzeler’s side top of the league.
