Midfielder Mikel Obi says the Super Eagles will be at their best for the prestige international friendly match against England at Wembley Stadium in London on June 2.

Mikel Obi Mikel Obi was at his majestic best, coordinating play, spraying passes and winning balls. The midfielder played at his pace, intelligently lassoing the game with every movement, pass or tackle. For all of Frank Acheampong’s heroics, netting a hat-trick, Mikel was the enabler from deep. The Super Eagles captain was supreme leading the…

Former Super Eagles handler and ex-international, Samson Siasia on Thursday said that there was nothing special in his love for the Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi.

Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi and teammate Alex Iwobi have reacted to the new Super Eagles World Cup kit designed by sportswear company Nike.

Seven Nigerian sportsmen and women, who distinguished themselves in their various events this year, have been nominated for the maiden Nigerian Awards for Sporting Excellence (NASE).

Captain Mikel Obi has scored twice, also both at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. He netted the second goal against Algeria in November 2016 and also the second against Cameroon last month.

When the Super Eagles class of 1997 qualified for France ’98 World Cup, they did so with a match to spare; and 20 years later history is about to repeat itself.

President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick yesterday disclosed that the body has put the necessary machinery in place to ensure Super Eagles’ victory...

For the first time in a long while, not by any deliberate act or design, there is no Mikel Obi, no Victor Moses, no Vincent Enyeama or his replacement, Carl Ikpeme, in the camp of the Eagles. And no one appears to be missing them.

Super Eagles goalkeepers’ trainer, Alloy Agu, has called on football lovers in the country to stop overblowing injuries of Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, Carl Ikeme and Vincent Enyeama...

“Most of the players currently playing in the Nigerian senior national team were discovered through the attention they attracted from Europe but it will be difficult to monitor such performances in China,’’ Okpo said.

As you know, Mikel Obi and Anthony Ujah, among others, are in the Chinese League and the only way Nigerians, including national team coaches, can see them in action is by watching games of the league.