Jay Jay Okocha
28 Jan 2022
Nigeria is home to some of the greatest footballers the world has witnessed, such as Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Sunday Oliseh, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami
11 Aug 2021
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, declared yesterday that his footballing days ‘came too early.’ He was reacting to news of Lionel Messi’s weekly take home of £1 million at Paris St-Germain.
4 Apr 2021
Xiaomi, manufacturer of mobile devices, has unveiled former Eagles midfielder, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha as its new corporate brand face that signify bold transformation in Nigeria mobile device industry and all-new propurpose. The ambassadorial signing represents Xiaomi ambitions to establish a leadership position in the future mobile industry by revamping nearly all facets of its business…
12 Jan 2021
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has revealed that former Nigerian international, Austin Jay-Jay Ockoha, was his childhood idol while growing up. Ozil made the disclosure during Monday's Q&A session with his followers on Twitter. Born in Germany to a Turkish family, Ozil revealed he only supported one Turkish club as a child, which was Fenerbahce. Ozil…
15 Aug 2020
As Nigerians continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard has partnered with Nigeria’s popular media personality, Toke Makinwa, African football and Super Eagles’ legend...
20 Jun 2020
Several years ago, my team, IICC Shooting Stars FC, went to play a continental club match in Malawi. On the day we arrived, a few of us decided to watch a movie
15 Feb 2020
Two weeks ago, the federal government announced the appointment of a new Football Ambassador for Nigeria. It did not come as a complete surprise because, somehow, I knew it was coming.
9 Oct 2019
A Lagos State prosecutor, Y. A. Pitan, on Wednesday said a former Super Eagles’ Captain, Augustine Okocha, accused of income tax evasion since 2017, had finally settled with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). She told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that the LIRS informed it that the defendant visited its office and reconciled…
10 Jul 2019
Retired Nigeria ace, Jay-Jay Okocha has disclosed his admiration for trending Bafana Bafana attacker, Thembinkosi Lorch, reports www.timeslive.co.za. However, Okocha will be praying that Lorch isn't in his element when Nigeria and South Africa rekindle their long-standing rivalry in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) quarterfinal tie at Egypt's Cairo International Stadium this evening. “We…
23 Jun 2019
For Alex Iwobi, clearly family is everything. Woven intricately across his life, dreams and passion, dotted around his peaks and nadirs, the Nigerian footballer basks in the love and support he’s had from his family. It is reinforced in our interview, as most of his answers to the questions eventually veer off into one of…
15 Apr 2019
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has renewed a bench warrant for the arrest of former Super Eagles captain, Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha for his failure to appear in court for evading payment of income taxes. The judge, Justice Adedayo Akintoye, first made the order for Okorocha's arrest on January 29, following an application by the…
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