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He has delivered when it truly matters. He doesn't shy away from responsibilities, he takes up the task and beats all expectations. He is Alhaji Aminu Kurfi, the man many love to call Balele. As chairman of Katsina United in 2016, Kurfi guided the Changi boys from the NNL back to the NPFL, an achievement that catapulted him to the top of the raider as the most respected and most accomplished football administrator in the state.  Still basking in the Euphoria of that achievement, Kurfi again, guided Katsina United to the Semi finals of the Aiteo Cup after defeating Kwara United by three goal to one in Lagos, a performance that made him the most beloved son of governor Aminu Bello Masari who confirmed him as one of his special assistants.  It is also on record that on several ocassion, when the NFF got stranded and needed a bailout from difficult situations, Balele had come to their rescue by securing a chattered flight for the Super Eagles to key Nations Cup and World Cup quali...

Attention Honourable Sports Minister, the time to 'ADOPT A CLUB IS NOW'! Let me start this piece by first defining the word 'Unbound'. It simply means not bound together,  release, separate, not fastened together, not confined, freedom and so much more.  In this context, Unbound means freedom, proliferation, opening the space for private investors to come in and operate in an environment that is conducive, accommodating and appreciative.  The Nigeria professional football league as it is today, is a 20-clubs league format that has 95 percent government owned clubs and just 5percent privately owned clubs.  What this means is that government plays a huge impact in what goes on within and around the league, leaving our football at the mercy of some politicians who see football as a political tool that has to be managed by their political loyalists, who inturn know that the only way they can keep their jobs is by getting results at all costs.  Disadvantages of gover...

Ladegbuwa Football Club has announced the procurement of 48 seaters team fully Air conditioner bus for easy transportation of players and club officials. The team Sporting Director, Wale Joseph, disclosed that the need to cater for players' welfare and seamless transporting logistics to training and on match venues, which would easily curb fatigue, are one of the reasons the bus was purchased. Wale Joseph said: "The welfare of our players is paramount and we are determined to ensuring they get needed infrastructural facilities which we believe will ease stress and fatigue. "On any giving day players should enjoy a convenient transportation arrangement from team camp to either training or match venue in order to conserve their energy for business of the day." "When you expect optimal performance from the players you have to help them with provision of necessary tools to bring the best out in them and this is exactly what the management are trying to achieve"...