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By Tolu Atobatele

The flamboyance Super Eagles Supporters Club, SESC founded by Prince Vincent Okumagba has join several other millions of people worldwide to wish Nigeria a fruitful years ahead as she mark her 65th years independence anniversary today Wednesday October 1st, 2025.

The club who has been the supportive pillar of all tiers of the country national teams over the years express its joy at seeing the nation making improvements in every sector of the nation’s economy.

In a statement signed by the club executives and released to news men in the early hours of today read; “On behalf of the executives and members of the club we join all well-meaning Nigerians to celebrate the nation, the people, the leaders, and the growth and development of our country which independence was granted by providence on October 1, 1960.

“On this profound and historic day , we join our voices with millions across our nation to congratulate President Bola Tinubu on the occasion of Nigeria 65 years of independence and to all Nigerians of goodwill, who share in the belief and philosophy of this administration”.

*We will like also, to congratulate the leadership of both the National Sports Commission, NSC headed by Mallam Shehu Dikko and Nigeria Football Federation, NFF headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, as well as football stakeholders and Nigerians at home and in diaspora on our dear nation 65 years of being an independent nation”.

“This anniversary is not just a date on the calendar; it is a mirror reflecting our collective resilience. We have weathered storms, navigated challenges, and through it all, the unbreakable spirit of the Nigerian people has shone through”.

“As we celebrate this milestone, let us also look forward with renewed faith and determination. The journey to a more perfect union continues, and it is a journey we must undertake together”.

On this Independence Day, we need to rekindle the fire of patriotism and choose unity over division, progress over stagnation, and hope for a better Nigeria.

The club’s founder and president Prince Vincent Okumagba who doubles as Chairman, Interim Management Committee Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group, NFSSG and Vice President African Football Supporters Association leverage on the occasion to rally Nigerians to keep supporting the Super Eagles as they intensify efforts to pick the only available ticket in their group with the final round of matches in the qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA world cup against Lesotho in Polokwane, South Africa and Benin Republic in Uyo in a couple of weeks.

By Tolu Atobatele

Chairman, Interim Management Committee of Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club, NFSSG, Prince Vincent Okumagba has congratulates the President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau on his three years in office.

Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has been President of the NFF since 30 September, 2022 and today mark his three years in office as the brain behind the growth and fortunes that has happened to Nigeria Football ever since he was elected to lead the football federation.

The IMC Chairman eulogizing the FA President earlier today in his office says Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has been a blessing to Nigeria football for his upward thinking and great innovations he has brought to the game and his style of leadership is worthy of emulation.

“I am congratulating the President, Nigeria Football Federation Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau on his three years in office today and for his sterling performance over the years which has brought nothing but success to our football through the various national teams”.

“I must say his style of leadership is worthy of emulation. His innovations and ideas has really impacted Nigeria football positively and I hope to see more success achieved in his tenure”.

“I have never for a bit doubted his ability to lead and I believe Nigeria Football still has a lot to gain from his wealth of experience as an astute administrator who is ever ready to serve with his very best”.

Okumagba calls on Nigeria football administrators and stakeholders to join hands together with Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau to take Nigeria football to the next level through positive contributions thereby achieving the set goals and objectives of his administration.

The IMC Chairman Prince Vincent Okumagba who doubles as Vice President African Football Supporters Association concludes by asking God to continue to reign his abundance of blessings and peace on Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau and keep him safe always to continue in his good deeds for Nigeria football.

By Tolu Atobatele

The Nigeria vs Rwanda U-20 Women’s game at Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan was a haven for members of Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club who stole the show with their electrifying Performance and sonorous renditions to the admiration of fans who has thronged the beautiful main bowl to watch football.

The game lived up to its expectations as the national U-20 Women’s team of Nigeria the Super Falconets annihilate their counterparts from Rwanda with a resounding four goals to nil to bring aggregate scoreline to five nil having beaten their visitors in their backyard a few days ago.

The supporters club arrived at the match venue with a lot of fan-fare, glitz and glamour clad in their colourful regalia and go straight into action thrilling fans and spectators with different rendition of songs and different dance steps from the club official side attraction members.

Fans and spectators were excited seeing the atmosphere within the stadium and dance to every single drum beats from Nigeria greatest supporters club

…….full of ideas and inmovations

There is a brand new terminology in the lexicon of football supporters club in Nigeria. Whenever the story of football supporters club is talked or written about in football folklore, the first phrase that would probably spring to mind is PRINCE VINCENT OKUMAGBA Founder and National President, Super Eagles Supporters Club of Nigeria (SESC), Vice President, African Football Supporters Association and Chairman Interim Management Committee, Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group.

The news of his exemplary and untainted style of leadership and conduct has greatly endeared him to members of the club. His transparency, honesty and open-minded policy has shot into the wave of mileage and and got to many as a shock though, but this writer won’t say a shock because a famous philosopher said and I quote ” IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A SHALLOW THINKING LEADER TO MAKE A POSITIVE and DEEP IMPRESSION ON HIS FOLLOWERS” he said also ” A TRUE AND EFFECTIVE THINKING LEADER WITH A TRANSPARENT HONESTY OF CARRYING ALONG HIS PEOPLE WON’T FIND THE PATH DIFFICULT” Prince Vincent Okumagba has proven the qualities that stands him out amongst his colleagues and contemporaries whilst at the same time justified the above quote with his heartwarming and overwhelming achievements as Numero-Uno of supporters club in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the euphoria that greeted his achievements of rising above his peers may not be completed without saluting his courage, zeal and audacity to succeed where others failed.

The shock and near-shocker of his strides supporters club affairs is his resolve to shoulder the responsibility of flying and having his members at every sports venue involving Nigeria thereby, giving hope to the hopeless, renew the faith of the faithless, give life to those whose interest is fading/has fades and provide succor to third rated Nigerians that wishes to join the club, while his determination and commitment to ensuring all that needed to be done shall be attended to with no oversight is second to none.

Doubters, Prince Okumagba has left you behind to continuing swimming in your pool of hatred while he set the pace, run his race in his pace and watch the world doff its hat and people bow their heads.

His (Prince Vincent Okumagba) achievements is a statement to every like-minds that he is a result oriented man of vision, purpose and focus with technical know-how of what it takes to save and reposition the supporters club to become the envy of outside world.

Historically, this is the first time supporters club is breathing a life of positive feelings and the very first time a national chairman will be so respected, valued, and appreciated by members due to his openness, accountability and no favouritism style of leadership.

I’d like to state reflectively that the likes of PRINCE VINCENT OKUMAGBA don’t come twice in a decade, in a century, even in life time, though, God is incomparable but HE (God ) blesses the earth once a while with such a rare gem.

Keep your innovations going and don’t relent in your efforts to keep the club going as well.The pace you’re setting today is enough to accommodate the pure and progressive hearts. The pace is widen enough for everyone to run its race, maintain and sustain the pace you have provided.

GOD bless you richly the man of great ideologies for your wonderful contribution to football and other sports Supporters club and most importantly the best amongst the lot SUPER EAGLES SUPPORTERS CLUB.

By Tolu Atobatele

The inability of National Sports Commission to fulfill its promises to the Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group, NFSSG has place the club in a very difficult situation in making a proper logistical arrangements for club members anytime there is a national assignments to attend.

The Sports Commission headed by Alhaji Shehu Dikko and its Director General Bukola Olopade have not shown enough commitment towards the promises of seeing to the welfare of Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group in terms of providing financial support to eaze the burden of the club.

The supporters club play a major role in our football sector having been around for decades and contributing in no small measures making the country proud and being good ambassadors of the country through supporting the national teams in both local and international sports gathering the country take part in.

The inattentive and cunning nature of the sports commission towards the supporters club clearly shows a lack of respect for the body and signal a bad breath on the part of government.

The last match in Bloemfontein against South Africa was a show of shame on the part of the sports commission as they renege on their words of airlifting members of the club to the venue of the game while allocation of slots for seats on the chattered flight to South Africa and previous venues of away games to members of the club were ridiculous and unimpressive.

The deceitful confidence trick of the sports commission is causing a lot of discomfort to supporters club thereby, hindering their progress and jeopardizes their presence at match venues in large numbers. To say the supporters club will fare better and perform tremendously when they disperse to their various structures is an understatement.

Enough of fake promises and rigid handling of issues of national interest. The sports commission must stand up to its responsibility, be transparent enough and respect the stakeholders who spend their monies and resources to promote football during good and bad times.

It is noteworthy to know that since the sports commission don’t find it worthy to stand up to their promises which was the primary reason the various group of supporters club accept and gave their consents to the idea of harmonizing their structures into one body, then, they should hands off and let the club return to their previous structures to continue ruining and managing their affairs individually.

The last two games of the qualifiers for the world cup will hold next month (October) with the first of the games coming up in Bloemfontein, South Africa against the Crocs of Lesotho and having a large presence of supporters club in the stands to cheer and motivate the team on Match day will be an important factor in the outcome of the game, hence, the call on sports commission to either fulfil their promises or allow them to go back to how they met them before things become worse.

The inability of National Sports Commission, NSC in fulfilling the promises made to supporters club prior to the harmonization of the various factional groups into a unified body has put the club in a very difficult situation in making a proper logistical arrangements for members whenever their is a national assignments and this, do not augur well for the club.

By Tolu Atobatele

Football supporters club in Nigeria is a private entity thriving on its own before being hijacked by both the National Sports Commission, NSC and Nigeria Football Federation, NFF under the pretense of unifying the groups, and thereafter subjects the club to unjust treatment via lack of financial support and poor allocation of slots.

The club has been the twelveth player for the country various national teams over the years with presence at every major continental or international sporting events (especially football) involving Nigeria at any level without being supported by government or the FA rather, they source funds from private sectors and make voluntary donations to keep the club going and attend every function, sports-wise.

These people were doing brilliantly well individually save the difference in their performance at match venues anytime the national team play which form the basis of NSC and NFF to wade in and compel the groups to merge into a unit with a promise of seeing to their needs through providing financial support and making available other materials for effective and seamless operation of the club.

The supporters club find it extremely difficult to move their members in large numbers to match venues outside of the country due to a very poor logistical arrangements and low rate of slots alloted to them by National Sports Commission thus, making it worrisome to some of us who have been following and motoring the activities of supporters club up close these past years.

If the National Sports Commission, NSC headed by Mallam Shehu Dikko and the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau don’t see the need to support the supporters club with funds and allocate to them large numbers of slots to accommodate their members in numbers on chattered flights for national assignments outside the shores of the country then, they should allow the supporters club to disperse back to their various factional groups to continue managing their affairs as they have been doing in the past.

The supporters club were not present at the Free State stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa this past Tuesday September 9 when the Super Eagles confronted Bafana Bafana in a 2026 world cup qualifier that means a lot to our qualification to the world cup unlike in Uyo where a horde of their members were fully on ground to provide support for the team (Super Eagles) against the Wasps of Rwanda.

It is saddening when supporters club are treated dismally with no recognition from government and those in authority and this is a group of people that navigate every minefield to cross borders and ensure Super Eagles and other tiers of our national teams get the needed support in a bid to put smiles on the faces of over two hundred million Nigerians. They spend from their hard-earned money, time, energy and other resources to contribute their quota to football yet no compensation or appreciation whatsoever from government.

It is unacceptable not to recognize the effort, value and contributions of supporters club to the growth and development of football and other sports in the country. The time has come to appreciate their good work, support them by making funds available to them to assist in their logistics and make the environment conducive.

The National Sports Commission and Nigeria Football Federation must have a rethink on their decision to collapse the individual structures of the supporters club into a unit as lack of support for the supporters club derail their activities.

By Tolu Atobatele

Leading football supporters club in the country, Super Eagles Supporters Club, SESC has hail the performance of the senior national team of Nigeria the Super Eagles in yesterday’s encounter with the Wasps of Rwanda in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

A few members of the club who spoke to the media immediately after seeing the centre referee blow his whistle signalling the end of the game had these to say;

“I am very happy they (Super Eagles) put smiles on our faces but truth is none of us doubted their ability, and we know quite sure they will win”.

” I have to be honest, it was a tension soaked match particularly as the Rwandans resorted to playing negative football, sitting back to defend and frustrate our boys”.

“The team shows a great zeal, composure and resilient in dealing with the stubborn Rwandans all through the game”.

“Thank God we have our world cup dream back on track and I salute the courage and bravery of the boys for their impressive performance in the game. It was a good game from them (Super Eagles) and its not stopping here until the ticket is secured”.

Oya, let’s go to South Africa on Tuesday to do it for them as well shouted one fan who was visibly elated at the outcome of the game

The Super Eagles have brought themselves back in contention for the ticket with the victory over Rwanda and hope to cap it with another victory against the Bafana Bafana to reduce to three the six points margin separating the two.

The Super Eagles will fly out to Bloemfontein this morning to keep a date with South Africa in the match day 8 at the Free State stadium.

By Tolu Atobatele

The stage is set for the battle of Uyo as the biggest and foremost supporters club in Nigeria Super Eagles Supporters Club are set and battle ready to cheer the Super Eagles to victory as they confront their counterparts later this evening at the imposing Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

Their is a large numbers of the club members in Uyo having arrived in Uyo on Friday evening and have since swung into action mobilizing Nigerians and soccer fans to troop out en-masse to the stadium to support the team.

The game against the Rwandans is a must win for Nigeria to bring back to life the fading hope of featuring in the world cup next year in America.

Nigeria currently occupy 5th position on the log in group C on 7 points from six games thereby putting themselves in a precarious position of missing out of the party at the grandest stage of football.

The band leader of the club Alawode Sunday popularly known as Ashu was brimming with confidence that Nigeria will defeat Rwanda today and win her remaining games to qualify for the World Cup ahead of South Africa at the end of the qualifiers next month.

“I am hundred percent confident Nigeria will be at the world cup. We will defeat Rwanda today, win the remaining three games and qualify ahead of South Africa”.

“Being the band leader, we are fully prepared and ready because this game is a battle and we must make sure our team lack no support”.

A win for Nigeria against Rwanda will boost the confidence of team going into next fixture against South Africa on Tuesday September 9 in Bloemfontein.

By Tolu Atobatele

Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group (NFSSG) led by the Interim Management Committee Chairman, Prince Vincent Okumagba has disclosed to news men that the club is ready to cheer the national football team of Nigeria, the Supper Eagles to victory against Rwanda in Uyo.

The IMC Chairman made this known when he was fielding questions from journalists a few hours ago in his office where he reiterated the club’s commitment in supporting football and other sports in the country without bias and sentiments.

“I’d like to make it clear that our members are ready and fully prepared to cheer the Super Eagles to victory when they confront Rwanda in Uyo”.

“Yes, we know what is ahead of us and what to expect from the Rwandans and we are in no doubt about the ability of our boys (Super Eagles), that is why I said we will on our part play our role to the best of our ability and capacity as number one fans of Nigeria national teams”.

“We are leaving nothing behind in Lagos and our state chapters in other to make sure we make the team non playable for the Rwandans with our drums, trumpets and other instruments the club possess”.

Corroborating the Chairman, a few members of the club express their confidence that the Super Eagles will beat Rwanda in Uyo while they (Supporters Club) will ensure every sound that comes from their drums and other instruments propels the team to victory.

Prince Vincent Okumagba who doubles as Vice President, African Football Supporters Association concludes by calling on Nigerians and lovers of football to troop out en-masse to support their team as they attempt to revive their fading world cup hope.

Nigeria will resume her quest for a spot in the FIFA World Cup next year in USA, Mexico and Canada with an home fixture against the Amavubis of Rwanda in the match day 7 window and three days after (September 9) fly to Blomfoetein to face South Africa in the match day 8 window.

By Tolu Atobatele

Football supporters body in the country the Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Group (NFSSG) led by the vibrant and a source of confidence IMC Chairman, Prince Vincent Okumagba has disclosed that plans are in top gear to have large numbers of their members in Uyo when the Super Eagles welcome the Wasps of Rwanda in the match day seven of the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Speaking to Sports Angle Reporter a few hours ago he stated that having large numbers of members in Uyo will help in mobilizing support for the team when they confront the Wasps of Rwanda in a must win game on Saturday September 6.

“We are ready to have large numbers of our members in Uyo to mobilize support for Super Eagles against Rwanda. it is an important game for us and one to win so our boys can go into the other game with confidence and good morale. We must take the three points at stake to get our world cup dream back on track”.

“I can promise you that Super Eagles will not lack support against Rwanda in Uyo and even in South Africa as all arrangements have been put in place to ensure we take the six points at stake in the two games”.

Okumagba reiterated the club’s commitment to supporting the national team(s) come rain nor shine without leaving any stone unturned.

Prince Vincent Okumagba who doubles as Vice President African Football Supporters Association enjoin Nigerians to always support the team and pray for good outing in the two games in September.

Nigeria will welcome Rwanda in Uyo on Saturday September 6 and three days later (Tuesday September 9) be the guests of South Africa in Bloemfontein in the race for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada.