Former Nigeria captain Segun Odegbami is calling for a full investigation into the death of Rashidi Yekini. The 1993 African Footballer of the Year died earlier this month aged 48. Yekini was reportedly kidnapped shortly before his death ...

NIGERIAN PLAYERS NEED COMMITMENT “Sincerely the strikers can play but there’s no Wisdom! No Ambition! Its not about which strikers are paired together. There has to be Love between the Players and in the Team itself. Talent again is also God Given so ...

The death of Rashidi Yekinni has come and gone, yet I still cannot help but confess that I’m yet to come to terms with the tragic reality of the sad end of this departed soccer legend. I certainly still cannot help the trauma and the shock ...

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Former Nigeria international Rashidi Yekini passed away on Friday in Ibadan after suffering from mental illness for the past two years. The ex-striker, who was only 48, is Nigeria's all-time record goalscorer after netting 37 times in 58 matches ...

A retired Nigerian footballer, Rashidi Yekini who scored the country’s first goal at the World Cup is dead. Yekini who was born in Kaduna was said to have died in his Kwara residence. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy at ...

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African football legends - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has paid tribute to two African football legends, Rashidi Yekini of Nigeria and Jules Bocande of Senegal, who recently passed away within the space of a few days. FIFA said both Yekini and Bocande both ...

Lagos, Nigeria - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has donated 500,000 naira (US$3,184) to the family of the late Nigerian football star Rashidi Yekini. NFF President Aminu Maigari announced the donation when he visited the family at Ira, in central ...