NPFL: Mighty Jets wants Siaisa as player slump and dies in Enugu

Nigeria National League One club Mighty Jets are looking to appoint former Nigeria international and Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia as their head coach.

Siasia is looking to return to management once his FIFA ban expires at the end of this month.

According to reports, the former Super Eagles head coach wants N10 million monthly.

Mighty Jets are hopeful of reaching an agreement with the former Nantes player.

According to the Daily Post, the former striker was initially handed a life ban by FIFA over match-fixing allegations.

His punishment was later reduced to a five-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS.

And, Kufre Ebong has parted ways with Nigeria Premier Football League side, Akwa United.

Ebong terminated his contract with the Promise Keepers mutually.

The forward is expected to move elsewhere before the commencement of the new season.

Ebong is understood to be attracting interest from NPFL clubs.

The 29-year-old registered nine goals and four assists in 54 appearances for Akwa United.

He once represented Nigeria at the U-23 level.

And in Enugu, a rising footballer has died during a match training session in Ogrute, a community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria according to Premium Times.

The victim, Chisom Oodo, slumped during the training session on Saturday and died.

The President of Concerned Igbo-Eze North Youths, Chijioke Eze, said Monday that there was suspicion that the footballer suffered cardiac arrest during the training.

Eze said the victim excelled during the Igbo-North Family Football Tournament recently held in December in the area.

The youth leader said following the stellar performance at the tournament, the deceased was subsequently selected for trial at the Enugu Rangers Football Club.

 “It was while he was participating in the training that this happened,” he said.

‘God knows the best’

The deceased, Oodo, hailed from Aji, another community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state.

He was a member of Ezike Oba Football Legends and the association of footballers in the council area.

A member of Ezike Obasi Football Legends, Chidiebere Uroko, said the Chairperson of the association, Sani Onoja, has commiserated with the family of Oodo over his loss.

Uroko, in a post on Facebook on Monday, quoted the chairperson as telling the family to “take heart” because “only Almighty God knows the best.”