All three Nigerian clubs hosting continental club matches this weekend will play their games on Saturday.
Kano Pillars, 2-0 winners over Al Malakia FC in Juba penultimate weekend, host the South Sudanese team at the Sani Abacha Stadium in the return leg of their CAF Champions League fixture, starting from 4pm.
Reward for qualification is a second round match-up against the winner of the fixture involving C.O.B of Mali and M.A.T of Morocco.
Nigeria’s other flag-bearer in the CAF Champions League, Enyimba FC will depart Nigeria on Friday for Benin Republic, where they will defend a 3-0 first leg win over Buffles du Borgu in Cotonou. They will face the winner between Al Ahli of Libya and Smouha of Egypt in the second round.
The Warri Township Stadium will host the CAF Confederation Cup clash between Warri Wolves and Racing Club Bobo-Dioulasso, with the Nigerian representatives 1-0 up from the first leg away. The winner will play Cote d’Or of Seychelles or Dedebit of Ethiopia in the next round.
In Port Harcourt, Dolphins FC have something to rescue having lost the first leg by a lone goal to Leones Vegetarianos of Equatorial Guinea. Victory over two legs will set the Nigerians up against illustrious campaigners, Club Africain of Tunisia.
Meanwhile, this year’s Men and Women Federation Cup competitions will kick off with the State preliminaries on Saturday, March 7, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)’s Head of Federation Cup Unit, Ruth David.
The preliminaries in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory will end with the finals on April 4-5, before a Draw is conducted for the National finals, which begins with the play-off round April 18-19, before the Round of 64, May13-14.
This year’s Men and Women Federation Cups’ grand finale has been slated for August 16.
In another development, Alhaji Sharif Rabiu Inuwa has been re-elected as chairman of the Kano State Football Association.
At the elections conducted in Kano City on Wednesday and supervised by a member of the NFF Executive Committee and Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, Inuwa polled 50 of the 51 votes cast by the eligible delegates.
Inuwa is also a member of the NFF Executive Committee and chairman of the Committee on Ethics and Fairplay. His opponent, Kamilu Mohammed, got no vote, while one vote was declared invalid.
Aminu Mohammed Inuwa was elected vice chairman with 50 votes.
