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Work progresses at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, with the pitch, swimming pool, athletics track, LED scoreboards and VAR system advancing ahead of the National Sports Festival. #EnuguState #TomorrowIsHere #SportsFestival


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Enugu Rangers Set For New Home! 🏟️

Governor Peter Mbah's sports revolution continues! 👏
The ongoing reconstruction of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu will reportedly meet CAF & FIFA standards when completed.
A befitting new home for Rangers International! 🏟️🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/EvvAu85Qnj

— NaijaNow Football (@NaijaNowFb) October 12, 2026

I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

but it look nice with the work been done

I'm highly happy with this development, God bless our amiable governor

The Enugu state government has always been a serious one. People centered development. Unlike over 80% of the governors.

Postponement is a certainty.

Next year march , here we come.

C
Now till December ------ Impossible.
Jan till February -------Elections.

Hope that when they finish renovating it, super eagles would be able to play some of their home games there.

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

It looks like artificial turf.

Die009:
but it look nice with the work been done

why will it not be beautiful in your eyes?
someone put EVENT CENTER PLASTIC RUG in a stadium and took pictures with filters for you in 2026 and it looks NICE to you?

Nigerians are so easy to fool and the politicians know this.

Are you into engineering or any field that requires measurement? Can you see the thickness of that PLASTIC GRASS? Do you even play football? can that RUG last one year of active playing? Then they will come next year to show you another picture... and it will be NICE again in your eyes.

oya come and say AT LEAST THEY TRIED like a usual Nigerian.

Work always progress whenever there's event..no maintaining culture.
The people working there take the maintainance money home..
They and their families are part of the people blaming government for everything

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

Is the pitch artificial one?

KosiGee:
It looks like artificial turf.

it doesn't look like artificial turf

don't you go out of your house?
have you not seen this before?

it is the same EVENT CENTER DECORATION RUG that we all know.

abi you no dey see?

This guy is really tiring

When if he is in APC. I prefer him to otti

We go see as others do things, we go commot face and here we go again. Quality is one of our biggest challenges.

This guy is really tiring

When if he is in APC. I prefer him to alex otti

KosiGee:
It looks like artificial turf.

Definitely is
The SUPER Eagles surely can't play here after the festival. They're used to natural grass and this one is not it.

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

But why is it that in your life good news dey always gives yu heart attack? I don't think yu can ever do good things in life I don't think so.

Who do you like this? Walahi d pesin wicked.

If dem do dis yu go complain if dem do dat you go complain dem take bad belle take swear for yu or wat?

Not a fan of this artificial turf thing in Nigeria.
Remember being in this stadium when it rained heavily once. The whole thing was waterlogged

Na rug carpet una dey use now as football field? FIFA go still approve this one?

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

Have you paid back the money you borrowed Opay?

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

What's wrong with the grass, and what type of grass should they have put there? Just curious.

owobokiri:
Not a fan of this artificial turf thing in Nigeria.
Remember being in this stadium when it rained heavily once. The whole thing was waterlogged

Probably because the stadium did not have a good enough drainage system under the turf.

And even with that, waterlogging can happen.

After the festival, nothing will be left. We lack maintenance culture. At this time of our history, we should be able to host FIFA World Cup, but kept on wasting resources on same edifice.

Jocdon:
Have you paid back the money you borrowed Opay?

The day I borrow money from opay will be the day opay will close.

opay? what a joke.

stop trying to reflect your life problems on other people.

iwaeda:
After the festival, nothing will be left. We lack maintenance culture. At this time of our history, we should be able to host FIFA World Cup, but kept on wasting resources on same edifice.

We don't lack maintenance culture, the issue is, a stadium has to make money to pay for maintenance and upgrades...and the only way it can do that is by hosting events continually.

Here in Nigeria, we do not have enough sporting events being hosted on a continous basis for the stadiums here to pay for their keep. We don't have enough swimming, basketball, athletics, etc competions for the stadiums to make enough money to pay for their upkeep.

European and North American stadia almost every week have an event happening , be it sporting or non sporting, or are being used by sports clubs...plus the city authorities use their tax revenue to pay part of the upkeep costs. Nigeria doesn't have that type of sporting attendance culutre, or indeed interest in many sports, to generate enough income for the stadiums to work.

That leaves government, and the sports budget is not enough. Even if we had no corruption and zero issues, sporting budgets are not enough. As seen in many Olympic venues in many cities that have rotted after the show is over

Jayhome24:
But why is it that in your life good news dey always gives yu heart attack?

Your beer parlour talk can't work here.

try something else

why will mediocrity not be GOOD NEWS to you?

I hate seeing this astroturf of a thing in a modern stadium if Remo stars can use a hybrid pitch what's stopping a whole Enugu state which currently has one of the best football clubs in West Africa (Enugu Rangers that is currently in the CAF champions League ) from installing a hybrid grass, digital perimeter board , and round cover stadium . SE has chosen to remain underdeveloped , no CAF approved stadium in the whole SE what a shame

nairalanda1:
Probably because the stadium did not have a good enough drainage system under the turf.

And even with that, waterlogging can happen.

Drainage system khe under a carpet this is more of a carpet bro, the type of hybrid turf in Remo is what we called turf

AllBlack:
I feel sorry for anyone who will think of doing any kind of SLIDING CELEBRATION after scoring a goal here. E go chop hospital food taya.

this is the kind of GRASS they want to put in a stadium?
Mediocrity at its finest

A state with one of the best club in West Africa ooo imagine after all this Enugu Rangers couldn't play their CAF champions League here . This is just an ordinary carpet bro

Why are our government giving most of the contract to foreigners? I still don't understand it. I think that is why majority of these foreigners don't value Nigerians in our own country