Female cadet national team, Flamingos’ head coach, Hakeem Busari has highlighted the need for Nigerian football coaches to ‘apply data analytics of players’ in order to get accurate information while planning progressive development strategies for their wards, Sports247 reports.

Busari said this while delivering a lecture at Western Coast Summer Cup in Badagry, Lagos, where he also enlightened coaches present about the need to include innovative methods and modern strategies in grooming youth players.

The event, which took place at Larus Pitch, inside Western Coast Maritime Academy, with many grassroots football coaches in attendance, was organised by Alimosho Sports Club, led by the co-founder, Teslim Sanni.

In the highlight of his lecture, the CAF A-instructor emphasised the importance of having a proper developmental plan when managing players and coaching teams, which he said will make it eeasier to track the progress of each person in the squad.

He stated further that the innovative training pattern he highlighted during the lecture is not only aimed at developing young players in the best way possible, but also to reveal modern training skills to each member of a team’s technical crew.

Busari added, “Coaches should deploy 3v3, 5v5, formats, which will enhance more touches of the ball from the players and make them to be more involved in training activities.

“Coaches need to apply data analytics of players development, which will locate their skills and weaknesses. It will help coaches to identify strengths and areas requiring improvement.

“Training shouldn’t be on only drilling players but should rather also include other technical areas of the game. It includes where players decide, observe and execute technical instructions. That’s why academies should develop the person as well as the footballer.

“Education, nutrition, social skills, discipline, leadership and personal responsibility should form part of the programme. Coaches should also invest in young careers because modern player development depends heavily on education from the coach.”

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the reopening of its electronic membership registration exercise nationwide ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The party said the exercise will commence on Monday, August 31, 2026, across all wards nationwide.

In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC urged party stakeholders, supporters and members, both old and new, to participate in the exercise.

“Ahead of the 2027 General Elections, the All Progressives Congress, APC, announces the reopening of the Party’s Membership Electronic-Registration Exercise across the country on Monday, August 31, 2026.

“We invite all party stakeholders, supporters and members, old and new, to participate in the APC Membership Electronic-Registration Exercise.

“The exercise will be conducted in all wards nationwide. Existing members are expected to validate their membership, while new and intending members are encouraged to register and join the progressive family.

“Registrants must be 18 years or older and possess a valid National Identification Number, NIN.

“The E-Registration Exercise is designed to digitise the party’s membership register, ensure the integrity of membership records, enhance efficient access to membership data for planning and management decisions, promote internal democracy, and strengthen the party’s commitment to democratic innovation in Nigeria,” the statement read in full.