The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed the Editor-in-Chief of SportsDay Newspapers, Mr. Ben Alaiya as the new Press Officer for the senior national team, Super Eagles.
The appointment takes immediate effect. Alaiya replaces Mr. Colin Udoh of KICK OFF Nigeria. Born in Ososo, Delta State on December 9, 1968, Ben Alaiya is a graduate of English Language from the University of Lagos. he also holds a postgraduate diploma in Mass Communication from the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ).
He had previously worked with Majesty Weekly, THISDAY Newspapers, National Interest, Comet Newspapers, Daily Independent and National Mirror, before teaming up with two other journalists to establish SportsDay Newspapers, a daily all-sport publication, three years ago. Mr. Alaiya is also the Secretary of the Sports Editors’ Forum of Nigeria.