“Football Gave Me a Future” — Tunde’s Story from the Aurora Naija Academy
Tunde Fashola is thirteen years old. He lives in Surulere, Lagos, with his mother and two younger sisters. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, he wakes before 6am to complete his homework before school — because after school, he has training with Aurora FC Naija, and he refuses to miss it. “My mum says football is […]
Aurora FC Naija Opens Doors: First Training Session in Lagos
It began with twenty-three boys, a borrowed pitch in Lagos, and a shared belief that something important was starting. On the morning of Saturday, March 1st, Aurora FC Naija held its very first official training session — and the atmosphere, by every account, was electric. The boys arrive Players aged between ten and sixteen came […]