The House of Representatives Committee on Sports has asked Chris Giwa, factional president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to leave the NFF offices in Abuja in accordance to the FIFA directive issued to Nigeria on Wednesday. The Committee had held several meetings with different factions of the crisis in the football house through the…
NFF Crisis: FIFA Sets September 8 Deadline for Nigeria
The world football governing body, FIFA, has set Monday, September 8 as deadline for Nigeria’s football administration to work according to set down statutes or be suspended from international football. A FIFA letter sent to the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday said, “Following the decision by the FIFA Emergency Committee, FIFA today, September 3, 2014,…
‘My Election Is Irreversible’ – Giwa
Christopher Giwa, factional chairman, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has said that the election that brought him into office on Tuesday August 26 in Abuja was irreversible. While speaking to journalists at the NFF secretariat in Abuja, Giwa assured that there would not be a repeat election on September 4 as has been widely speculated by…
NFF Crisis: Giwa Sacks League Management Committee
Chris Giwa, the new chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday night, sacked the League Management Committee, LMC for allegedly sabotaging the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League season. In a communiqué read by Obinna Ogba, first Vice Chairman of the NFF, after the maiden meeting of the board held in Abuja on Monday…
Fire Razes NFF Glass House
A fire incident has occurred inside a building at the office complex of the Nigerian Football Federation in Abuja. The inferno, which started at about 10am affected the offices of the Chief Accountant, the General Secretary and the ICT unit. The incident started with plumes of smoke oozing out of the office of the Chief…
NFF Presidency: Odegbami, Ogunjobi, Umeh disqualified
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has disqualified three major aspirants for the post of the President of the football federation. Those disqualified are Segun Odegbami, ex-Nigerian international and 1980 Nations Cup winner; Taiwo Ogunjobi, also an ex-international and suspended member of the NFF executive committee; and Victor Umeh, current Acting Chairman…
NFF to earn $8m for World Cup Participation
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is to receive a minimum of $8 million from the Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, for participating in the 2014 World Cup. Regardless of whether the Super Eagles wins the first round or not, $8million would be disbursed to the federation, as it is the minimum graduated prize on…
NFF Denies 2010 World Cup Match-Fixing Claim
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has refuted the claim by Wilson Raj Perumal, a convicted Singaporean match-fixer, that he helped the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2010 Federation International de Football Association, FIFA, World Cup finals in South Africa. Perumal claimed to have ensured Nigeria’s qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa…
Brazil 2014: NFF Postpones Release of Keshi’s List
The technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, late Tuesday night postponed by one week the release of provisional list of players invited for the 2014 World Cup. According to a statement released by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles gaffer had submitted a 38-man list to the committee…
NFF Appoints Emmanuel Amunike As Eaglets Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has appointed former Super Eagles winger, Emmanuel Amunike, as the new head coach of the Nigerian U-17 national male team, the Golden Eaglets. Emmanuel Ikpeme, Head of NFF’s technical committee, who made the disclosure yesterday, said the appointment was arrived at for the sake of continuity, especially since Amunike…
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