Nigeria Football Federation 2nd vice-president, Shehu Dikko has come out to say that ex-sports minister, Solomon Dalung is giving the NFF a bad name during his tenure as minister. The federation has received lots of petitions and has endured lots of corruption investigations and court summons during Dalung’s reign at ...
Read More »NFF To Pay Super Eagles Full Match Bonus�
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said it would pay full match bonus to Super Eagles players and officials after playing a draw against Cameroon at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. NFF President Amaju Pinnick disclosed this to the team on board the Arik Air aircraft that flew the Nigerian ...
Read More »“I’ve gone several months without being paid’ – Samson Siasia resigns
Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s Bronze winning coach at Rio 2016 has resigned from his post as head coach despite his team’s heroics this summer saying he’s doing so because of ‘a disrespectful system’ ‘I have reached that point where I have to say I have had enough, I’ve gone several months ...
Read More »Nigeria Football Federation Reappoints Siasia as National Team Coach
Nigeria has re-appointed Samson Siasia as Head Coach of the Senior National Football Team, Super Eagles. Siasia will work with respected tactician Salisu Yusuf, FIFA U-17 World Cup �winner Emmanuel Amuneke and Alloy Agu for the upcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt. The combination was recommended by ...
Read More »NFF releases statement, condoles Stephen Keshi over wife’s death
The Nigerian Football Federation has released a statement condoling former Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi over the sudden demise of his wife. Kate Keshi, 54, to whom he had been married to for 32 years died on Wednesday night in the US after a long-term illness. �This is devastating. ...
Read More »NFF may ban social media use in Super Eagles camp
Enyeama announced on social media that he was quitting Super Eagles before he even informed his coach or the NFF of his decision and this has prompted the Nigerian football governing body to consider putting a restriction on use of social media in Super Eagles camp henceforth. NFF president Amaju ...
Read More »Photo of Enyeama after a closed door meeting with NFF leaders in Belgium
Enyeama was in Belgium yesterday to speak with the leadership of NFF about his faceoff with Sunday Oliseh. There are plans for him to come back and train with the Super Eagles at the camp. Enyeama is pictured above with NFF President Amaju Pinnick and other officials.
Read More »Stephen Keshi demands N1billion compensation from NFF
Sacked Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is demanding N1billion compensation from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for defaming him. According to Vanguard, Keshi has dragged the NFF to court for �wrongful dismissal and defamation”. A top source told said �Keshi’s lawyers have demanded for a billion Naira from the NFF ...
Read More »NFF set to unveil Oliseh as Super Eagles coach on Wednesday
Former Super Eagles skipper Sunday Oliseh will sign a contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the country’s new head coach on Wednesday. The 40-year-old will succeed Stephen Keshi, who was dismissed from the job for what the federation has described as a breach of trust. The contract signing ...
Read More »NFF Sacks Stephen Keshi
The Nigerian Football Federation has sacked Stephen Keshi as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The termination of his appointment is contained in a statement released by NFF Executive Committee on Saturday July 4th. The statement in part reads; �Having thoroughly reviewed the reports/findings of the NFF ...
Read More »Why we can’t sack Keshi � NFF
The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation have admitted that their hands are tied where Stephen Keshi’s tenure as coach of the Eagles is concerned. Nigerians are calling for the resignation of Keshi following his failure to qualify Nigeria for next year’s AFCON defence of the title he won in ...
Read More »Court cancels NFF election, sacks chairman and his executives
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau state today October 23rd nullified the September 30th general election of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, which saw Mr Amaju Pinnick elected as the President of the NFF.� � Delivering his judgement in the case brought against the NFF leadership by some ...
Read More »The NFF did not sack me, my contract expired – Stephen Keshi
Stephen Keshi has rubbished stories claiming he was fired by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The former Super Eagles handler was dismissed after Nigeria beat Sudan 3-1 in Abuja, but he insists that the NFF could not have sacked him, as he had no contract with them. �I am not ...
Read More »We sacked Keshi to save his life” -NFF Reveals
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has said that Coach Stephen Keshi was sacked to safeguard him from the wrath of enraged Nigerian fans, who were on the brink of lynching him during Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with Sudan. Pinnick and other NFF Executive ...
Read More »NFF headquarters in Abuja on fire | Photos
Nigerian Football Federation, NFF headquaters, at Wuse Zone 7 in Abuja is currently on fire. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started from the Third floor of the building. Confirming the incident, spokesperson of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, said no one knows the cause of the fire but said men of ...
Read More »FIFA suspends Nigeria; Read full statement
The world football governing body, FIFA, has suspended the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, with immediate effect from all activities in football. The suspension was announced in a statement released on their website ,� Wednesday July 9th. Read the full statement The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided today, 9 July 2014, ...
Read More »NFF denies Keshi’s resignation
The Nigerian Football Federation has denied reports�Coach Stephen Keshi has�resigned following their World Cup exit. Nigeria went out of the World Cup tournament in Brazil at the round of 16 stage after a 2-0 defeat to France, after which Keshi said: �It’s time for me to go back to my ...
Read More »�Keshi must return to Nigeria by Monday if he likes his job” � NFF angry with Eagles coach
Emeka Inyama, a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, has stated that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, has travelled to the US without permission and must return from his California base by Monday. The former Mali and Togo boss left the country and failed to attend the meeting of ...
Read More »We simply followed Prophet T.B Joshua’s Instructions To Defeat Cote D’Ivorie- NFF
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation have conveyed their deep-rooted appreciation to Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations for what they described as his special support for the national team, Super Eagles leading up to Sunday’s 2-1 defeat of the hitherto dreaded star-studded Elephants of ...
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