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FIFA President Arrives Nigeria

President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, on Sunday, July 24, 2016, arrived Nigeria for a two-day working visit to the country. Infantino touched down the country via the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja accompanied by the Secretary General of the body, Ms Fatma Samba Samoura. He was received by President of the Nigeria Football Federation,…

Security Officials Take Over NFF Glass House

Armed to the teeth security men on Monday manned the entrance of the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, commonly called the Glass House to prevent entry. This followed the leadership crisis rocking the football governing body in Nigeria, which may force FIFA to ban Nigeria from football activities. Last week, a court in…

Court Sacks Amaju Pinnick As NFF President

Amaju Pinnick has been removed by a court judgment as president of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. A ruling by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, April 8, 2016, nullified the elections that brought Pinnick as president as well as other board members of the Federation. The ruling came following…

Dalung Opposes Foreign Coach For Eagles

  Nigeria’s Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, says he is not on the same page with president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, on the appointment of a foreign coach for the country’s senior national football team called the Super Eagles. Dalung, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, said Nigerian coaches should be given…

Enyeama, Oliseh Reconcile

Reports reaching us indicate that former Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama and Sunday Oliseh, may have finally settled their differences. Enyeama, who announced his retirement from the Super Eagles on Thursday, was on Saturday in Brussels, Belgium, where he met with the leadership of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. He had discussion with the Federation…

Nigeria is again at the risk of being banned by FIFA as a court in Plateau State has nullified the elections held in Warri, Delta State, that produced Amaju Pinnick as President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, on September 30, 2014. On Thursday, Justice Ambrose Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau…

Nigeria is again at the risk of being banned by FIFA as a court in Plateau State has nullified the elections held in Warri, Delta State, that produced Amaju Pinnick as President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, on September 30, 2014. On Thursday, Justice Ambrose Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau…