The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced plans to employ an expatriate technical adviser for the Super Eagles in the coming weeks. This decision, aimed at bolstering the team’s performance ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers and remaining FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, was revealed in a communiqué issued following the Federation’s executive Read More…
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Ex-International Friday Ekpo urges focus on Super Eagles’ depth than coach sack
In a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, former Super Eagles midfielder, Friday Ekpo, emphasised the importance of reinforcing key departments of the team with fresh home-based and foreign professionals rather than an immediate sacking of Head Coach José Peseiro. Amidst the Super Eagles’ lacklustre performance in the ongoing 2026 Read More…
Since taking over, Jose Peseiro Super Eagles coach hasn’t been paid
Six months after being hired to coach the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national football team, Jose Peseiro, is still without a single paycheck from his employers. But the 62-year-old man who took over as the club’s leader in May has not yet made a formal complaint to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) about not getting paid. Read More…
NFF election: Court adjourns suit against Sports Minister, Pinnick till Feb. 6
The mention of a lawsuit brought against Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports, and Amaju Pinnick, the former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has been set for February 6 at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The Monday hearing on the case had to be cancelled. Therefore, the parties’ legal counsels Read More…
Gusau, Club Owners want a better NPFL
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, and Club Owners have urged for a more organised and successful Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The NFF Director of Communications in Abuja, Mr. Ademola Olajire, made a statement including this information. The decision was made after a meeting in Abuja. ”There is an urgent need Read More…
Pinnick formally hands over NFF to Gusau
It was a momentous occasion at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) office on Tuesday morning as Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, a member of the CAF Executive Committee and the FIFA Council, officially handed the NFF’s reins over to Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, the winner of the presidential election at the September 30 Elective General Assembly Read More…
FG puts NFF electoral process on hold over court order
The Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) elections scheduled to hold in Benin, tomorrow, 30 September, might not hold. This is because the Federal Government said in a statement yesterday that while it is still studying the court processes, the stakeholders in the polls should obey the court order halting the electoral process. In a statement signed Read More…
NFF formally ends Nigerian football season, sets new season’s tentative kick-off date
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday announced measures it was taking to put an end to the aborted 2019/2020 Nigerian football season, and also kickstart preparations for the 2020/2021 season. Ademola Olajire, the NFF Director of Communications, said in a statement that the measures were the result of resolutions passed at an online meeting Read More…