By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has described the election of Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu as 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as a “well-deserved recognition” of the latter’s years of dedication to the development of football, especially in Abia State through...
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By ORKULA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – A leading contender in the NFF Presidential election slated for September 30, and the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Alhaji Abba Yola has bagged the prestigious Thomas Sankara Leadership Prize for Pan- African Icon of Sports Renaissance Award....
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Federal Government has finally wielded the big stick by officially ordering the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to withdraw the licence issued to the League Management Company (LMC) to manage the Nigerian premier football league. This was contained in a statement signed by Ismaila...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Mr Football Foundation has been lunched in Calabar, the Cross River State capital through a book lunch, chronicling the life and time of the first Secretary General of the Nigerian Football Association, (NFF) and the first executive committee member of FIFA and CAF....
By SOLOMON YAKUBU, Abuja – NIKE, the globally -renown kit manufacturers, has extended their contract agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation until December 2026. President of NFF, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick said on Thursday that negotiations had been on-going for the past one month before the American foot-and-bodywear behemoth...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has given clarification of Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s team, Falconets overstaying for 24 hours at Istanbul following their exit at the Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. Falconets were enroute Abuja after bowing out of the tournament on Sunday, following...
President Muhammadu Buhari says football remains the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset. According to the president, his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development. Buhari stated this when he received the 10-year Football Development Masterplan submitted by the Minister of Youth and Sports...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Technical Director of Cross River State Football Association and former captain of Rovers Football club of Calabar, Chief Edum Paul Attila has said that he married his wife from the pitch as a player. Mr. Attila said: I met my wife inside the...
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, has said Nigeria and Benin Republic are likely co-host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Guinea has been awarded the hosting rights for 2025 but Africa’s football ruling body, CAF may likely strip Guinea of the hosting right of the biennial African...
The Falconets will be leaving in the next few days for Colombia to finalise their preparations for next month’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup finals scheduled for Costa Rica. Ademola Olajire, the Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. “The national...
The League Management Committee (LMC) says it has deducted three points from Kano Pillars and suspended some match officials for one year from all football-related activities. This it said was following the improper conduct of the club as well as the match officials in a Match Day 31 fixture...
Super Falcons defender, Glory Ogbonna, said the team had been given all the needed motivations to win for a record 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy in Morocco. Ogbonna who ply her trade in Spain with Santa Teresa CD Feminino, stated this in an interview with the...
Shehu Dikko, the 2nd Vice President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has described Nigeria’s 10-0 win over Falcons and True Parrots of São Tomé and Príncipe as a morale booster. Dikko made this known on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos after the...
Super Eagles Head Coach, Jose Peseiro says the encounter against Sao Tome and Principe will bring the best out of his team as they seek to go top of the table. São Tomé and Príncipe play hosts to the Super Eagles in one of the day-two matches of the...
Jose Peseiro has been named as the Super Eagles head coach, months after his initial deal with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) collapsed. An NFF statement on Sunday said the appointment is “with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms” between the football body and the Portuguese. “Peseiro...
A fine of 150,000 Swiss Franc (about 154,128.75 USD) has been slammed on Nigeria by the World soccer ruling body, FIFA. FIFA imposed the fine on Nigeria over the unruly behaviour of the fans at the end of the second leg Qatar 2022 World Cup play-off between the Super...
Following the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has approved the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles B (otherwise known as CHAN team) as well as the U23 (Olympics) team. Yusuf, who was...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and member of the FIFA Council, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed into a new role within the working group of the world football governing body. The General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Véron Mosengo-Omba, confirmed Pinnick’s appointment in a letter...
The Senate, has summoned Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare over vandalisation of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja by hoodlums on March 29, after the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The upper chamber equally invited the President of the Nigeria Football...
The Nigeria Football Federation has decried a stream of incorrect reports being peddled in sections of the media in connection with Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup playoff match between Nigeria and Ghana at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, spoke on the development...