Finidi George, the former Super Eagles winger, has been appointed as the new head coach of the Nigeria’s senior men’s national team The Nigeria Football Federation, while announcing George in a statement on Monday, said the NFF Board also approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to hand over the reins to the…
The Board of Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner Manu Garba as Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 boys, Golden Eaglets. This was contained in a statement released by the media department of the football governing body on Friday. Garba had, in the same role, led the Golden Eaglets to win…
Jose Paseiro has quit his job as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Portuguese tactician who led the team to second place finish in the just concluded AFCON confirmed the development on Friday on his X page. His statement reads; “Yesterday, we concluded our contract with the NFF. It was a…
Three-time champions Nigeria have picked a team of 25 players for their onslaught for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title. According to the list, Head Coach Jose Peseiro settled for usual suspects in a roster that has three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and eight forwards. Captain Ahmed Musa returns to the squad after…
Barring last minute changes, Ibrahim Gusau, President, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, will be in Ilorin on Sunday for a two-day activities loaded package geared at promoting football in the state and country, according details from Kwara State Football Association, FA. As gathered, Gusau will be in the state courtesy of a detailed strategic plan by…
World football-governing body, FIFA has approved a total of 30 Nigerian referees to be placed on the international lists for the year 2024, among them 11 referees, 11 assistant referees, four beach soccer referees and four futsal referees. In a message conveyed to the Nigeria Football Federation, the 11 referees approved for international duty from…
Following a disappointing outing of the Super Eagles of Nigeria during the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers group stage ties with Lesotho and Zimbabwe, which ended in draws and the call by patriotic Nigerians to fire the head coach, Jose Paseiro, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in its reaction to the call, said it would sack…
In another effort to sustainably put the elite football in Nigeria on the world map, the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and, Startimes have signed a five-year broadcast deal. This was confirmed on Thursday during the contract signing ceremony in Abuja, with officials of Nigerian Premier League, Nigeria Football Federation and Startimes in attendance at…
The Nigeria Football Federation has responded resolutely to a recent statement from FIFPRO, the global association of professional footballers, urging the NFF to fulfill payment obligations to the Super Falcons. According to the NFF, the ongoing debate has been blown out of proportion, with the federation stressing their initial agreement with the players regarding compensation…
Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), Kwara State chapter, have insisted that a recent court retraining the Kwara Football Association be respected and that it’s right to vote as critical stakeholders in the round leather game be respected. The association filed a suit at an Ilorin upper court which has since restrained the FA from…
The Proprietor of Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne, Otunba Adekunle Soname OFR, has resigned his appointment with the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Premier Football League. This was contained in a press statement released by the NFF on Tuesday, June 7. In a letter dated 23 May 2023 and addressed to the NFF…
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) has directed that all MatchDay 18 games would now be played on Sunday, May 21. This development, according to the body is geared towards harmonizing fixtures in the two Groups of the ongoing 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. In a letter informing the NPFL Clubs of the fixture…
The quadrennial Elective Conference of the Nigeria Referees Association NRA has ended in Ilorin with Alhaji Sanni Zubair emerging as the new President of the association after defeating his Challenger, Elder Daniel Olokor with 53 votes to none. The Election which was witnessed by the 54 delegates from all the thirty six states of the…
Five-time world champions Nigeria are scheduled to arrive in the Algerian city of Constantine on Sunday night for their final preparations for this year’s Africa U17 Cup of Nations. Following complications that arose in the process of securing entry visa into Germany for a planned final training camp in that country, the Nigeria Football Federation…
Head Coach Isah Ladan Bosso has invited 39 players to the camp of Nigeria’s U20 boys ahead of final preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals taking place in Argentina. Penultimate week, world football-governing body FIFA withdrew the hosting rights from Indonesia and handed the same over to Argentina, with assurances that the…
A Nigeria Premier football league (NPFL) referee, Dr. Kingsley Nnaemeka Eneogwe has lost his live in a fatal motor accident. The Referee, who in his lifetime was a member of Abia State Referee Council was reportedly dead in a motor accident which occurred on Thursday. “Dr Eneogwe, died in a fatal motor accident yesterday(Thursday) on…
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, through the NFF Referees Committee has suspended three referees over poor officiating of NPFL matches. The information made available to the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA was signed by the Secretary of the NFF Referees Committee, Hon Sani Zubairu (Fifa rtd). According to the statement, the suspended Referees are barred from…
The interim management committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL) on Wednesday held a draw ceremony for the new season of elite league in Nigeria. Despite the rejection of the abridged format from some members of the club owners in the league, the IMC went on with the draws ceremony which was held at…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria played a total number of 15 matches in 2022. For now, it’s confirmed that the three times African champions will not be having any engagement untill the march of 2023 when they resume their 2023 AFCON qualifiers series. However, a deep dive in to how the team has fared in…
The Nigeria football federation (NFF) announced the suspension of a football official, Auwalu Baba Jada from all football-related activities. The suspension is consequent to a video making rounds on the social media in which Jada who was seen making claims about his involvement in match-fixing in Nigeria Professional football league is apparently the principal character….
