The former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr has dragged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before FIFA and is awaiting a ruling on a $1m compensation claim for unfair dismissal, BBC Africa reports. Kokomansion recalls that Rohr was fired in December, weeks for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said they hired Jose Peseiro as the new boss of the national team because of his impressive resume. The Portuguese coach has signed an initial two-year contract and will be at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as an observer. Interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, will still be in charge […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Jose Peseiro as the new Super Eagles coach. This was made known in a communique on Wednesday after a virtual NFF executive committee meeting. Part of the Communique reads, “After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the sacking of Gernot Rohr as technical adviser of the Super Eagles. The NFF made the confirmation in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. Augustine Eguavoen was named the interim coach of the three-time African champions. The statement reads: “The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Mr […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has signed a multi-year partnership with top Serie A club AS Roma. The partnership, which was unveiled on Friday in Abuja, will see the NFF and Roma collaborate together on and off the pitch, with one long term objective being for the club to help further grow and improve all […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday, announced the appointment of embattled Nigerian “NFF President”, Mr Amaju Pinnick as its 1st Vice-President. “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice-President Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, CAF President, after consulting the members of the Emergency Committee, appointed Mr. Amaju Melvin PINNICK as 1st Vice-President,” the statement read in […]
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The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court which set aside the election into the Executive Committee of the Federation held on Sept. 30, 2014. The directive was given in a statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media […]
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The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has said that the Super Eagles players stand the chance of pocketing 24 million dollars if they play in the final of the 2018 World Cup. The World Cup will hold from June 14 to July 15 in Russia. Mr Pinnick told journalists in Abuja […]
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Former Nigerian Football Federation spokesman, Austin Mgbolu, has been confirmed dead. Mgbolu passed on in his home in Abuja Tuesday night after a brief illness, Completesportsnigeria.com reports. The cause of his death was however unknown as at the time of this report. Mgbolu served under five past Presidents of the Nigeria Football Federation: Emeka Omeruah […]
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has reacted to the disciplinary action taken against Nigeria by world football governing body, FIFA. In a statement by the NFF on Tuesday, Pinnick mistake on the part of NFF and accepted the sanction, but ordered that an internal inquiry be instituted immediately over the “error”. […]
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