Adepoju, Ikpeba kick over Peseiro’s appointment EKO HOT BLOG reports that some members of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Technical Committee have kicked against the information released by the football body that they approved the appointment of Super Eagles new Manager Jose Paseiro On Wednesday, the NFF, stated that the technical committee of the federation … Read more
Onyekuru Replaces Osimhen in Nigeria’s camp EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Monaco forward Henry Onyekuru is a reported replacement for Victor Osimhen for the 2021 AFCON 2021 in Cameroon according to media outlets in Greece. The Olympiacos versatile star has been handed a late call to the Super Eagles as per Greek paper, Gazzetta … Read more
Paseiro, the man leading Nigeria to AFCON 2022 EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Football Federation NFF after a few days of playing the hide and seek game has finally announced the appointment of Jose Paseiro on Wednesday 29th of December 2021. Jose Vitor dos Santos Paseiro, a Portuguese pprofessional player (striker) turned … Read more
NFF Appoints New Coach for Super Eagles less than 2 weeks to AFCON 2021 EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Wednesday, appointed Jose Paseiro as the new Super Eagles manager. This online media platform gathered that the new Super Eagle Manager is Portuguese. Read Also: Lookman Scores Winning Goal As Leicester … Read more
Nigeria finally release 28-man provisional squad list for the AFCON 2021 Kick off on January 9 Nigeria on Saturday named a 28-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on January 9. The list was made public by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Read Also: AFCON: Mane Leads Senegal As Mahrez Captains Algeria To Cup … Read more
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) wants Roma Manager, Jose Mourinho, to consider taking the job of sacked Gernot Rohr. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has revealed that they are trying to get the Roma Manager, Jose Mourinho to consider handling Nigeria’s Super Eagles. Pinnickmade this known during a … Read more
Court Prevents NFF From Holding Annual General Assembly EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has declared that the proposed Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Lagos State should not hold. Justice Isa Dashen, ruled on Wednesday that the NFF’s Assembly slated for December 17 … Read more
Pinnick Says NFF Sacked Gernot Rohr To Prevent Foreseen Disaster EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Melvin Amaju Pinnick, says the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), sacked Gernot Rohr to prevent foreseen disaster. According to Amaju, the long-serving Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr was sacked after a collective decision … Read more
NFF has sacked Rohr as Super Eagles coach and appointed a new head. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sacked Gernot Rohr as the coach of the Super Eagles. The NFF has also appointed its Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen, to take charge of the team on an interim basis. “This … Read more
The head coach of Nigeria’s national team, Gernot Rohr is being owed eight months salary by Nigeria football Federation (NFF) Ekohotblog reports that the German hasn’t been paid since February while he’s been left to train the super eagles team for their 2022 world cup qualifying match against Central African Republic this week and the … Read more
Indigenous airline company, Air Peace are the official sponsor of the Nigerian national football teams after the company sealed a partnership with the Nigeria Football Federation. The contract worth N200million with separate Value-In-Kind in the worth of N100million was signed on Wednesday in Lagos. It is for one-year and renewable for four years. At the … Read more
The invited players were directed to report at the Serob Legacy Hotel, Wuye, Abuja on Tuesday, 22nd June with their travel documents. In readiness for the upcoming international friendly match against El Tri of Mexico, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has released the list of 25 players that will prosecute the match, EKO HOT BLOG gathered. The … Read more
In response to NFF’s decision, a statement was released by MFM FC’s Media Officer Following NFF’s disciplinary decision on the match day 20 encounter between FC Ifeanyi Ubah and MFM FC which the former failed to honour despite being the home team, the Lagos based side has responded to NFF, promising to take matters to … Read more
Born in England, Shola Shoretire is of Nigerian father and a British mother He is eligible to play for both Nigeria and England He is yet to represent his county of birth at any level. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has continued in their mission of ensuring that the best players across the world represents … Read more
Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau heads the task force Punitive actions to be taken against football clubs and/or individuals found to have contravened the COVID-19 Protocols The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has put in place a special COVID-19 task force to the safety of sportsmen and women in the soccer sector. The task force is charged … Read more
Ex-Super Eagles Player, Daniel Amokachi has criticized the Nigeria Football Federation for including $2m as compensation clause in Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr’s contract, EKO HOT BLOG gathered. The Super Eagles Coach took charge of the three-time African champions in 2016, and penned an extension early this year. “For the administration to bring somebody … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 25TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has given the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) the marching orders to hold Super Eagles head coach , Gernot Rohr to the higher standards He made the statement following the team’s dismal two-leg draw against Sierra Leone in the 2022 AFCON Africa Cup … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of Amina Daura as its new Head of Women’s Football, replacing Ruth David, a statement signed by Ademola Olajire, head of NFF’s Communications Department, has said. According to the statement, the appointment followed the recommendation of Phillips Consulting, a recruitment firm employed by the NFF to … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 20TH NOVEMBER, 2020 The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has admitted they cannot fire Gernot Rohr as head coach of the Super Eagles, because of the cost. Rohr has come under intense criticism, after the team failed to win any game in 2020. The Eagles lost to Algeria and played … Read more
Mr Niyi Alebiosu, the Chairman, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Oyo State Chapter, on Tuesday has been appointed into the Media and Publicity Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In the comprehensive list of the Committees and Appointees, it was revealed that other renowned sports journalists as Mr Tony Ubani, Kunle Solaja, Promise … Read more