Nigeria Football Federation spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, on Friday, said new technical crews for men and women U-17, U-20 national teams, has appointed. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘NFF appoints Danjuma, Bosso, Olowookere to head coaching crews of National Teams’. The composition saw the return of one-time U-20 Boys’ Head Coach, Isah Ladan Bosso, … Read more
The Football Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has endorsed the final table of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the 2019/2020 season as prepared and released by the League Management Company (LMC). At its virtual meeting, held at the instance of the President of NFF, Amaju Pinnick, to deliberate on all the … Read more
The management and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation will undergo coronavirus pandemic tests at the Secretariat of the Federation, Sunday Dankaro House, National Stadium Complex, Abuja on Thursday. General Secretary of the Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, addressed the management and staff on Wednesday, informing them that this had become necessary after a member of … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation on Friday celebrated ex-internationals Austin Okocha and Samson Siasia on their birthdays. Siasia, a former Super Eagles coach turned 53, while Okocha clocked 47. Read Also: NDDC Scholarship: Students’ Tuition Still unpaid After 10days Of President’s Intervention Both former players were part of the Eagles side that won the Africa Cup … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation has hailed one of their sponsors, Zenith Bank Plc, for its commitments to youth development in the country. Apart from sponsoring the NFF, the apex bank has been promoting youth football with their NFF/Zenith Bank U-15 Super Eagles Championship. Recently, the competition has been the bedrock of the country’s cadet team, … Read more
– The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has listed the outline of how it will share the FIFA and CAF funds its received as palliative – Ekohotblog had reported that FIFA approved $1m as a universal solidarity grant to all member associations, while an additional $500,000 was specifically assigned for women’s football – It also reported … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation would decide on what to do with COVID-19 palliatives released by FIFA and CAF at its Executive Committee meeting on Saturday. NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, confirmed this on Thursday, August 6, The Punch report. “The decision will be taken after our executive committee meeting on Saturday,” Pinnick said. Ekohotblog had reported … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has pledged to provide support Clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Nigeria National League, (NNL) Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) and the Nigeria Nationwide League (NNL) for next season’s football campaign. The support is coming as a palliative to ease the effect COVID-19 pandemic has had on the … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) has confirmed that the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League season will not hold as planned. In addition, NFF has made it crystal clear that there would be no promotion to the top tier league from the Nigeria National League while no team from the NPFL would be relegated. This turn of … Read more
Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in March across Africa, sports activities especially football has been disrupted but there is goodness for the football association in Nigeria. The Nigeria Football Federation is expected will receive $300,000 as a grant from the Confederation of Africa Football to help ease the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
A member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) and Chairman of the Nigeria National League (NNL), Chidi Ofo Okenwa, is dead. Okenwa, who is also the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association, died on Tuesday at the age of 50. He had been diagnosed with leukaemia and was said to have … Read more
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Bitrus Bewarang, said two local coaches have been shortlisted for the vacant Super Falcons coaching job. In an interview with Bewarang, he also disclosed that seven other coaches have also been listed for the roles of goalkeeper trainer and assistant coach. He said their choices were based … Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has repudiated the claims of former Super Eagles player and coach, Daniel Amokachi, who said he has been appointed the new Technical Director of the football body. Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Yusuf Ahmed, on Wednesday insisted that at no time did the body call for applications … Read more
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and sportswear giants Nike are ready to unveil new Super Eagles jerseys in New York ahead of Nigeria’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations match against Sierra Leone. Nike extended their deal in 2018 with the NFF and are eager to design another set of jerseys for the three-time African champions. … Read more
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) is yet to agree on how much Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr should earn under the terms of his proposed new contract NFF president Amaju Pinnick has said. Rohr currently earns a tax-free monthly salary of $55,000 on his current contract which runs out in June. The NFF has already … Read more
Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, has stated that it will be suicidal for the Super Eagles not to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Pinnick in an interview on Channels TV’s Sports This Morning called on Nigerians to come together and help bring about tranquillity to the federation and ignore all distractions which engulfed … Read more
Rohr’s contract will expire in the middle of June 2020 and it is unlikely that the Federation and the German tactician will meet for a new discussion before the year. The future of the former Gabon head coach has dominated the media space recently and it is unlikely the rumor surrounding his future will come … Read more
The Nigeria Football governing body NFF has sounded a stern warning to the Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr to stop disclosing certain information to the public about his contract. The NFF Technical Director Bitrus Bewarang on Wednesday in Abuja warned Rohr to avoid revealing some information to the public. According to him, the coach actions his … Read more
The Super Eagles of Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr has cried out that he is being owed $100,000 in bonuses and allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Rohr whose contract renewal has caused lots of uproar among football fans and administrators said he is not happy on how the football governing body is managing the … Read more
Ex-Nigeria international Henry Nwosu said Nigeria’s failure to book the ticket for the football event at the upcoming 2020 Olympic in Turkey was as a result of the country’s football governing body NFF lack of concentration. According to him, the corruption case that the body was battling with cost both our male and female team … Read more