Courtney Dike, Falconets star and Oklahoma State Football team forward has rejected the $7000 paid to her by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, for participating at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Dike said the opportunity to play for the Falconets is way better than any monetary gifts she could receive. The…
Stephen Keshi Reinstated As Super Eagles Coach
Reports reaching TELL have it that Stephen Keshi, who was sacked a few weeks back, has been reinstated as the coach of the Super Eagles after members of the two factions of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF met with president Goodluck Jonathan, today in Abuja. There are also reports that Chris Giwa has withdrawn his…
NFF Crisis: President Jonathan To Meet Pinnick
President Goodluck Jonathan is outraged by those who are prolonging the crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and has invited Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, to know the cause of the latest problem. A friend of the President who accompanied him on a pilgrimage to Israel and was monitoring the situations…
NFF: Court Nullifies Pinnick’s Election
A Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, has nullified the Warri General Assembly and the Elective Congress that elected Amaju Pinnick as the president, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. In giving the order, Justice Ambrose Alagoa, said the Warri Extra Ordinary meeting of September 20 and the Elective Congress of September 30, were direct contravention…
‘We Sacked Keshi To Save His Life’- Pinnick
Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has said that Coach Stephen Keshi was sacked to preserve him from the rage of angered Nigerian fans, who he said were on the verge of lynching him during Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with Sudan in Abuja. Pinnick said he and other NFF…
‘Keshi’s Sack Will Not Change Anything’ – Amiesimaka
Adokiye Amiesimaka, a former Green Eagles player reacting to the dismissal of Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles coach, has said that the action will not change anything. “We have had 14 coaches since France 1998, does it mean that we do not have qualified coaches that can transform the team? Sacking Keshi and his crew…
NFF, Enough Is Enough
By ADEGBENRO ADEBANJO The war in Nigerian house of football is coming at the wrong time. At a time the only thing, possibly, going for the country is football, the managers of the game have chosen to engage in an internecine war that can only put the game into disrepute, cripple its growth and invite the…
NFF Unveils Roadmap for Elections
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday inaugurated the newly elected NFF Electoral and NFF Electoral Appeals Committees, with emphasis on credible, transparent and fair elections as their watchword. It would be recalled that at Saturday’s Extra-Ordinary General Assembly in Warri, the congress had, in line with a FIFA directive, elected persons into a new…
NFF: Giwa Steps Aside To Avoid FIFA Sanction
In a move to forestall an impending FIFA ban on Nigerian football, Christopher Giwa, the factional leader of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday, relinquished his position as the president of the nation’s football governing body. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Company, BBC, Musa Adamu, Secretary General of the NFF during Maigari’s…
Erico Blames NFF Crisis For Eagles Loss
Joe Erico, former Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach, has attributed Nigeria’s 3-2 loss to Congo in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Calabar on Saturday, to the leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The result leaves Nigeria in the third position in Group A behind South Africa, who thrashed Sudan 3-0 on Friday,…
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