A chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Chairman of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Chidi Offor Okenwa has passed. Okenwa who is the chairman of Enugu Football Association died Tuesday morning after batting an undisclosed sickness. Team Manager of Enugu Rangers international Amobi Ezeaku who confirmed this latest development said Okenwa has been battling with an ailment for Read More
Expected fresh contract renewal for Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr might have collapsed as the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) is yet to initiate talks with the German-Franco tactician. Rohr who revealed this in an interview said he won’t force any contract renewal discussion with the NFF. Rohr has three months left on his current deal with the NFF which he signed Read More
Chairman of Chairmen of Nigerian Football, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has stated that the NFF resorted to appointing a Normalisation Committee to run the affairs of the Delta State Football Association following the long-drawn intractable crisis that bedevilled that affiliate. “Early last year, the board of the Delta State Football Association wrote a petition against the acting Chairman, bordering on Read More
National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers (NANPF ), has commended Nigeria Football Federation, the League Management Company and the Nigeria National League for insisting that debtor clubs pay their outstanding durables to players and coaches owed before they will be allowed to participate in the 2019/2020 football season. According to a release by the Secretary- General of NANPF, Comrade Austin Read More
Second Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Shehu Dikko is fresh dilemma, Blueprint understands. This time around, his Abuja residence located at No. 1 River Benue, Maitama in Abuja has been reportedly sealed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) following an order of forfeiture of the property by a federal high court, on Friday. Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation, on Monday, marked the 30th anniversary of the death of footballer, Samuel Okwaraji. Okwaraji died at the National Stadium, Surulere on August 12, 1989, during a match. On its verified Twitter handle, the NFF shared a video in memory of the late football player. In the video, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick was quoted as saying, “We Read More
In a desperate, last-ditch move to save face and possibly their jobs, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have called an emergency congress on the sidelines of the Aiteo Cup Final in Kaduna to pass a vote of confidence on president Amaju Pinnick and the other top officials accused of corruption. The 2019 Aiteo Cup Final will be played on Sunday Read More
Following the absence of the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, two Vice Presidents Seyi Akunwunmi and Shehu Dikko as well as board member Ahmed Fresh at the Federal High in Abuja, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has ordered their arrest. Details loading…
The Nigeria Football Federation has flatly denied owing players and officials of the senior women national team, Super Falcons any money, in the wake of reports earlier on Sunday that the Falcons were refusing to leave their hotel at the World Cup in France over pay dispute with the Federation. “We have paid the players and officials the entitlements due Read More
Recently, the Nigerian Senate passed a new establishment act for the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), which provides a framework for the domestication of the NFF and FIFA statutes. This Bill also provides an enabling environment to ensure good governance, management in the operations of the NFF and the sustainable development of Football in Nigeria in line with international standards. Here Read More
Outspoken board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Comrade Ahmed Yusuf Fresh, has been re-elected as Chairman of Niger State Football Association (NSFA), alongside other members of the board. All the board members were returned unopposed by the Congress members comprising of all the 25 local football councils in the state, representatives of female football league, Nation-wide league one, Players Read More
Barr (Mrs) Victoria Nlemigbo is currently a seasoned sports administrator who is also a practising lawyer in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and beyond. In this interview with Blueprint weekend Sports crew, she spoke about football administration vis-a-vis the forthcoming Football Association (FA) elections scheduled to take place in part of Nigeria in June, 2019, among other issues. Excerpt My Read More
The President, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Honour Sirawoo, has commended the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation for appointing members of the association as media officers of various national football teams. Recognising the gesture as the first time in the history of the association to have such numbers, Sirawoo stressed that the NFF has further deepened SWAN’s determined efforts Read More
Former President of Nigeria Football President (NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, will this weekend award academic scholarship worth over N10.8 million on 15 outstanding student players selected from the recently organized football competitions in Kogi State and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the program of events released by the Secretary of FOSLA Academy, Patrick Ngwaogu, the list of the Read More
NIGERIA NATIONAL LEAGUE 2018/2018 SEASON Draws GROUP B1: SHOOTING STARS ABIA COMETS BAYELSA UTD OSUN UTD GIANT BRILLAS FC GROUP B2: AKWA STARLETS JOSSY FC J.ATETE FC 36 LION FC STATIONERY STORES FC DE SAPELE FC GROUP B3: NNWEI UTD ROVERS UTD DYNAMITE FC GATEWAY UTD EKITI UTD GROUP B4: CROWN FC WARRI WOLVES IBOM YOUTH FC WORD OF LIFE Read More
World football governing body FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF) have congratulated winners of Monday night awards organised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and its partner. Super Eagles and Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia forward, Ahmed Musa emerged the Nigerian Player of the Year 2018 at the 2nd AITEO/NFF Football Awards which held Monday night at the Eko Hotel Read More
The Delta state police command has assured of adequate security during the AFCON qualifier and international friendly matches between Nigeria, Egypt and Seychelles. The international friendly matches are billed to hold at Stephen Keshi Township Stadium Asaba on the 22nd and 26th of March, 2019. The command said Nigerians are expecting visitors from other African countries especially, Seychelles and Egypt, among others. Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirmed that the Assistant Coach of the country’s Beach Soccer National team, the Super Sand Eagles, Chukwuma Agbo, is dead. Coach Agbo, it was gathered, died early Wednesday morning. The NFF on its official Twitter wrote: “Yet another painful loss! We are sad to hear of the passing of Assistant Coach of our Beach Read More
The remains of the late Taiwo Ogunjobi, former footballer and administrator will be committed to mother earth on March 15. According to a media release by his personal assistant, Tunde Shamsudeen, the family of the late football administrator also expressed thanks to all that have directly or indirectly offered heart-felt condolences, support and well wishes during the trying period. “Whilst Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has described the news of the death of former NFF scribe Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi as shocking. The sad news was announced by late Chief Ogunjobi’s Personal Assistant Tunde Shamsudeen on Monday February 11, 2019. Reports said he died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Barrister Dalung in a statement described the former Read More
Former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi has passed on. He was aged 65. Ogunjobi was the Osun Football Association boss before his demise. The late Soccer Sage also served for immediate past Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola as Special Assistant. Ogunjobi passed on at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation has opted to double the winning bonus of the Super Falcons as a big incentive ahead Saturday’s 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations Final against the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in Accra. President of the NFF, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, made the pledge when he met with the players and officials at the AH Hotel, Accra on Read More
Bafana Bafana of South Africa have announced they will host the Super Eagles in a crucial 2019 AFCON qualifier on November 17 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Bafana’s recent matches have been staged in Durban. However, SAFA announced that the country’s team will now play their next two AFCON qualifiers at the 80,000-capacity FNB Stadium – vs The Pirates Read More
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will today stage a second leg encounter against their Mauritania counterparts in the final stage of Under-20 African Youth Championship qualifier. Already, Egyptian officials appointed by Confederation of African Football (CAF) have settled down in Lagos. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that the Centre Referee for the match would be Mahmoud El Banna. El Banna will Read More
A seeming ‘incurable’ virus (in form of human induced crisis) has continued to plague two top sports in Nigeria – Basketball and football, which has, over the years, dealt a big blow on the game (on and off the pitch). In reality, the gruelling predicament at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has lingered to the Read More
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