The board of the Nigeria Football Federation will convene an emergency meeting devoted to finalising contract deal with Stephen Keshi as Nigeria coach. The decision follows the meeting of the Federation’s Technical Committee members and later the board on Wednesday in Abuja. A member of the committee, Mr. Paul Bassey, however told The PUNCH that […]
Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named in the 27th position in the 2014 Goal 50, which was released in full on Monday afternoon. The Akwa Ibom State-born player is the only Nigerian to be named on the list of the top 50 performers from last season, and the second-ever after Sunday Mba made the […]
GLASGOW (AFP) – Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare won women’s 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Okagbare, who won long jump silver and 200m bronze at the 2013 world championships, clocked a Games record of 10.85sec. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare celebrates winning the women’s 100m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in […]
Felix Owolabi insists Nigeria were capable of reaching the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup if coach Stephen Keshi had the right administrative and technical support in Brazil. The Super Eagles, who failed to progress beyond the group stages at the Korea/Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010 World Cups, exited the Brazil 2014 finals in […]
ABUJA (AFP) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Thursday they are set to begin talks with coach Stephen Keshi over a new contract. Keshi took over as coach in 2011 and his first contract ended after the World Cup in Brazil. He has since been linked with the vacant South Africa post. The […]
WHETHER or not coach Stephen Keshi will continue to be in charge of the Nigerian senior national football team, the Super Eagles will be among top issues to be discussed when the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) meets today […]
THE executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday approved the immediate dismissal of Alhaji Aminu Maigari as the president of the NFF. According to the communique released and signed after the meeting held in Abuja,”After thorough and exhaustive deliberations on the uncalled-for secrecy surrounding all financial dealings of the Federation and failure […]
Unless the authorities concerned do something fast, Nigeria may face a fresh suspension or outright ban, if conditions demanded by Victor Baribote and his wife are not met. Only last week, the Spokesperson of the Alhaji Aminu Maigari-led board of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Emeka Inyama, at a press briefing, gave condition for Baribote’s […]
Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has moved the 2015 African U-17 Championship qualifying match between Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo from Sunday, July 20 to July 27. CAF’s decision is a welcome relief to the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), whose officials patiently await positive communication from FIFA on the suspension […]
The Super Eagles’ performance and eventual qualification for the Round of 16 at the just-concluded World Cup in Brazil has impacted on the July FIFA ranking as Nigeria now occupies the 34th position. In the rankings table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 660 points and moved up 10 spots […]
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