Nigeria is again at the risk of being banned by FIFA as a court in Plateau State has nullified the elections held in Warri, Delta State, that produced Amaju Pinnick as President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, on September 30, 2014. On Thursday, Justice Ambrose Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau…
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NFF Sacks Keshi, Appoints Amodu As Eagles Coach
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has relieved Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi of his duties in the team and has announced the appointment of Shaibu Amodu as the Caretaker Coach of the Nigerian national football team. Keshi, who has been out of contract since returning from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where…
Eagles In Win Or Win Clash With South Africa
The Nigerian senior national football team will go head-to-head with their South African counterpart in an AFCON qualifying match later on Wednesday in the late Nelson Mandela country. The Super Eagles will ensure a victory against the Bafana Bafana in order to be in a good position of qualifying for the competition. The Eagles lost…
Mysterious Fire Engulfs NFF Glass House
An early morning fire gutted the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in Abuja on Wednesday. The inferno reportedly started some minutes past 9am. The fire started at the Chief Accountant office, Aproko247 learnt. Some properties were destroyed in the incident, though men of the fire services have put off the inferno as at…
Confusion In Glass House As Maigari Resumes As NFF Boss
There was a mild drama at the Glass House secretariat of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, on Monday as the impeached president of the country’s highest football body, Aminu Maigari, resumed office. Before his arrival to the secretariat on Monday, Maigairi’s former vice-president, Mike Umeh, who has taken his ex-boss’ place in an acting capacity,…
FIFA Did Not Reinstate Maigari–NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has cleared the air on a letter received on Thursday, which a section of the media claimed asked the Federation to restore its former president, Aminu Maigari, to his position. In a swift reaction, NFF acting president, Mike Umeh, in a statement, explained that there was no where FIFA told…
FIFA U-20: Falconets Pick Q-Final Spot, Beat England
Nigeria defeated England on Wednesday at the ongoing FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Canada to clinch a place in the quarter-final of the competition. The Nigeria’s Falconets beat the English team by 2-1. The Nigerian team finished as the group leader on seven points and will face New Zealand in the next stage…
NFF Crisis Deepens As Minister Rejects Odegbami’s Disqualification
The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, seems to be getting worse by the day as the Minister of Sports, Tamuno Danagogo, has rejected the decision of the electoral committee set up by the Federation to disqualify former Nigerian international, Segun Odegbami and others from contesting the NFF presidency. On Wednesday, the body cleared…
Real Reasons For My W/Cup Performance–Mikel
It is an open secret that many Nigerians were not happy with the performance of Nigerian midfielder, John Mikel Obi, at the just concluded FIFA World Cup in Brazil. But Aproko247 can authoritatively tell you why the footballer played the way he did at the mundial. Mikel, defending his performance, claimed he only played for…
Drogba Makes Chelsea Return
Iconic Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba, has rejoined his former boss and club, Jose Mourinho and Chelsea respectively. The club announced the signing of its former striker, who left the club about one and half years ago to ply his trade in Turkey with Galatasaray. Drogba, a former African footballer of the year, returns to Stamford…