Lausanne (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday reduced to five years the suspension for "corruption" of former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia, in a match-fixing affair. The court ruled that the life ban, imposed by FIFA in April 2019 after Siaisia was found guilty of agreeing to join a match-fixing […]

Lagos (AFP) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday signed a five-year deal worth $8.2 million (7.5 million euros) with an oil and gas firm to pay its national team coaches. The contract with energy conglomerate Aiteo is worth 500 million naira ($1.6 million, 1.5 million euros) a year with an option of a […]

Zurich (AFP) – Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body FIFA for ethics violations. Adamu, a former FIFA executive committee member and West African Football Union president, cannot take part in any "football-related activity at national and international level" for the next two years, FIFA […]

Lagos (AFP) – Somewhere out there is a new Nwankwo Kanu or a Jay-Jay Okocha, but it is not easy for the thousands of pretenders to become Nigeria's newest football hero to get a foot on the ladder. There are hundreds of football academies across the country of 180 million people but few put their […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Victor Moses opened and closed the scoring as Nigeria overcame Algeria 3-1 Saturday to take charge of their group in 2018 World Cup qualifying. Captain John Obi Mikel, a Chelsea team-mate of Moses, was also on target for Nigeria at a packed Uyo stadium while Nabil Bentaleb scored for Algeria with […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Nigeria opened their 2018 World Cup group-phase qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory in Zambia on Sunday thanks to goals from English Premier League duo Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho The 20-year-old strikers scored in the opening half before a capacity 40,000 crowd at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in central city Ndola that […]

Abuja (AFP) – Watford striker Odion Ighalo has been excused from Nigeria's World Cup qualifier in Zambia to attend his father's funeral, but club team-mate Isaac Success has been handed a first call-up. Ighalo will bury his late father in Nigeria on October 8, a day before the away clash in Ndola. Skipper John Obi […]

Abuja (AFP) – Manchester City ace Kelechi Iheanacho scored the only goal of the game to give Nigeria their first win of an underwhelming Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign on Saturday in Uyo. With the 1-0 success, Nigeria finished the group stage on five points, while Tanzania were bottom of a three-team group already […]

Abuja (AFP) – New Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has said he will soon meet with Vincent Enyeama to discuss a comeback by the Lille goalkeeper to the Super Eagles. Former Nigeria skipper Enyeama quit international football in October after a spat with then Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh. His place has since been taken by Carl […]

Abuja (AFP) – Former Nigeria skipper and coach Stephen Keshi has been laid to rest in his village of Ilah, southern Nigeria, Friday afternoon, but without the fanfare promised by the country's government. Keshi, 54, died on June 8 in Benin City. However, it was not the state funeral that the Nigerian government first promised […]

Abuja (AFP) – The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday backtracked on its announcement of Frenchman Paul Le Guen as Super Eagles manager, saying he had rejected a contract during final discussions. The former Cameroon boss was announced as the new technical advisor (head coach) on Monday evening, with caretaker manager Salisu Yusuf as his assistant. […]

Abuja (AFP) – Nigeria have appointed Frenchman Paul Le Guen to lead their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup, where they are drawn in a difficult group along with Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia. Former Cameroon coach Le Guen was chosen ahead of Belgian Tom Sainfiet and Salisu Yusuf, who has been the country's caretaker […]

Abuja (AFP) – Nigeria have shortlisted caretaker manager Salisu Yusuf among three candidates for the job as Super Eagles coach, the country's football federation said on Friday. Yusuf, former Togo coach Tom Saintfiet and Paul Le Guen, who has managed Cameroon, will be interviewed on Monday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said. NFF technical committee […]

Abuja (AFP) – Tragedy has hit Nigerian football again as former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu died just days after another ex-national team coach, Stephen Keshi, passed away. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said Saturday that Amodu, 58, died after complaining of chest problems. On Wednesday, Keshi, 54, died suddenly in the southern Benin City. […]

Abuja (AFP) – Tragedy has hit Nigeria football again as former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu died just days after another national team coach Stephen Keshi passed away. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced Saturday that Amodu, 58, died after complaining of chest problems. On Wednesday, Keshi, 54, died suddenly in the southern Benin City. […]