NFF won’t impose NPFL players on Rohr, says Pinnick

By Taofeek Babalola

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has said that the federation will not force home-based players on the Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr.

Rohr: I Won’t Beg Moses For Eagles’ Return

.Says he has other quality wingers in Eagles

By Taofeek Babalola  

Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has revealed that Victor Moses must show motivation to play again for the national team before he could get a recall to the team, Reports Sportinglens.blogspot.com.  

FIFA ban scares Fidelis Ilechukwu

By Taofeek Babalola

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Football Club head coach Fidelis Ilechukwu has pleaded with football stakeholders in the country to find a lasting solution to the leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to avoid FIFA’s ban, Sportinglife.ng reports.

CAF appoint Pinnick as 1st vice president

By our reporter

Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed embattled Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick as its Vice President, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.

REVEALED: Federal Ministry of Justice letter that sacked Pinnick and his board

Sportinglens.blogspot.com has obtained a copy of letter written by the Federal ministry of Justice directing the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) led by Amaju Pinnick to vacate their offices as the federation executives.

Amaju Pinnick rejects FG order to vacate office

Amaju Pinnick has reacted to his sack as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), describing it as “null and void”, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports. 

Giwa resumes work as NFF President

Ambassador Christopher Giwa on Monday resumed as President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) following in adherence to a recent Order by the Supreme Court.

NFF’s plans for board elections is a distraction to Eagles’ World Cup, Says Dalung

.Orders federation to stop all election activities

.Seeks legal advise from Attorney-General over Giwa/NFF Supreme Court verdict

By our reporter 

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has said that a call for purchase of forms and setting up of an electoral committee for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) next executive board at this time was a distraction to the team's preparation, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports. 

GIWA VS PINNICK LEADERSHIP BATTLE: Supreme Court Orders Case Back to Federal High Court

Supreme Court has ordered an accelerating hearing in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership tussle between Chris Giwa and Amaju Pinnick on the 2014 elections into its Executive Committee.

Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf's mother is dead

Super Eagles chief coach Salisu Yusuf’s mother Hajiya Binta Yusuf has died. She was 88 years old, Sportinglens.blogspot.com can reveal.

ABS FC seal five years PUMA sponsorship deal

By Taofeek Babalola

Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC of Ilorin will formally lunch its new kit in partnership with PUMA on Thursday, Sportinglens.blogspot.com understands.

The President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, on Thursday won a place on the CAF Executive Committee for the 2017 to 2021 cycle.

How Hayatou deposed by Ahmad Ahmad

Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for an era spanning 29 years and a senior administrator at Fifa throughout its years of corruption scandals, has finally been deposed, suffering defeat in Caf’s presidential election.

CAF reject Pinnick's nomination for FIFA seat

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick will not contest for a FIFA council seat later this month after CAF did not endorse his nomination. The elections into the FIFA Council are slated for on September 29 with seven possible candidates have already been announced by CAF - Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea); Suketu Patel (Sychelles); Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana); Ahmad (Madagascar); Augustin Senghor (Senegal); Hamidou Djibrilla (Niger) and Chabur Goc Alei (South Sudan).

LE GUEN BOTCHED APPIONTMENT: Amaju Pinnick escapes impeachment

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick narrowly escaped being impeached by his fellow executive committee members in the wake of the scandalous handling of botched appointment of French coach Paul Le Guen.

Reps takes NFF case to Speaker

…Says Giwa’s court case indisputable

 

As the battle for the soul of Nigerian football rages, the House of Representatives Committee on Sports headed by Hon. Bukar Goni Lawal, has said it cannot adjudicate on the matter that is presently before the Nigerian Judiciary.

Amaju’s NFF Appeal Giwa’s Court Victory

It was drama at the Federal Court of Appeal in Jos, on Thursday, May 26 as the Nigeria Football Federation faction led by Melvin Amaju Pinnick, finally appealed against a High Court order ordering it to vacate office and hand over to the Ambassador Chris Giwa led team.

NFF crisis: Giwa serves minister court order

Factional President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ambassador Chris Giwa, has rubbished the outcome of the Extra-Ordinary Congress of the football body held in Abuja on Wednesday.

Giwa, in a statement on Thursday, maintained that the extra-ordinary congress was an aberration of the court ruling which has restrained the Amaju Pinnick-led board from parading themselves as the executive members of the NFF.

NFF CRISIS: Police seal off NFF secretariat

The Nigeria Police Force took over the Nigerian Football Federation headquarter in Abuja on Monday as the leadership crisis took a new twist.

Goal learnt that security operatives sealed off the nation's footballing secretariat, barring staff of the NFF from accessing the complex which also houses the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC.