Nigeria: Russia World Cup - FIFA to Pay Nigeria N4.5bn

16 October 2017

Coach Gernot Rohr has warned against another pay strike at the World Cup if the country hoped to improve on their previous outings at the global tournament, FIFA.

At the 2014 World Cup, the Super Eagles skipped a training to protest the non-payment of bonus for qualifying for the tournament forcing the country's sports minister to fly out by private jet to pay them almost $4 million cash in Brazil.

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