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Nigeria: Sports Minister Urges Warring Soccer Factions to Save the Game
Daily Trust, 27 April 2016
Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has appealed to leaders of the warring factions in the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa to shift their… Read more »
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Nigeria: Pinnick, Green, Oneya Appear Before Galadima Committee
Vanguard, 26 April 2016
Peace may be returning to the troubled Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the Ibrahim Galadima-led Reconciliation Committee yesterday began sitting in Abuja. Read more »
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Nigeria: NFF Leadership Tussle - Coalition Slams Giwa
Vanguard, 26 April 2016
Nigerian Civil Society Groups and youth organizations have slammed the the Chris Giwa- led faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over what they described as his… Read more »
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Nigeria: NFF Crisis - Minister Seeks Assistance From FIFA
This Day, 25 April 2016
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the lingering tussle over the leadership of the country's apex football governing body, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), the Minister… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dalung's Dangers to Our Football
Vanguard, 23 April 2016
Nigeria has for most of the Fourth Republic had the unenviable experience of having inexperienced persons as ministers of sports. However, it is arguable if a worse experience can… Read more »
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Nigeria: NFF Crisis - Giwa Faction Blasts Dalung, Rejects Reconciliation Committee
Daily Trust, 20 April 2016
The Chris Giwa-led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) executive board has rejected the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung's move to reconcile all warring factions of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Giwa's Group Should Wait Till 2018'
This Day, 19 April 2016
The first university graduate to play for the senior national team of Nigeria, Dr. John Oganwu, has advised aggrieved members of the Nigeria football family to sheathe their sword… Read more »