Nigeria: Fifa Suspends Nigeria Over Govt's Interference in NFF

9 July 2014

FIFA Wednesday suspended Nigeria from international competition over the federal government's interference in the affairs of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). With the suspension, Nigeria will not take part in the qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations.

The world football body is particularly not pleased with the crisis in the NFF in which there is an existing court action that has made it impossible for the newly elected officials to function.

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