Nigeria:   Keshi Declines U-23, Eagles Dual Offer

This Day, 11 March 2012

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has asked to be left out from combining the U-23 job with the mainstream national team job after the technical committee of the Nigeria Football… Read more »

Nigeria:   Fifa Rankings - Super Eagles Slump Continues

Leadership, 7 March 2012

Nigeria woes continued in the latest FIFA ranking released on Wednesday by the football governing body. Last month Nigeria fell to her worst ranking since 1999 when the Super… Read more »

Nigeria:   Dwindling Football Fortune Worries Senate

This Day, 29 February 2012

The Senate Tuesday mandated its Committee on Sport to immediately organise a public hearing on sports in general and football in particular to examine the reasons for the country's… Read more »

Nigeria/Rwanda:   You Must Win in Kigali!, NFF Warns Keshi

Vanguard, 28 February 2012

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari said yesterday that the Super Eagles have to win Wednesday's 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against… Read more »

Rwanda/Nigeria:   Keshi Not Bothered About Slump

New Times, 26 February 2012

SUPER Eagles coach Stephen Keshi says he is not bothered by Nigeria's slump in the latest Fifa World rankings. The West Africans dropped out of the top 50 to 56; their worst… Read more »

Ghana/Nigeria:   Sport Commission Seek Answers From FIFA

Ghanaian Chronicle, 23 February 2012

Nigeria's National Sport Commission hopes a March trip to see Fifa chief Sepp Blatter will address the crisis in the country's Football Federation. Read more »

Nigeria:   FG to Spend Over N336 Million On New NFA Secretariat

Vanguard, 22 February 2012

The Federal Government is to spend more than N336 million on the proposed new secretariat of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) in Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria:   Maigari - NFF Will Back Keshi - Says Drop in FIFA Rankings no Surprise

Daily Champion, 21 February 2012

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari reiterated yesterday that the nation's football-governing body will give Super Eagles' Head Coach, Stephen Keshi… Read more »

Nigeria:   Eagles Plummet in FIFA Rankings

Daily Trust, 16 February 2012

Super Eagles' non-participation at the 2012 African Nations Cup has brought instant consequences as the country tumbled down the latest FIFA Rankings. Read more »

Africa:   FIFA Rankings - Zambia Soars, Eagles Falls

This Day, 15 February 2012

Zambia has soared in the FIFA rankings after winning the African Cup of Nations, and Germany climbed to second behind World Cup winner and European champion, Spain. Read more »

Nigeria:   Between NFF, Mischief Makers and Marauders

Daily Trust, 6 February 2012

The current litigation against Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) by Nigerian Premier League (NPL) is utterly ill-timed and ill-advised. After following the matter in the media and… Read more »

Nigeria:   Eagles 2014 World Cup Qualifiers to Gulp U.S.$5 Million

Leadership, 31 January 2012

Nigeria's 2014 World Cup qualifying matches are to cost the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over 700 million Naira (about $5 million), MTNFootball.com can report. Read more »

Nigeria:   Reps Okay N2.3 Billion Budget for NFF

This Day, 31 January 2012

The House of Representatives Sports Committee Monday approved the sum of N2.3billion as the amount to be spent by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the year 2012. Read more »

Nigeria:   NFF Alleges Fresh Plot to Derail Football

This Day, 23 January 2012

Even as it is yet to officially react to the weekend's court judgment against it allegedly initiated by a former NFA Board Member, Dr Sam Sam Jaja, the leadership of the Nigeria… Read more »

Nigeria:   2013 Nations Cup Pre Qualifier - Bonus Cut for Eagles

This Day, 20 January 2012

Nigeria will not pay the Super Eagles a special bonus to secure a victory against Rwanda in Kigali on February 29, THISDAY learnt Thursday. Read more »

Nigeria:   NFF Hails Home Eagles, Pledges More Support

Leadership, 13 January 2012

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari has commended the performance of the Super Eagles which is made up of home-based players against the 'A' team of… Read more »

Nigeria:   Amadu - No More Disaster for Football in 2012

Daily Trust, 5 January 2012

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) General Secretary Barrister Musa Amadu yesterday declared that the Federation is working towards ensuring that the country's football is free of… Read more »

Nigeria:   Football Review - Country's Troubled Flights in 2011

This Day, 29 December 2011

Nigeria football did business in the year in the unusual way by only hopping airborne with one wing. It was not a smooth flight as many promises ended unfulfilled, writes Olawale… Read more »

Nigeria:   FIFA's Non Interference Policy and the Future of the Nation's Football

Vanguard, 29 December 2011

THERE is enough evidence to empirically establish that Nigerian football is in disarray. For the first time since 1986, Nigeria has failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup… Read more »