Tag: Chris Giwa
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NFF crisis: FIFA can’t ban Nigeria, Giwa’s lawyer says
A lawyer, Ardzard Habilla, has said that the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) cannot ban Nigeria over the lingering leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which needed to be sorted out internally by the country’s judiciary. Habilla, who is counsel to Chris Giwa, an NFF factional President, said this in Abuja on…
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Giwa faction distances self from Pinnick-led elective congress time-table
Chris Giwa, President of a faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Congress, on Friday said his board would have nothing to do with the adjusted 2018 NFF Elective Congress time-table. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Electoral Committee set up by the Amaju Pinnick-led faction of the NFF had on Thursday…
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NFF crisis: Again, Pinnick fails to stop Giwa in court
The Federal High Court in Jos on Wednesday refused to grant a request to stop Chris Giwa from taking over as the President of Nigeria Football Federation. Amaju Pinnick, whose four-year tenure as NFF President is due to end on September 30, had filed a motion challenging the court’s ex-parte order which installed Giwa in…
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NFF crisis: Chris Giwa vows to fight on after ejected by DSS
President of the factional Nigeria Football Federation Chris Giwa says he will not surrender his mandate after his board was ejected from the NFF secretariat in Abuja by the Department of State Services operatives on Monday. Giwa, who won August 26, 2014 NFF presidential poll, took charge of the secretariat after sports minister Solomon Dalung…
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FIFA has not written to NFF over ban threat – Giwa
Chief Chris Giwa, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has not communicated its ban threat to the NFF. “The alleged FIFA ban threat is a creation of the media; FIFA has not written to lodge any complaint to us. We only read all these things in the…
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NFF crisis: Pinnick returns to court over fresh motion challenging Giwa’s office
A Jos Federal High Court on Wednesday fixed July 10 to hear a new motion filed by immediate past NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, challenging the experte order it granted Chris Giwa, current President of the federation. Pinnick approached the court for the relief after the Supreme Court judgment which ordered him to comply with the…
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BREAKING: Chris Giwa take over office as NFF chairman
Following the order of Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Chris Giwa has assumed duty as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung had earlier today ordered the Nigeria Football Federation to vacate their office, in respect to a ruling by the apex court in Nigeria, the…
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Pinnick speaks on his alleged removal from office as NFF’s president
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has cleared the air on reports published in some media outlets that he has been removed from office as NFF’s boss. Amaju’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo [SAN] disclosed to TheNewsGuru.com, in a phone conversation that the Supreme Court did not nullify his client’s election as NFF’s…
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FIFA slams worldwide ban on Chris Giwa, four others
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA has imposed a worldwide extension to Chris Giwa’s ban. The world football governing body, also handed down the same punishment to four other officials, who were involved in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership tussle. They are: Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson Effiong. “In…