Tag: NFF
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Dare charges NFF to prepare Flying Eagles to win FIFA World Cup
The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has tasked the Nigeria Football Federation to adequately prepare the U20 boys, Flying Eagles, to challenge for the FIFA U20 World Cup trophy in Indonesia in a few weeks.
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NFF Board approves evaluation report and sanctions meted by Referees Committee
The Board of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the first evaluation report, including sanctions, meted out to erring officials by the Federation’s Referees Committee headed by Mrs Faith Irabor. It would be recalled that during the inauguration of the NFF Referees Committee, the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau had implored them to be of…
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29 referees to receive FIFA badges on Wednesday
A total of 29 Nigerian referees will on Wednesday, 1st February receive their badges to operate as FIFA match officials for the year 2023, at a special ceremony inside the NFF Secretariat, Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
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Court strikes out appeal motion against Amaju Pinnick, others
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, struck out a motion to appeal against the ruling discharging and acquitting Amaju Pinnick and others in a criminal charge filed against them. In the ruling by Justice Inyang Ekwo, the case was struck out for lack of diligent prosecution.
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NFF extends IMC tenure till end of season
N igeria Football Federation (NFF) has extended the tenure of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) till the end of the 2022/2023 season. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed
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NPFL: Gusau thumbs up referees, charges them to sustain credible officiating
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has commended the group of officiating officials who took charge of the Match Day 1 of the Nigeria Premier Football League, saying they should sustain through the season and thenceforth, the credibility that was apparent in their output on the first day.
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Bosso denies report he rejected bribe money from agent
Flying Eagles’ Head Coach, Isah Ladan Bosso has denied a report in a section of the media that he granted an interview in which he claimed to have rejected the sum of €100,000 offered by a football agent to have the latter’s player in the Nigeria U20 squad.
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NFF mourns passing of former Falconets’ Head Coach, Dan Evumena
The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday expressed “deep sorrow” at the death on Tuesday evening of former Head Coach of the U20 Girls’ National Team, Dan Evumena. “The news of Dan Evumena’s death is too hard to take. I am still in shock. This is a young trainer who has done creditably well at Club…
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Match Commissioners, referees must be above board – Gusau warns at inauguration
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has warned that it would no longer be business as usual for match commissioners and referees in the domestic game, as persons who fail to meet the high standards already put in place will be summarily ejected and sanctioned appropriately.
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NPFL: IMC fixes meeting with NFF President, Club Chairmen, Referee’s union
The newly inaugurated Interim Management Committee (IMC) that is responsible for overseeing the affairs of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has scheduled a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation President, Ibrahim Gusau, Club Chairmen and the Nigeria Referee’s Association, (NRA)