Tag: CHRIS GIWA
I’m a Warri boy, we fight to the end, Pinnick fires...
The long-standing rivalry and power tussle between Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, and owner of Giwa FC, Chris Giwa, seems to be...
Chris Giwa arrested, released after inaugurating factional state FA chairmen
Police on Friday in Abuja arrested and released Chris Giwa after the inauguration of factional chairmen of State Football Association (FA).
Led by the Divisional...
Giwa FC expelled from NPFL
The League Management Company (LMC) officially confirmed the expulsion of Giwa FC from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Friday.
LMC made the decision...
House of Reps wades into NFF crisis
The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Sports to meet with the Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa factions to resolve the...
NFF slams five-year ban on Chris Giwa, others
The disciplinary committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday placed a ban on Chris Giwa and his supporters for five years from...
Giwa arrested, released, insists on taking over NFF
Chairman of Giwa FC, Chris Giwa, was arrested by the police after he stormed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) secretariat on Friday in a...
Court denies sacking Pinnick-led NFF
A Federal High Court, Jos, through its registrar, Chika Udenkwo, has shockingly denied reports that it ordered the removal of Amaju Pinnick as president...
Five reasons to watch the Nigerian League this weekend
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is gradually gaining the acceptance it deserves first from the local audience and secondly, internationally.
Notwithstanding the numerous setbacks...
Bumbling Giwa’s NFF appoints dead man to officiate NPFL match
Disgruntled faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) led by Chris Giwa on Wednesday made an inexplicable error when they appointed a dead referee...
Galadima heads seven-man NFF reconciliation committee
Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, was on Tuesday appointed chairman of a seven-member committee to restore peace to the crisis-engulfed...