Tag: Fifa
Amokachi endorses Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade
Ex-Super Eagles player and coach, Daniel Amokachi, has voiced his support for the anti-corruption campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The 43-year-old who is now in...
Former Fifa president, Joao Havelange, dies at 100
Joao Havelange, who was president of Fifa from 1974 to 1998, has died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He died on Tuesday aged 100.
The Brazilian...
Nike explains missing NFF logo on Olympic kit
Nigeria’s Dream Team VI for the first time ever downed the new set of kits designed by American multinational company, Nike.
The new era began...
Nigerians rent generator to watch football, Buhari tells FIFA president
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said his administration will pay keen interest to accountability and transparency to fast-track football development in the country.
Receiving...
Song and dance as FIFA president arrives Nigeria
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, on Sunday arrived Nigeria on a two-day working visit.
The Swiss-born Italian administrator was given a royal welcome at the Nnamdi...
Chris Giwa vows to host FIFA president
Factional President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Giwa, says he is the lawfully recognised leader to welcome FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, when...
FIFA president arrives Nigeria July 24
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, is due to pay a two-day working visit to Nigeria starting from July 24.
Infantino was elected head of football’s governing...
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...
Pele, Maradona finally make peace
Football greats, Pele and Diego Maradona finally made "peace", putting aside a long-running feud that has spanned over two decades.
The two old rivals buried...
FIFA, CAF condole with Nigeria over Keshi’s death
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has written a letter of condolence to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, on the death...