Tag: NFF
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Mikel retires from Super Eagles
Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has retired from the national team. He retired following the third-placed finish of the Super Eagles at Egypt 2019 AFCON. Mikel took to his verified Instagram page to make the announcement. Spotting his photo in the national colours, the former Chelsea ace wrote: “Egypt is a country where I’ve started…
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Breaking: Super Eagles flies to semi-finals
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are through to the semi-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating the Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2-1 at the Cairo International Stadium. Samuel Chukwueze and William Troost-Ekong got their names in the score-sheet to seal Nigeria’s place in the last four
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Breaking: Iwobi helps Nigeria beat Cameroon to reach Quarter-Finals
The super eagles have made it through, to the quarter-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, after defeating the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 3-2 in Alexandria. Odion Ighalo scored a brace, and Alex Iwobi got one goal to book Nigeria a match next Wednesday with the winner between Egypt and South Africa.
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Court Orders Arrest Of Pinnick, Other NFF Officials Over Alleged Fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick and four other officials of the organisation accused of misappropriating funds belonging to the football body. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the order on Monday after the case involving the NFF…