$9.5m FIFA Grant Scam! Court demands charge against Pinnick

$9.5m FIFA Grant Scam! Court demands charge against Pinnick

Posted on May 1, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday ordered the Nigeria Football Federation to produce a copy of the Magistrate’s charge sheet against Amaju Pinnick and Dr Muhammed Sanusi in the alleged $9.5m FIFA grant scam, The PUNCH reports. Justice Peter Affen gave the order after NFF lawyer Mr Festus Ukpe told the court

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Zenith Bank CEO Amangbo Charges Golden Eaglets Over Discipline, Affirms Bank’s Commitment To Youth Sports

Zenith Bank CEO Amangbo Charges Golden Eaglets Over Discipline, Affirms Bank’s Commitment To Youth Sports

Posted on November 12, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The MD/CEO of Zenith Bank, Peter Amangbo, has charged the players of the country’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, to be more disciplined as their talents alone cannot take them to the pinnacle of their career. Amangbo made this appealed during the visit of the Golden Eaglets and the Nigeria Football Federation Executive board members

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Just In: Amaju Pinnick re-elected NFF president

Just In: Amaju Pinnick re-elected NFF president

Posted on September 20, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Amaju Pinnick has been declared the winner of the presidential election of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Pinnick on Thursday was re-elected in a landslide victory after he polled a total of 34 votes with the closest opponent in the race, a former NFF president, Aminu Maigari scoring just 8 votes in the election. Other contestants

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NFF Crisis: Nigeria risk ban as FIFA insists Pinnick is Federation boss

NFF Crisis: Nigeria risk ban as FIFA insists Pinnick is Federation boss

Posted on July 14, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has warned that Nigeria may be banned if the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as recognized by the world football governing body continues to be compromised. Incumbent NFF President, Amaju Pinnick is facing a challenge to his position from Christopher Giwa, who claims he was elected on August

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Dalung orders NFF to settle Siasia’s emoluments

Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has charged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay the U-23 national team’s Coach, Samson Siasia, all his emoluments.

Siasia and his wife, Eunice, paid Dalung a visit yesterday in his office in Abuja to thank the minister for his support to the national U-23 team from Atlanta to Rio, where they won a bronze medal in the football event of the Olympics.

Rohr gets Super Eagles’ job on two-year contract

Gernot Rohr PHOTO:AFP/ STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

German manager Gernot Rohr has signed a two-year deal to become technical adviser to the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation said on Tuesday.

The 63-year-old has extensive experience of African football after stints with Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso, and will work alongside Salisu Yusuf, who was named as the NFF’s head coach in July.

Again, Nigerian scores against Nigeria in Lagos

Osimhen’s Own Goal Sinks Flying Eagles, Fans Want NFF Board To Go

As it happened in 1978 in Lagos during a crucial World Cup qualifier against Tunisia, when the Green Eagles defender, Godwin Odiye, scored an own goal to deny Nigeria qualification for the Mundial hosted by Argentina, Flying Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, accounted for the nation’s ouster from the 2017 African U-20 Nations Cup yesterday.

After the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Gabon 2017 African Nations Cup, yesterday’s home defeat of the Flying Eagles to a 10-man Young Falcons of Sudan was another major dent on Nigeria’s football.

FIFA president Infantino confirms Nigeria visit

– Infantino will be in Nigeria on a two-day working visit

– The FIFA president will meet President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit

– The Italian-Swiss is expected in Abuja on Sunday, July 24

R-L: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, NFF President Amaju Pinnick and Ms Samoura,
the FIFA secretary general

The president of the world football governing body FIFA Gianni Infantino and the secretary general, Ms Fatma Samoura, will arrive Nigeria on Sunday, July 24, on a two-day working visit.

The Italian-Swiss who was elected FIFA president at an extraordinary general assembly in Zurich on February 26, 2016, confirmed the trip following a meeting with NFF president Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France on Sunday, July 10.