Pinnick Reveals NFF Post-Covid 19 Cost-Cutting Measures
Nigeria's youth football setup could be altered fundamentally as the Nigeria Football Federation explores measures to navigate through the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, president of the NFF Amaju Pinnick has revealed.
In a Zoom meeting with journalists on...
BREAKING: NFF To Receive $200,000 CAF Coronavirus Relief Fund
The Nigeria Football Federation is set to receive $200,000 (NGN77.4M) from the Confederation of Africa Football to help manage the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
CAF announced the measures on Thursday following a meeting via video conference of its...
NFF Outlines How $500,000 FIFA Relief Fund Will Be Spent
The Nigeria Football Federation has pledged to adhere to the dictates of FIFA in spending the $500,000 relief fund it received from the world football body last month.
This decision was one of several resolutions reached at a virtual meeting...
NFF Places Mums Of Late Ex-internationals Okwaraji, Yekini On $75 Monthly Stipends
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a monthly stipend of N30,000 (75 dollars) each to be paid to the surviving mothers of late ex-internationals Rashidi Yekini and Samuel Okwaraji.
Following the recent effort made by the country's Sports Minister...
Chidi Ofo Okenwa: Condolences Pour In For Late Enugu FA Boss
Tributes, in torrents, have continued to flow in honour of the Member of NFF Executive Committee and Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa, who passed away on Tuesday, 5th May 2020.
Nigeria’s football family was crestfallen on...
NFF $500,000 FIFA Funds Not A “Palliative” – Amaju Pinnick
Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has stressed that the $500,000 released to the NFF from world football governing body FIFA would be spent transparently but stressed that the funds are not a "palliative" to aid the federation cope...
Gernot Rohr Accepts New NFF Contract Despite Salary Slash, Agrees To Stay In Nigeria
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has accepted the terms of the new contract offered to him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) despite the stringent conditions and a salary slash caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Franco-German tactician said he...
NFF To Receive $500,000 FIFA Coronavirus Relief Fund
FIFA will release $150 million to its member football associations to help handle financial troubles caused by the coronavirus, the global governing body said on Friday.
FIFA said that "all operational funding" for 2019 and 2020 would be distributed amongst...
Abba Kyari: NFF Condoles Presidency Over Chief Of Staff’s Death
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed profound shock and a sense of deep sorrow at the passage on Saturday, 18th April 2020 of Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR).
“Mallam Abba Kyari’s death is...
Sports Ministry, NFF Set Out Post Covid-19 Plan For Nigerian Football
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on Thursday, April 16, 2020 engaged the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), via video conference, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on football in Nigeria and...