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Senator Ben Murray Bruce has condemned the NFF for not paying the wages of the Super Falcons who recently won the African Women Nations Cup 2016. He added that only people who are passionate should be appointed to the sports ministry. He also moved a motion mandating that FG pays the wages...

Former Super Falcons Striker and Nigeria football Legend, Mercy Akide-Udoh has suggested that her Children “will never play for Nigeria” if the poor treatment of players persists in the Football Federation. Akide-Udoh , who was a member of Nigeria’s pioneer Falcons team, was named the first...

The drama surrounding the payment of match bonuses and allowances of Super Falcons by the Nigeria Football Federation gets messier yesterday (Tuesday) as the players threatened to hold onto the African Women Cup of Nations trophy they won last Saturday. The NFF had promised to pay the...

The Nigeria Football Federation has pledged to pay players and officials of the senior women national team, Super Falcons, all their entitlements for winning the Women Africa Cup of Nations the eighth time, saying the money was not readily available at the moment. NFF General Secretary...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has promised the Super Falcons players, that they will receive their bonuses before they take on South Africa, in the semi-final of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations. This comes after it emerged that the team was ready to boycott their last group fixture...

It was show of shame at the Serob Hotel Abuja camp of the U-20 women national team, the Falconets, yesterday as the ladies refused to vacate the hotel as directed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), until the soccer federation clears all the arrears of their bonuses and allowances. The...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has paid former Nigeria coach, Samson Siasia, his outstanding five months salaries. According to sources in the Glass House, Siasia and current Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, are no longer being owed by the federation. “Yea, I have...

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has reached an agreement with coach, Salisu Yusuf, with the latter signing a contract as chief coach of the senior national team, Super Eagles. The Chief Coach disclosed this to reporters after a meeting with the NFF president, Amaju Pinnick at The Glass...

Head coach of the Nigeria senior national team has reacted to rumours making the round that he is yet to be paid by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), since he resumed as coach of the team two months ago. German coach Rohr is reportedly on a salary of $47,000 (N18.6m), but rumours has it...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), are making plans to ensure the Super Eagles play at least four high-grade friendly matches next year. Tunde Adelakun, who is a consultant to the federation, told CompleteSports, that he has contacted some countries about the friendlies. The idea of the...

Former Nigeria Football Federation marketing director, Idris Adama has described as untrue Amaju Pinnick claims that the football house had no funds to prosecute the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia. The NFF president had told the country’s senate that the Super Eagles may miss their...

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has dismissed as “blatant falsehood” reports making the rounds that it is unable to fly the Super Eagles to Zambia for a World Cup qualifier billed for October 9. A national daily had quoted an unidentified member of the NFF as saying that the apex...

Nigeria is in the danger of starting its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign on a bizarre note, after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), revealed it cannot afford the logistics to Zambia. The Super Eagles are billed to take on the Chipolopolo in Ndola on October 9, in their first game of...

Super Eagles players understand they will have to wait to be paid outstanding bonuses as the football federation’s financial issues continue. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) wants to avoid a dispute ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia on October 9. The NFF insists...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has condemned a Federal High Court’s order that declared the League Management Company (LMC) boss, Shehu Dikko, wanted for contempt. On Wednesday, policemen from the FCT Command, stormed the LMC headquarters in Abuja, to search for Dikko, after he...

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has denied rejecting the accomodation given to him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in Abuja. Rohr slammed the reports as distracting and said his words were taken out of context. “I never rejected any apartment,” he said. “I might have...

The League Management Company (LMC), has insisted that it is not aware of the court order, stopping the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Justice I.I Kunda of a Plateau State High Court, had delivered the ruling on Wednesday, in a suit brought by Giwa FC seeking reinstatement to...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has begun probe into the expenditures of the Nigeria Football Federation at the just concluded Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Authoritative sources told New Telegraph that the Minister, Solomon Dalung, on Monday ordered the General Secretary of the federation...

Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay former U-23 National team’s Coach Samson Siasia his outstanding salary. The Minister gave the directive yesterday when the erstwhile Nigeria U-23 coach paid him a visit in his office...

The Head of Communications in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ademola Olajire says, the new policy of the President Mohammed Buhari regime is part of the reason why coach of the Nigeria U23s Samson Siasia has not been paid for five months. Siasia while announcing his resignation from...