Tag: Christian Chukwu

Come Out If You’re Owed, NFF Tells Ex-coaches

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation has challenged former coaches on their payroll to come out with claims of indebtedness as long as they can prove that the country’s football governing body owes them. This is coming in the wake of the accusations that the NFF owed the late 1980 AFCON-winning captain Christian Chukwu the sum of $128,000. Chukwu died on Saturday in Enugu at the age of 74, and an interview he gave in 2024, in which he accused the NFF of owing him, resurfaced. In the wake of the allegations,…

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Former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu, is dead. Chukwu passed away at the age of 74. He died earlier on Saturday. However, details surrounding his death remain unclear at the time of filing this report. Chukwu’s former Nigeria teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the sad news “I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s history, has passed on. Is IVF Anti-faith?, By Funke Egbemode ‘Resource-Rich, Serious Investment…

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