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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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10 Facts About Éric Chelle, Super Eagles’ New Coach

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. Platforms Africa reports that the decision followed the recommendation of the NFF’s Technical and Development Sub-Committee during its meeting held in Abuja on January 2, 2025. The appointment was formally endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee on January 7, 2025. The Super Eagles’ head coach position became vacant following Finidi George’s resignation after disappointing results in the 2026 FIFA World…

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Éric Chelle Named Super Eagles Head Coach

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. The decision followed the recommendation of the NFF’s Technical and Development Sub-Committee during its meeting held in Abuja on January 2, 2025. The appointment was formally endorsed by the NFF Executive Committee on January 7, 2025. Chelle, 47, is a former head coach of Mali’s senior national team and brings a wealth of experience, having managed clubs such as GS…

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NFF Unveils Finidi George As Super Eagles’ Head Coach Today

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation will, today in Abuja, stage an unveiling ceremony to formally present to the public, Mr. Finidi George, as the new substantive Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, alongside Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Tinuke Watti, President of NFF Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, are among prominent personalities expected at the unveiling. George passed up an opportunity to coach a second-tier team in Spain to return to…

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NFF Lists Four Requirements For Peseiro’s Replacement As Super Eagles Head Coach

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has listed four requirements for the next head coach of the Super Eagles. This was included in an official vacancy uploaded by the NFF on Friday. The federation is looking to replace Jose Peseiro, whose contract expired on February 29. Peseiro’s successor will be expected to have: “Relevant coaching qualifications. READ ALSO Over 280 Sudents,Teachers Kidnapped By Bandits In Kaduna Leadership: An Alliance with Time, By Bola Tinubu Reps To Summon NPC Director Over N200 Billion Spent On Suspended Census Nigeria Eyes $2.5bn Carbon Market…

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