Ticket prices for the crucial 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers between Nigeria and Egypt at the the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna have been unveiled. Nigeria will play the Pharaohs of Egypt in Kaduna on Friday, March 25 with the return leg to be played in Alexandria on Tuesday, March 29.
Nigerian fans who will want to attend the game can get the tickets for just N300 and N1000 for open and covered seats respectively according to the marketing department of the Nigeria Football Federation.

The NFF has appointed the reigning U17 World Cup winning coach to handle the Nigeria U20s but was silent about the future of Manu Garba. Emmanuel Amuneke has been promoted to coach the Nigeria U20 team by the Nigeria Football Federation while it remained silent on the fate of the team’s coach Manu Garba. The NFF ratified the promotion of Amuneke to the Flying Eagles in a communiqué after at its executive board meeting held on Tuesday.

Amuneke led the Golden Eaglets to win the U17 World Cup in Chile last year and was handed a chance to progress with his wards to the U20 level. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1994 and will hope to qualify the Golden Eaglets to the 20th U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia next year. Amuneke will be assisted by Kabiru Baleria and Emeka Amadi as assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer respectively.

The Nigeria Football Federation has ruled out trying to persuade goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return the Super Eagles. Enyeama on his Instagram page on Thursday said he had decided to retire from the national team after 13 years of service. Spokesman for the NFF Ademola Olajire was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria as saying on Thursday, “We heard about his quitting the national team on his Instagram page. If somebody says he is retiring from the national team, what are we going to do, to beg him? “We don’t know if he is leaving the national team because of his quarrel with the coach (Sunday Oliseh). He just wrote on his Instagram page that he was leaving the national team. So, why should we be finding out whether he left because of the rift? “The player has gone out of the camp, what do you want us to do. He has left the camp and he did not tell anybody that he was leaving.” France-based keeper Enyeama quarrelled with Oliseh in Belgium on Tuesday after the Eagles manager decided to the strip him of the team’s captaincy in favour of Ahmed Musa. Enyeama had reported late to camp for the Eagles’ friendly games against DR Congo and Cameroon, after staying back in Nigeria last weekend to be involved in the burial of his mother in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that it has approved the contract tabled before coach Stephen Keshi. NFF president Amaju Pinnick speaking to newsmen in, Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Wednesday revealed that the 53-year-old- though has yet to sign the dotted lines- now has a new two-year contract approved. “Keshi has not yet signed a new contract (as Nigeria coach). We had an executive committee meeting of the NFF (on Wednesday) and the technical committee submitted a report on Keshi’s contract situation,” Pinnick said. “The contract has been approved (by the executive committee of the NFF) and we are good to go.” Keshi is now expected to sign a new deal in the coming days.

Angry Nigeria Football Federation officials have dragged Bolivia to FIFA following its unilateral cancellation of next week’s international friendly game with the Super Eagles of Nigeria fixed for the Akwa Ibom international stadium in Uyo. The Bolivian Football Federation late on Tuesday called off the March 26 international friendly game against the Super Eagles over supposed fear of Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. The president of the federation said the NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has already filed a strongly worded letter to FIFA highlighting the alleged breach of contract and revealed that the world football governing body has swung into action informing the Bolivia Football Federation of the consequences of its action.
Mr. Pinnick also revealed the NFF is in a frantic search for a credible replacement for Bolivia. “We are already looking for another country to replace the Bolivians while FIFA sorts out the breach of the contract we signed with the FBF,” said Mr. Pinnick who assured that the Super Eagles will play on March 26 in Uyo. Aside the botched Bolivia friendly the Eagles are also billed to face South Africa’s national team during the next set of FIFA free windows for friendly games and qualifiers.

AMAJU Pinnick has emerged as the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board following his victory in the election held in Warri, on Tuesday. Pinnick emerged winner in the second ballot with 32 votes, while Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi polled four votes.
Dominic Iorfa had eight votes. Voting went into second round after Pinnick failed to poll two-thirds of 44 in the first round. The Delta Sports Commission chairman had scored 25 votes in the first ballot. Ogunjobi, in the first ballot, polled nine votes, Iorfa scored six votes, while Chief Amanze Uchegbulam garnered four votes. Alhaji Abba Yola and Chief Mike Umeh had no votes. The seventh candidates Shehu Dikko was absent.

The President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari was arrested today Tuesday 26th August 2014 by the State Security Service (SSS). The arrest was ordered to stop the general assembly gathering at the Chida Hotel, Abuja. He was arrested alongside the NFF Secretary-General Musa Amadu and a board member Chris Green. According to Sahara Reporters, the arrest is causing a lot of commotion at the venue of the congress, as those in Maigari’s camp feel it is an attempt to sideline them in the scheme of things as the congress aims to chart a way forward for the troubled Nigerian football body.
The NFF has faced lots of controversy over the past couple of months. If you recall, Maigari was impeached but at the order of FIFA, he was reinstated. The headquarter also caught fire recently.

It couldn't get worse for the Nigeria Football Federation after sportswear company Adidas refused to renew its contract with the country's football ruling body. Adidas signed a contract with the NFF to kit all of Nigeria's national teams on March 6, 2010, but they have now refused to state their reason for pulling out. However,the refusal of the German company to negotiate a new deal with the NFF cannot be far from the crises that have engulfed the football federation. In a letter addressed to the federation, dated August 12, 2014 and signed by the VP Global Sports Marketing Football, Claus-Peter Mayer and the Marketing Manager Federations and Leagues, Kai-Philipp Stief, the outfit stated that they will continue to fulfill their obligations under the previously communicated agreement.
"Adidas has conducted an analysis of its football partnerships and related businesses. Based on this evaluation and in combination with the recent correspondence between the parties, we regret to inform that adidas has decided not to extend its partnership with the Nigeria Football Federation as per the end of the Agreement (i.e 31 December 2014),” the letter read. "Adidas will continue to fulfil its obligations under the agreement as previously communicated and respectfully requests the Nigeria Football Federation to do the same for the remainder of the contract period (including the obligation to share any third party offer pursuant to Adidas’ right of first refusal).” Other companies are expected to bid for the rights to kit the national team,with Nike(former kit sponsors) and Puma likely to be contenders.