Governance

A panel of former internationals and administrators has been tasked with getting to the bottom of a difficult few weeks for Nigerian football’s national teams. The Nigeria Football Federation has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the recent poor showings of the country’s national teams, with particular attention on the Super Falcons’ failure to

Governor Bala Mohammed has approved the shake up following the club’s relegation from the NPFL, with a former state sports director now tasked with rebuilding for the NNL. Wikki Tourists Football Club’s management board has been dissolved by the Bauchi State Government with immediate

Governor Soludo has moved decisively to reshape how Anambra State runs its football club and its sports administration simultaneously, with the scrapping of the Sports Commission the most significant structural change in the state’s sports governance in years. Anambra State Governor Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has dissolved the technical and management teams of Nigeria National

Nigeria has been absent from the CAF A-License Coaching Convention for nine years. The NFF says that changes in August, and only the best fifty coaches who apply will get through the door. Nigeria Football Federation general secretary Dr Mohammed Sanusi has announced that the country has been formally readmitted to the CAF A-License Coaching

It has been nearly two decades since a Nigerian referee took charge of a match at the Africa Cup of Nations, and the federation’s latest training push is an attempt to finally close that gap. Nigerian football referees have been issued a direct charge to raise their domestic performance standards in order to improve their

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off without Nigeria, a prominent stakeholder has stepped forward to argue that NFF president Ibrahim Gusau is being made a scapegoat for a systemic failure that predates his leadership. The 2026 FIFA World Cup has arrived, and with it comes the familiar sting of watching African rivals represent

Rangers won 2-1 with the help of a penalty that the NFF now says should never have been given. With the title going to the final day on one point, the most consequential refereeing decision of the NPFL season has cost the referee his job. The Nigeria Football Federation’s Refereeing Development Committee has handed referee