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At a joint press conference by CAF, the highest football authority in Africa and Globacom, the sponsor of the annual CAF Awards, CAF said the investiture of President Buhari with the Platinum Award will be held during the Glo-CAF Award Gala at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on January 7, 2016

The official website of Major League Soccer is on the same page as Seattle Sounders, which had selected the Nigeria international as the Most Valuable Player in the just concluded season, prior to Wednesday’sannouncement

The document revealed that while N1.5 billion would be spent on Super Eagles’ participation in the Championship of African Nations scheduled for Rwanda from January 16 to February 7, 2016, the amount would take care of the team’s camping and selection of players, qualifiers, overseas training tour as well as actual participation in the competition

The naira, which had been trading around N241 and N243 against the greenback for a long time, began a steady decline about three weeks ago when the Central Bank of Nigeria stopped the sale of foreign exchange to over 1,600 Bureaux De Change operators due to improper documentation

“His three league titles, FA Cup, Community Shield and three League Cup wins over two spells make him the most successful manager in our 110-year history. But both Jose and the board agreed results have not been good enough this season and believe it is in the best interests of both parties to go our separate ways

On why the owner of the club, Roman Abramovich, who had been seen to be supportive of Mourinho despite his strings of losses in recent times, had to fire the coach, Roan said: “While he has undeniably enjoyed so much success around Europe, he has failed to secure a lasting legacy and enjoy success over a prolonged period of time

Rising from its Annual General Meeting in Abuja, the NFF Congress in view of the unsavoury situation of some clubs in the just concluded League Season, has empowered the Executive Committee to enact regulations to protect the welfare of players and officials in the Nigeria League