Incidentally, both Infantino and Pinnick are in Moscow, Russia for Friday’s Final Draw for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals
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The 34-year-old Egyptian replaces Hicham El Amrani of Morocco, who resigned just weeks after long-standing president, Issa Hayatou of Cameroon, was ousted in a surprise election defeat to Ahmad of Madagascar in March.
CAF published the names on its site on Friday despite having one more round to go in the qualifiers, which are scheduled to take place this weekend across the continent.
The inspection was in an effort to get the facility ready for MFM FC of Lagos for its CAF Champions League engagements next year
Ahmad spoke on Sunday in Lagos at a meeting with the Congress of Nigerian Football, which also had in attendance Members of the NFF Executive Committee.
This followed the withdrawal of the organization of the competition to Kenya
CAF top guns confirmed that the meeting, which will hold in Ikoyi, would deliberate on recent happenings in the African game, as well as discuss on CAF competitions coming up next year, including the African Nations Championship, which hosting right has been withdrawn from Kenya
Pinnick, also a member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, was thrown up in the air by Super Eagles’ players as the spontaneous celebrations at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium became elaborate
Moments after the Gernot Rohr lads defeated a stubborn Zambian team by a lone goal, the global body took to Twitter to felicitate with Nigeria
Meanwhile, CAF Acting General Secretary has been instructed to immediately open a bidding process for a new host
The centre referee will be assisted by compatriots Kossiwa Kpadenou (Assistant 1), Abra Sitsope Agbedanou (Assistant 2) and Aissata Ameyo Amegee (Fourth Official). The match commissioner is Rochell Woodson from Liberia.
The Frenchman’s decision came five days after his team was thumped 6-0 in Morocco, and a day after a goalless draw against the same opponents
A team of experts appointed by the Confederation of African Football was due to begin the eight-day visit on Sunday to ascertain whether Cameroon can cope with an additional eight more finalists under the tournament’s new 24-team structure.
Speaking to BBC Sport, the NFF president confirmed that Morocco will receive CAF’s backing as they enter the bidding process, looking to become Africa’s second World Cup hosts.
Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the increase would give room for more countries to have the experience of what the competition was all about.
Lekjaa, who is also Chairman of the CAF Finance Committee, joins Ghanaian Kwesi Nyantakyi and Omari Constant Selemani of DR Congo as President Ahmad’s deputies.
The competition will however remain a biennial event (every two years), odd years and exclusively held on African soil with African national teams
The Nations Cup’s timing in January and February has long angered clubs in Europe, where many Africans play
A statement on the CAF website on Friday disclosed that the decision by FIFA was contained in a July 6, 2017 letter signed by Fatma Samoura, the FIFA Secretary General.
The Rivers United consignment, comprising 100 match balls, is said to have been dispatched in the name of a Nigeria Football Federation top official