They were received by the management and staff of the NFF, led by General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi
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NFF officials reconfirmed that the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State are excited about the game, which pits the three-time African champions against the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up
The CAF Interclubs Organising Committee issued its decision on Thursday on the basis of the various reports of the match officials and correspondences between the concerned parties
Amaju resigned on Wednesday night, with his successor named on Thursday
The scribe was said to have dropped his resignation letter after an argument ensued between him and other board members of the football governing body over the disbursement of a fund that came into the NFF coffers
The FBF are now looking for a team in South America they can face on that day
The delegation would on arrival at the Leopoldo Sedar International Airport, Dakar, move to M’bour, venue of the Flying Eagles final group game against the Ivorians
Speaking in Abuja, the NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, dismissed a report in a daily sports paper of the same day that suggested that the match had been called off
Ugbade, an assistant coach to the Flying Eagles, was accompanied by the leader of delegation and a member of Nigeria Football Federation technical department, Yusuf, on the mission
Libya’s withdrawal has been communicated to the Nigeria Football Federation, meaning the 2007 and 2009 champions go through to the finals scheduled for Seychelles from April 14 to 19
The 57-year-old, who has had four different stints as Head Coach of the Senior National Team, opined that such programmes should be regular as participants will always have much to learn, insisting that knowledge-seeking is a life-time endeavour
Pinnick has continued to espouse a vision of attracting all able and capable legs that are eligible to represent Nigeria to consider playing for the country, irrespective of their places of abode or allegiances at junior level
The match comes a little over four months after a 2-2 draw in Uyo between the two teams, which kept Nigeria out of the 30th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea
The football federation equally revealed that despite their expectation of over N5 billion to prosecute various football activities this year, the Federal Government only allocated an envelop of a paltry N1.242 billion
A statement by Ademola Olajire, the Assistant Director of Media of the Nigeria Football Federation, said the team arrived in Dakar in the early hours of Thursday
Speaking while visiting the assessors during their practical session at the FIFA Goal Project, Abuja on Wednesday, Pinnick stated clearly that the primary target of the new administration is the man-at-the-centre
The NFF’s Deputy Secretary General, Emmanuel Ikpeme, told the Senegal-bound Flying Eagles at their Serob Legacy Hotel in Wuye, Abuja on Wednesday that the entire country is looking up to them to win the continent’s U20 championship in Senegal
The highly qualified persons, led by Nigeria Football Federation Executive Committee member, Christopher Green, left the Murtala Muhammed Airport at exactly 1pm on Monday and taxied at the Heathrow Airport on arrival in London at 7.40pm
Concerned about the need to develop qualified persons in the country to help coaches of the National Teams in the areas of match reading, match preparation and backroom analysis, the NFF sought sponsorship from Tale versa Foundation to enhance the capacity of these persons through a special programme
The Nigeria Football Federation has commended the Eaglets, for earning a place at the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals taking place in Chile later in the year