The NFF has been given till midnight of Monday, September 1, 2014 to comply or face sanctions
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The factional President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ambassador Chris Giwa, said in a statement: “It has come to our notice that the League Management Company has been issuing notices to clubs in the Premier League that matches are being suspended from this weekend
Biambo said in a telephone interview in Abuja that any attempt to admit more people into the race would make a mockery of the election
Danagogo said by both resignation and tenure expiration, Maigari’s time at the Glass House was over
The NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, disclosed that the NFF Congress will fashion out a roadmap that will usher in open, transparent and credible elections
Keshi said he has rejected offers from other African countries while the negotiations had been ongoing
It was said to have started from the third floor, which hosts the office of the Chairman of the Federation, Aminu Maigari.
The Eagle Online checks revealed that the player joined Serie B side, Crotone, on loan on August 8, after a season at AS Varese
This was amid a mild drama as both Maigari and the Acting President of the NFF, Mike Umeh, who arrived at the NFF secretariat before his former boss, occupied the same office for several hours
The initial committee denied Umeh the opportunity to contest because he converted his intent form for the position of the vice president to the position of the president
The Minister, who spoke against the background of the accusation that he has shown more than a passing interest in the crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, said he had been neutral
Danagogo announced the reinstatement of Maigari at a news conference in Abuja
The development is coming on the heels of another apparent face-off between the Executive Committee of the NFF under the leadership of its Acting Chairman, Mike Umeh, and world’s football governing body, FIFA
The world’s football governing body also expressed disapproval at the removal of some members of the Electoral Committee properly set up by the congress
The Amoni Biambo-led electoral committee had earlier on Wednesday disqualified Taiwo Ogunjobi, Segun Odegbami and Mike Umeh as chairmanship candidates
The Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Amoni Biambo, who briefed newsmen on Wednesday, said the disqualification of Odegbami followed his failure to attach the receipt of his intent form to the form when he submitted it
As for Plateau State, the NFF was informed that at its Congress held on August 9, 2014, the entire Board of Plateau State Football Association was thrown overboard
Chief Mike Umeh, NFF’s Acting President, said on Tuesday in Abuja: “We have received phone calls, phone messages and emails, and there have been media reports of persons being denied forms for unclear reasons
The aggrieved aspirants are alleging that the NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, and Biambo may be acting the script of Chris Giwa, the owner of Giwa FC, who is said to be eyeing the NFF presidency and dropping the name of the Minister of Sports, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, to manipulate the electoral body
A statement by NFA’s Assistant Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, quoted the committee’s Chairman, Amoni Biambo, as saying the guidelines were in line with the yearnings of the Nigerian football stakeholders