No fewer than 200 players will vie for honours in the maiden edition of late Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi U-17 tournament.
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There was pomp, colour and essence as actors and actresses in Nigerian Football put out all the stops in honouring former international defender, former Secretary General of then NFA and one-time Member of the Board of NFF, Chief Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi, ahead of the final interment of his remains on Friday.
The Oyo and Osun States Governments have announced plans for the burial of the late former Nigerian Football Federation Secretary General, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi.
Chukwuma Agbo, Assistant Coach, Beach Soccer national team, the Super Sand Eagles, is dead.
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has condoled with families and friends of late Taiwo Ogunjobi, the former Secretary-General of NFA and former Board Member, who passed away on February 11.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has added his voice, on behalf of the world football-governing body, to the overflow of condolence messages to the family of Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, the former Secretary-General of the then Nigeria Football Association and former Board Member, who passed away on Monday last week.
The family of late Taiwo Ogunjobi on Tuesday announced March 15 for the interment of the former NFF Secretary-General, according to a statement signed by Rotimi Ogunjobi, the deceased’s younger brother.
Former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Kalu, has described the death of the former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, as a huge loss to the country.
The Confederation of African Football has approved a request by the Nigeria Football Federation for the Flying Eagles to wear black armbands in their semifinal clash with Mali in the Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Niger Republic in honour of departed former Nigeria Football Federation Secretary General and Member of Board, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi.
The Nigeria Football Federation says the death of Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former Executive Committee member, is akin to the fall of a big tree.
Christian Chukwu, former Green Eagles Captain and Super Eagles’ Coach, on Monday described the Late Taiwo Ogunjobi as the best Secretary in Nigeria Football Federation history.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has described Taiwo Ogunjobi as humble technocrat, who dedicated his life to the administration of football in Nigeria.
President of the Nigeria Referees Association, Tade Azeez, on Monday described the death of Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former Nigeria Football Federation General Secretary, as an irreparable loss.
As the news filtered in over the demise of the former Nigeria Football Federation scribe, Taiwo Ogunjobi, many journalists who are in shock over his sudden death have described him as a friend of the media.
Ogunjobi, who before his demise was the Chairman of Osun Football Association, was confirmed dead by his Media aide, Tunde Shamsudeen.
Former Secretary General Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi, has congratulated Amaju Melvin Pinnick on his reelection as the President of the Nigerian body.
At the polls conducted by the NFF Electoral Committee in Katsina, Pinnick swept aside three other contestants, polling 34 votes.
The election, conducted in Katsina, saw Pinnick defeat his rivals by 34 votes to their eight and two.
The 2018 Nigeria Football Federation Electoral Committee on Wednesday said it had reached a decision to hand a “provisional clearance” to Aminu Maigari ahead of the upcoming NFF’s elections.
In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in St. Petersburg, the duo urged the players to raise the tempo of the match against the Argentines.