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  • NFF announces names of coaches for five national teams

    NFF announces names of coaches for five national teams

    The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF ) on Monday in Abuja formally released the names of coaching crews of five national teams.

    The federation, in a statement by its Communications Department, however said the development did not relate to three other national teams.

    These three are the senior men’s team, the Super Eagles, the under-20 women’s team, the Falconets, and the under-17 women’s team, the Flamingoes, whose contracts are running.

    The statement quoted the Chairman of NFF’s Technical and Development Committee, Yusuf Ahmed, as saying the appointments were with immediate effect.

    “Our committee has done due diligence on all the names and approved the constitution of these technical crews,’’ it quoted him as saying.

    Ahmed, who is also Vice-Chairman of NFF’s Strategy Committee, said all the coaches would be unveiled at a later date, alongside the coaching crews of the Falconets and Flamingoes.

    The technical crews of the Falconets and Flamingoes were appointed earlier as a result of their World Cup qualifying campaigns.

    Following is the list of the coaches in the technical crews:

    Super Eagles B/Olympic Men’s Team: Salisu Yusuf (Head Coach); Imama Amapakabo; Kennedy Boboye; Fidelis Ilechukwu (Assistant Coaches); Alloy Agu (Goalkeepers’ Trainer)

    Under-20 Men (Flying Eagles): Paul Aigbogun (Head Coach); Abdullahi Maikaba; Abubakar Bala; Hassan Abdallah (Scouting); Suleiman Shuaibu (Goalkeepers’ Trainer)

    Under-17 Boys Team (Golden Eaglets): Manu Garba (Head Coach); Nduka Ugbade; Jolomi Ali; Bunmi Haruna (Scouting); Abideen Olatunji (Goalkeepers’ Trainer)

    Under-15 Boys Team (Future Eagles): Danladi Nasidi (Head Coach); Haruna Usman; Ahmed Dankoli; Patrick Bassey (Scouting); Ernest Salolome (Goalkeepers’ Trainer)

    Under-13 Boys Team: Jolomi Ali (Head Coach); Jude Agada; Abdullahi Tyabo; Adewale Laloko (Scouting); Adeoye Onigbinde (Goalkeepers’ Trainer).

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  • NFF chiefs Green, Yusuf Ahmed unbanned

    NFF chiefs Green, Yusuf Ahmed unbanned

    Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials, Chris Green and Yusuf Ahmed, have had their suspension lifted by the NFF appeals committee.

    Both officials were suspended by the NFF executive committee on Thursday for “anti-board activities” among other charges, but on Friday, the appeals committee headed by Eddy Mark upheld their appeals.

    “The appellants having made out a good case to nullify and reverse the decision of the executive committee, the aforementioned decision is hereby set aside and the appellants are free to resume their place and duties as executive members of the Nigeria Football Federation board,” stated the appeals committee,

    The appeals committee said the suspension of the excos was not on the agenda, the officials were not given formal notice of their offences and there was a serious breach of the appellants’ right to fair hearing.

    The committee further disposed that only six executive committee members sat to take the decision to suspend their colleagues when Article 36(1) of the NFF statutes clearly stipulated that it required a minimum of eight members to take such a decision.

    The committee also berated the executive committee for violating the NFF statutes.

    “This (violation) portends grave danger for the administration of football in Nigeria,” said the appeals committee.

    “Let us avoid those things that will portray our country in bad light and as a people that are incapable of managing our affairs for good. The world community of football is watching us.”

  • Alleged Anti board Activities: NFF ban Green, Yusuf Ahmed

    Alleged Anti board Activities: NFF ban Green, Yusuf Ahmed

    • Yaya Kwande to be investigated

    The NFF executive committee have suspended two of their members, Chris Green and Yusuf Ahmed, while another exco, Sulaiman Yahaya-Kwande is to be probed.

    These decisions were taken after an executive committee meeting in Abuja yesterday.

    Yusuf Ahmed was suspended for a year for “glaring anti-board activities, including facilitating and participating in an unauthorised gathering in Abuja, as well as a case of forgery to unilaterally alter the decision of the Executive Committee on tenure of management staff”.

    Green was handed a six-month suspension also for anti-board activities and giving media interviews that tended to put the NFF and Nigeria football in bad light.

    Their bans are to be ratified by the general assembly.

    The case against Yahaya-Kwande is to be further investigated.

    Only recently, the executive committee also purportedly impeached president Aminu Maigari.

  • NFF suspends Chris Green

    NFF suspends Chris Green

    The Nigeria Football Federation executive committee has banned two of its members for indulging in anti-board activities after meeting on Thursday in Abuja, Goal reports.

    According to the communiqué released at the end of the meeting, Chris Green was handed a six-month ban for participating in glaring anti-board activities, including facilitating and participating in an unauthorized gathering in Abuja as well as granting media interviews that tended to put the NFF and Nigeria football in bad light.

    The suspension will keep him out of all football-related activities for the stipulated time frame pending the ratification of the general assembly.

    Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed, another NFF committee member was suspended for a year for participating in an unauthorized gathering in Abuja and for unilaterally altering the decision of the executive committee on tenure of management staff.

    These decisions were in line with Article 34 (m) and Article 37 (1 & 5) of the NFF Statutes.

    After receiving the report of the Effiong Johnson – led sub-committee set up to review lengthy bans on Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, Chief Rumson Baribote, Barr. Olaleye Adepoju, Mr. Jarrett Tenebe, Mr. Harrison Jalla, Mr. Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara, Mr. Chikelue Iloanusi and Mr. Olajide Fashikun, the committee moved the decision to its next meeting.

    Also present at that meeting, which the NFF described as an “unauthorized gathering” was another executive member Suleiman Yahaya Kwande.