The the world football ruling body, FIFA, has disqualified  Uwa Echiejile as the first goal scorer of the match between Nigeria and Tahiti.
African champions Nigeria arrived in Salvador, north-eastern Brazil today ahead of their much-hyped clash with South American champions Uruguay on Thursday.

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Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manager of England Manchester United  football team has retired today at the age of 71 after serving the club for 26 years.
Everton striker Victor Anichebe has put his international career with Nigeria on hold so he can "manage his body accordingly". Lagos-born Anichebe, 25, has told BBC Sport that for the time...
The NFF board say they find out about important issues from the papers. The leadership of the Nigeria Football Association has been accused by some of the Association’s board members of taking...
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets today beat Tunisia in a thrilling 4-2 semi-final match at the Africa Under-17 championship to set up Saturday’s all-West Africa derby against Cote d'Ivoire,...
Nigeria today qualified for the semi-final stage of the 2013 Morocco CAN Under-17, and an automatic berth at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates after completing a comprehensive...
The die is cast for the Golden Eaglets as they battle for a semi-final slot at the on-going Morocco 2013 CAN-U-17 with the crunch game against Congo Brazzaville tomorrow at the Grande Stade de...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has assured Nigerians that the U-17 National Team, Golden Eaglets, will qualify for this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals scheduled for the United Arab...
Stephen Keshi, the coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, has said that he has neither resigned nor has the intention of doing so.
In a move that will stun Nigerian football, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may soon sack some of the coaches and backroom staff of the national teams, as well as review the allowances and...
World football-governing body, FIFA has ruled that all matches in the Super Eagles’ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group "F" must be played on June 5 and June 12.
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has invited 30 players to camp to prosecute the team’s jumbo schedule between the end of May and mid-July, during which about 10 matches may be...
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari, today ordered the NFF Technical and Development Committee to intervene in the on-going war of words between Super Eagles...