The U17 Women National Team, the Flamingoes, will on Sunday clash with their Ethiopian counterparts in Addis Ababa in their first qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals.
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa has cooled down series of transfer rumours but admitted he has left FC Ifeanyi Ubah.
World football–ruling body, FIFA will hold its FIFA Executive Football Summit (EFS) meeting in Lagos, Nigeria in February next year, the NFF has confirmed.
“Nigeria has been selected as a Member Association to host one of the 12 FIFA Executive Football Summit meetings happening between November 2017 and March 2018, as part of FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s vision of ‘bringing FIFA back to football and football back to FIFA’,” NFF President Amaju Pinnick said on Monday.
Already, the NFF has selected Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island as the venue and hotel accommodation for the big event, slated for 20th February 2018. Pinnick added: “This is a very important event on the FIFA calendar.
That Nigeria is deemed good enough to be among the 12 countries to host the FIFA Executive Football Summit meetings is no mean feat. It is another marker of our global acceptability, visibility, and reckoning.
“The NFF opted for Eko Hotels and Suites because FIFA officials are familiar with that facility and its services.
It hosted FIFA teams during the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup.
Also important is the fact that the hotel has a new facility named The Signature, and which is of 5-Star quality and rating.
“The entire project, including the expenses of all the participants, such as their accommodation, feeding and transportation and all other logistics having to do with the programme, will be bankrolled by FIFA.”
A FIFA official was in Lagos during the week to check out on accommodation and other facilities listed for the event.
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Amaju Pinnick has revealed that the new Super Falcons foreign coach will be in Nigeria to sign a contract next week.
Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr will be offered a two-year contract extension by the Nigeria Football Federation.
The NFF on Monday in Lagos launched a short code – *1945# – which will be used for all campaigns that are geared towards Nigeria’s preparation and participation at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.
The Technical Department’s leash on Gernot Rohr has contributed “very very greatly” to the quality of the Super Eagles according to its Director, Bitrus Bewarang.
Ex-international, Henry Nwosu has commended the football governing body in Nigeria over their tireless efforts in preparing the National team for the FIFA Mundial in Russia.
