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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has revealed that it has several coaching vacancies which it hopes to fill in the next few months. The senior women National team, the Super Falcons is without a substantive coach, the women U-20 and U-17 teams have also ended their assignments. Also, the National male U-23, U-20, and U-17 teams have also ended their competitions and the faiths of their coaches are hanging on a balance. “All those positions where the coach’s contracts have come to an end will be advertised. As a matter of fact, the advertisement process is on the way and we have employed the services of a private firm that will conduct the screening and interview. NFF General Secretary Sanusi Mohammed reveals on 95.1 Nigeria Info FM, Abuja. He urged Nigerians to be patient with the NFF as the advertisements for the vacancies will soon be out. The Super Falcons was led by Coach Chris Danjuma who also doubled as the coach of the women U-20 team. The women U-17 ...

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has revealed the identity of the individuals that will determine the faith of embattled Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr. Rohr will in few days enter the last six months of his contract with the NFF and will be free to talk to prospective employers besides Nigeria. The Franco-German says he is ready to continue his work with Nigeria, but the NFF are yet to offer him a contract extension beyond June 2020.  In fact, the coach was recently publicly warned by the NFF to desist from discussing his contractual issues in the media. There have also been debates on whether the former Olympic Lyon manager deserves a contract extension having failed to win the 2019 AFCON and crashed out of the 2018 world cup at the group stage. NFF’s General Secretary Sanusi Mohammed says Rohrs faith lies in the hands of NFF’s technical committee members. “The issue of appointment and sacking of coaches is the responsibility of the technical department...