Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick has insisted that the federation has already paid the former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh his outstanding salaries before he resigned.

As contrary to the reports going round the media that the NFF are ready to pay Sunday Oliseh and his assistants the money they owe him.

Pinnick exclusively told tomiwababalola.com "we are not owing Oliseh"
on Thursday evening via a text message, when we tried to confirm the authenticity of the story. We also tried to reach Oliseh on his official twitter handle @SundayOOliseh but we didn't get any response from him.

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Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala has joined Arsenal Ladies and will be wearing jersey number 24 for the club.

The Nigerian international, who won the maiden edition of the BBC women’s footballer of the year award joined the Gunners from their rival club, Liverpool ladies on Friday.

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Since the inception of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick he has been involved in more rigmaroles than success stories.

They ranged from the shabby NIKE contracts to the appointment of an inexperienced coach to the federations unavailability to raise funds to enable them tend to pressing issues amongst others.

So, www.tomiwababalola.com brings you five reasons why Pinnick should resign and allow competent hands take over the leadership of the federation.

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Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has admitted that the double-headed African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt will not be easy, but insisted that his side will carry the day.

The 41-year old manager said the team's objective at this point is to play a result oriented game; saying the team will not play beautiful football.

Oliseh, who recently had a rough session with the NFF following his side's poor performance at CHAN in Rwanda maintained that he's been financially incapacitated to scout for Nigerian players in Europe to adequately prepare for the games.

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Former Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho, has admitted that he's not currently in search of a job but hinted that top clubs, which he did not mention are on his trail.

The 53-year-old was sacked at the Stamford Bridge last December following a number poor results by the Blues, ending his second spell at the club.

The Portuguese tactician has since been linked with move to Manchester United, who are also performing badly at the moment under Louis van Gaal.

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Banned Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has insisted that he is not guilty of any corruption allegations while in power just six days before his successor is elected.

The 79-year-old administrator, who has appealed the decision of the football federation was banned for eight year ban from the sport, following a "disloyal payment" of £1.3m, which Blatter paid to Uefa president Michel Platini before winning his fifth Fifa presidential election in May.

Blatter also insisted the vote to host the 2022 World Cup was not fixed, saying: "You cannot buy a World Cup." The Times

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Former Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu, has tipped Arsenal's Alex Iwobi as the next big thing to happen to the Nigeria's national team which has been a shadow of itself in recent times.

The former England U17 player has gained enough playing time under manager Arsene Wenger, and the Atlanta Olympics gold medalist believes the 19-year old has the capacity to help improve the national team.

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The exclusion or omission of Nigerian referees in international competitions is fast becoming embarrassing to Nigeria and Nigerians as a whole, whether on the continent, or at the global level.

No fewer than 36 match officials were invited for the 2016 edition of the African Championships by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, the body overseeing the affairs of football in Africa, and no single Nigerian referee appeared on the list.
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This got some of us worried and made us ask, if a footballing nation like Nigeria, no longer has the capacity to produce FIFA recognised referees like Quadri Ololade ADEBIMPE, Ago Abubarka, Udoh Ferdinand to mention a few anymore?

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Campos Square will light up on Sunday February 21 as the stars of Nigeria's glorious Atlanta 96 Olympic football gold medal winning team once again take to the pitch, 20 years after they stunned the world.

The likes of Sunday Oliseh, Emmanuel Amunike, Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Okocha, Victor Ikpeba, Taribo West and more will take on a Lagos All Stars team as part of celebrations to mark the event at Social Media Week Lagos.

"I think it is wonderful that SMW Lagos is doing this," said Amunike. "Sometimes you don't realize the importance of what you have achieved until much later, and I think that now we all appreciate what that meant to everyone."

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The Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be returning to the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers the Pharaohs of Egypt.

The national team will be returning to the nothern part of the country for the first time since former Eagles skipper, Vincent Enyeama raised security issues just before the 2-0 victory over Chad in their

qualifiers opening campaign.

NFF General Secretary, Sanusi Mohammed, disclosed that there is still more work to be done at the venue of the crucial encounter after leading a delegation on Thursday to the Ahmadu Bello Stadium for an inspection.

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Just as myself and my colleague, who covered the February 6 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon were thinking how we would trek out of the Eko Atlantic City, the finish point for the race, and eventually find ourselves to our different homes- came some aggrieved participants of the events, who scored the organisation of the event very low.

At about 1:30pm that day, as we were dragging ourselves to the gate, slowly but surely as our strengths could carry us, we met participants on the way to the finish line, but to their disappointment, there was no one to receive them, and give them refreshments talk-less of medals and certificates of participation.

Clearly at that point, the dignitaries, and even the organisers had left the venue, as the volunteers for the events feasted on the rest of the refreshments, which were meant to be shared on the way, as well as the finish point to the determined athletes who completed the race regardless.

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But, some volunteers and security personnel, (bouncers with thick arms and heavy chest) were spotted packing the energy drinks provided by one of the sponsors and water in packs to their various homes, denying all other athletes who came a little later after the presentation of gifts to the winners, (afterall they say where you work you is where you chop, and that's why it is called workshop.)

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Super Eagles of Nigeria have gained three spots on the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday to finish 63rd in the world and 12th in Africa.

The Sunday Oliseh's men crashed out of the ongoing African Nations Championship in Rwanda in the group stage but still managed to improve their standing on the global raking.

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Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, has said that he is confident the duo of Nigeria youth internationals, Kelechi Nwakali and Samuel Chukwueze, will join his side before the transfer deadline on Monday, while insisting that he will not be signing any other player after Mohamed Elneny.

The Gunners, who will face Burnley in Saturday’s FA Cup tie at home have almost all their players

back from injury except for Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere, who won't return for a longer period of time.

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Nigeria and Celta Vigo Basketball club Point Guard, Sarah Ogoke, has expressed optimism that the D'Tigress will qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.

The Nigeria's women national team were drawn in the same group alongside Belarus and Korea in

Group C of the qualifiers which will take place in France, and the 26-year old believes Nigeria are going to pick one of the five tickets available during qualifiers.

She added that her side's Group C opponents will be difficult but insisting "Our aim in France to end up in Brazil".

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Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has said that he's proud of his disappointing team that crashed out of the 2016 African Nations Championship on Tuesday afternoon in Ruvabu, Rwanda.

The CHAN Eagles were the group leaders just before the game with four points, and needed just a draw to go through to the next round of the competition before losing 1-0 to the Guinea national team.

“It’s a big disappointment, but I’m proud of my boys even though we did not go through. They gave a good image of themselves,” said Oliseh.

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Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, has apologised to Nigerians on behalf of the Super Eagles, following their ouster at the preliminary stage of the ongoing African Nations Championship in Rwanda.

Disappointing enough, Nigeria were the group leaders of Group C until the game against Guinea on Tuesday afternoon with 4 points from their first two games, but failed to progress after the shocking 1-0 defeat to Guinea at Rubavu in Rwanda.

The scored the only goal in the 45th minute of the game in a style and the home Eagles never recovered until the 94th minute, when the referee blew the final whistle, and the NFF president, has said the attention will now be shifted to AFCON qualifiers against Egypt in Match.

International Association of Athletics Federations biggest sponsor, Adidas, have revealed that it will terminate her contract with the Athletics body four years early.

The German sportswear giant blamed the current doping scandal that has suddenly submerged the Athletics world, which has also suspend Russia from participating in the next Olympics in Brazil.

Adidas is understood to have told the IAAF it was thinking of withdrawing from its agreement as a a result of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission's first report, published in November, which detailed claims of "state sponsored doping" within Russia.

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Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal, has expressed regrets for failing to meet up to the expectations of the fans, following his side's sixth league defeat of the season on Saturday to Southampton at Old Trafford for the second campaign in succession.

The home fans, who were angry at their club's poor performance against Southampton last Saturday booed the Dutch man as he left the field at full-time.

Asked whether he still remained determined to continue at the helm, Van Gaal replied: “This question I shall never answer.


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Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, has insisted that winning a silverware with Argentina national team before quitting international football will be a dream come true for him.

The five-time world best player led the Argentinean national team to the finals of the world cup in 2014, in Brazil, and then to Copa America final in Chile the following year, but failed to win any of the two titles.

The 28-year old record breaker also admitted that he desires to repeat the Champions League winning feat with his Barcelona team-mates, following their five title haul in 2015.

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Former Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has reportedly come out to convince Manchester United he is the man to be their next manager, sources have told ESPN FC.

The 52-year old manager, who was fired by the Stamford Bridge authority last December wrote a six-page letter, explaining how much he desires the job and would be willing to conform to club principles, as well as offering a detailed plan for the team, sources say.

But, the manager's agent, Jorge Mendes, defended his client in a statement he released on Saturday night saying Mourinho never wrote any letter to anybody.

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Nigerian teenage sensation, Lateef Omidiji Jr, is a wonder kid to watch out for in the world of football in the nearest future, as the 12-year-old born to A Nigerian father has already began to attract attention all over the world.

The teenager, whom his coach referred to as a fast striker currently plays for the Under-14 team of Netherlands second division side Dordrecht FC.

However, he already has a place reserved for him in the Nigeria U15 side based on first hand scouting by its coach Danladi Nasidi.

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World number two, Andy Murray, has progressed to the fourth round of the 2016 Australia Open, after beating a strong spirited Portugal's Joao on Saturday.

The 28-year old Briton defeated the number 32 seed 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 in a fiercely contested game, the game which Murray comfortable took the first set but caved in for the Portuguese caught up with him.

Murray will now face Australia's Bernard Tomic, seeded 16th, hopefully his father-in-law, Nigel Sears would have recovered after news broke that the old man collapsed at the Rod Laver Arena.

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Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal has admitted he was wrong with the substitutions he made during his side's 1-0 loss to Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Charlie Austin's 87th minute goal separated the two sides and the Dutch man said that his the Red Devils were just unlucky to have lost the game, just at the verge of 90 minutes.
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The Super Eagles coach made three changes to his team against the Menas of Niger for his side's ssecond game against Tunisia, which ended in a 1-1 after 90 minutes.

And this means that Nigeria need at least a draw to progress to the next round of the championship, if they plan to surpass the records of the last set that won Bronze in South Africa in 2014.

Nigeria stays to with 4 points, after failing to hold their 1-0 lead earlier in the game through Chikatara, while Guinea closely follow with two points after two draws against Niger and Guinea.

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The Super Eagles coach made three changes to his team against the Menas of Niger for his side's ssecond game against Tunisia, which ended in a 1-1 after 90 minutes.

And this means that Nigeria need at least a draw to progress to the next round of the championship, if they plan to surpass the records of the last set that won Bronze in South Africa in 2014.

Nigeria stays to with 4 points, after failing to hold their 1-0 lead earlier in the game through Chikatara, while Guinea closely follow with two points after two draws against Niger and Guinea.

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European Fooball governing body, UEFA have hinted that the 'Goalline technology' will be employed at the 2016 Euro championship, and also be introduced in the knockout stages of the Champions League from next season.

This decision was reached by the executive committee of European football's governing body on Friday to reduce the instances of goals being wrongly disallowed at major tournaments remain the main reason the decision swung to favour the technology.

Both the Germany-based Goal Control system - which was used at the 2014 World Cup - and Britain's Hawkeye are widely used by European leagues.

Should the goalline technology be fully integrated into the football confraternity knowing fully well that it could be manipulated by human beings who are behind the scene?

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I agree with you but do they even pay the salary to now talk of tax issues

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh made three changes to his starting line up for the game against the Carthage of Tunisia at the ongoing African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016.

Last match hattrick hero, Chisom Chikatara starts ahead of Sunshine Stars Tunde Adeniji, while Austin Obarokpo takes Jamiu Alimi's place in the team and the final change is Ikechuckwu Ibenegbu, who sits on the bench for Usman Mohammed.
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