FIFA approves normalisation committee to run Nigerian football until May 2027
FIFA and CAF will jointly name the members, who cannot stand in the NFF elections that follow. Here is what the decision means and what happens next.
FIFA has approved a normalisation committee to run the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) until 31 May 2027 at the latest, nearly two months after the federation’s president and executive committee resigned. The Bureau of the FIFA Council announced the decision in a release on Thursday, 22 October 2026. In a letter to the NFF signed by FIFA Secretary General Mattias…