The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF),they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winners,with their most recent title in 2013. In February 2024,the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings. The team has qualified for six of the last eight FIFA World Cups,missing only the 2006 and 2022 editions. They have reached the round of 16 on three occasions. Their first World Cup appearance was in the 1994 edition. The team is a member of FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The Togo national football team represents Togo in international football and is controlled by the Togolese Football Federation. The national football team of Togo made their debut in the FIFA World Cup in 2006. Their team bus underwent a fatal attack in Angola prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. They withdrew and were subsequently banned from the following two tournaments by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In 2013 for the first time in history,Togo reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Samson Siasia is a Nigerian former professional football striker and the former head coach of the Nigeria national team from 2010 to October 2011. He was reappointed in 2016.
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the national governing body of association football in Pakistan. It is a member of FIFA,the international governing body of football,and affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation and South Asian Football Federation. The federation was founded in 1947;it also manages the futsal and beach soccer national teams.
The Nigeria Football Federation is Nigeria's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined CAF in 1959 and FIFA in 1960. The NFF headquarters is located in the city of Abuja.
The Nigeria women's national football team,nicknamed the Super Falcons,represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most successful international women's football team,having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles;their most recent title in 2018,after defeating South Africa in the final. The team is also the only women's national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
Rugby Africa is the administrative body for rugby union within the continent of Africa under the authority of World Rugby,which is the world governing body of rugby union. As of 2018,Rugby Africa has 37 member nations and runs several rugby tournaments for national teams,including the Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side competition for African national teams.
The Nigeria national rugby union team represent Nigeria in men's international rugby union. Nigeria have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup,but have competed in qualifying tournaments. Nigeria played their first international against Zimbabwe on 1 August 1987,losing by 111-12 in Nairobi. Their greatest success has been in the 2013 Africa Cup,where they beat Mauritius 63-3 in group 1C.
The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team,nicknamed the Nzalang Femenino,has represented Equatorial Guinea in senior international women's football competition since 2000. It is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation,the governing body for football in Equatorial Guinea.
Nigeria–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Nigeria and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Lagos and a representative office in Abuja,and Nigeria has an embassy in Moscow.
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee,Rugby Africa and World Rugby.
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee representing Nigeria,responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games. It is also the body responsible for Nigeria's involvement at the Paralympic Games,Commonwealth Games,Youth Olympic Games and African Games.
The issue of match fixing in association football has been described,in 2013,by Chris Eaton,the former Head of Security of FIFA,as a "crisis",while UEFA's president Michel Platini has said that if it continues,"football is dead". Zhang Jilong,president of the Asian Football Confederation,has stated that it is a "pandemic". The issue also affects a number of other sports across the world.
The South-South Nigeria Rugby Football Union (SSNRFU) is part of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF).
Asisat Lamina OshoalaMON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Bay FC and the Nigeria women's national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best female players in women's football and her generation. She is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time,having won African Women's Footballer of the Year a record six times.
Amaju Melvin Pinnick is a Nigerian football administrator,who was president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) from 2014 to 2022. He was elected NFF president in September 2014 and reelected on 20 September 2018. He was also First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) from September 2018 to July 2019,and a member of the Organising Committee for FIFA competitions.
The Nigeria Rugby League is the governing body of the sport of rugby league football in Nigeria.
The Greek Rugby League Federation (GRLF),formerly Greek Rugby League Association (GRLA),is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in Greece since 2017 and officially recognised by the Greek Ministry of Sports in August 2022.
Twitter was blocked in Nigeria from 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022. The government imposed a ban on the social network after it deleted tweets made by,and temporarily suspended,the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari,warning the southeastern people of Nigeria,predominantly Igbo people,of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria. The Nigerian government claimed that the deletion of the president's tweets factored into their decision,but it was ultimately based on "a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria,where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent consequences",citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence.
Aisha Buhari Invitational tournament is a football tournament organized by the Nigeria Football Federation for the female national team.
