The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced plans to hire a foreign technical adviser for the national football team, the Super Eagles, following a series of lackluster performances under current coach, Finidi George.

During a board meeting on Thursday, the NFF Executive Committee resolved to recruit an expatriate Technical Adviser in the coming weeks.

This decision is aimed at bolstering the team’s preparations for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers and the remaining FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

“The Committee has decided to enhance the NFF Technical Department with more qualified personnel. Furthermore, the Technical and Development Sub-Committee will be immediately restructured,” the NFF stated in a communiqué issued after the meeting.

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Okeremute Samuel Sodje, a former international player, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to dismiss Super Eagles head coach Finidi George.

George, who recently assumed permanent charge in May, has faced criticism following the Super Eagles’ underwhelming performance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin.

With the team currently sitting in fifth place in Group C, Sodje emphasized the importance of results in evaluating coaches’ performances, stating, “If you sack him, what are you expecting to get? Well, yes. Coaches are being judged for results. He has not got his results right now,” during an interview with Brila FM.

He added “We aim to qualify for the World Cup. If we keep going the way we’re going, we won’t qualify. So, it’s not about Finidi George, it’s about what we want. So yes, sacking him might not be the worst idea, because we need to be in the World Cup.”

Nigeria’s quest for success in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers hits another roadblock as they remain winless, sitting in fifth place in Group C with only three points.

Their aspirations took a hit after suffering a 1-2 defeat to the Benin Republic’s Squirrels on Monday at the Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Ivory Coast, where the Squirrels, coached by former Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr, claimed victory.

With three draws and one loss, the Super Eagles find themselves struggling to make headway in the qualifiers, currently occupying the fifth spot in their group.

Renowned financial investment banking firm and strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Group has expressed delight with the gradual return of football fans to match venues live games.

It noted that the ongoing 2023/2024 football season in Nigeria had been witnessing large turnout of spectators in major cities like Kano, Gombe, Jos, Akure, Enugu, Aba, Ibadan and Lagos where some of the competing clubs are based, which has given a boost to the elite league.

On this positive development, GTI’s Head of Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, opined that it is a reaffirmation of the conviction among football stakeholders in the country that the strategic efforts of GTI in collaboration with Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye-led NPFL Board was beginning to yield fruits.

He added that the blend of quality football as seen in the elite league with massive followership at match venues by fans would help rekindle the spirit of the past glorious years of the NPFL and attract more sponsors.

Ekejiuba further added that managers of the NPFL clubs must now be more proactive in managing crowd control during league games, with a view to ensuring that the gains so far achieved with the league would be sustained.

In his words, “For a league to be successful, it requires the collective efforts of all stakeholders working towards the overall development. In view of the current trend at match venues, the focus of club owners or their managers should be on crowd control.

“The NPFL is moving from a stage of low turnout of spectators to a new stage of massive turnout of fans on match days, and this phase must be managed well.

“Therefore, club managers must be more professional and responsive to the conduct of their teams and fans during league matches so as not to erode the gains so far made with the elite league.”