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Why FIFA Ordered NFF To Pay Rohr N157m Revealed

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4 years ago

May 12, 2022

Director of Communication, Nigeria Football Federation, Ademola Olajire, has shed more light on why world body FIFA ordered the Nigeria Football Federation to pay former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, compensation after the federation parted ways with the Franco-German last December.

Olajire revealed this on a WhatsApp platform, ‘Family United By Sports.’

FIFA Monday ordered the NFF to pay the former Eagles coach $377,879.46 (N157m) in compensation after he was shown the exit door just a month before the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in January.

Despite moves by the NFF to pay his salary until the end of his contract, which should have expired in December 2022, Rohr, the Eagles’ longest-serving coach, took the case to FIFA, demanding an additional £1m for breach of contract “without just cause” but FIFA instead approved $377,879.46.

The NFF spokesperson said the federation had already agreed to pay the coach a major chunk of the cash before FIFA’s intervention, adding that part of the money would also be used to pay Rohr’s assistants’ bonuses.

“The $300,000 was his six months’ pay that the NFF had earlier agreed to pay him, even before he went to FIFA. The remaining $78,000 was the bonuses due his assistants, who were not paid when he (Rohr) got his,” Olajire wrote on the platform.

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AFCON 2025: Super Eagles Players Refuse To Travel For Algeria Game Over Bonuses

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18 hours ago

January 7, 2026

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Super Eagles players and coaches have refused to travel to Marrakech due to unpaid bonuses.

This was revealed by BBC Africa journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji, who is in Morocco.

Nigeria are billed to take on Algeria in the quarter-final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday evening.

But it is understood they have not paid their bonuses for the four matches they have played.

Eric Chelle’s men beat Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda in the group fixtures, before they thrashed Mozambique 4-0 in the Round of 16.

They have taken the decision not to travel or train anymore until the bonuses issue is resolved.

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AFCON: Osimhen Threatens To Dump Super Eagles, Return To Galatasaray

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2 days ago

January 6, 2026

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Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, reportedly threatened to quit the national team and return to Turkey.

According to Arise News, Osimhen was left fuming following his altercation with Ademola Lookman during the 4-0 win over Mozambique at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations on Monday.

Having scored a brace thanks to assists from Lookman, the 27-year-old lashed out at his team-mate for failing to pass to him in the 64th minute.

Osimhen then beckoned on the bench asking to be taken off, before he was replaced by Moses Simon.

At full time, Osimhen stormed out of the stadium and dropped his accreditation card, insisting he was “done” with the national team and wanted to fly back to Turkey.

He was then pacified by senior officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.