Skip to main content

Nigeria ban provisionally lifted

FIFA, which suspended the West African nation over political interference in the sport on Monday, said the situation had improved and removed the ban until later this month.

Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said that Sunday's match in Conakry would go ahead as planned.

Nigeria, who narrowly escaped an international ban in July over the government's threat to pull them out of international competition, beat Madagascar 2-0 in their opening group match last month.

"However, should the NFF still be embroiled in court actions or any other issue preventing it from working freely on that date, the suspension will be automatically confirmed until all problems have been definitively solved," added FIFA.

Nigeria were knocked out in the first round at the World Cup in South Africa after failing to win a game, prompting President Goodluck Jonathan to order the team's withdrawal from international football for the next two years.