Nigeria Rises to 64th in New FIFA Ranking List, 14th in Africa

According to the new FIFA /Coca-Cola rankings published on the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) website today, the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, have risen to the 64th position.

In the ranking table on FIFA’s website, the Super Eagles garnered 534 points as against 513 it had in August when it was placed at the 67th position.

FIFA threatens to ban Nigeria again over NFF elections

 The world football governing body, FIFA, has set a September 8 deadline for Nigeria for the country’s football administration to work according to set down statutes or be suspended from international football.

A FIFA letter sent to the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday read in part, “Following the decision by the FIFA Emergency Committee, FIFA has today, 3rd September 2014, sent a letter to the Nigeria Football Federation confirming that the NFF will be suspended with immediate effect should there still be persons claiming to have been elected to NFF positions on 26 August 2014 and occupying their offices on Monday, 8 September 2014 at 08.00 (Central European Time).