Pinnick’s defeat marks a significant setback for Nigerian football administration, as he had been regarded as one of the frontrunners alongside Lekjaa and Abou Rida. His tenure on the FIFA ...

former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick failed in his bid to be re-elected into the FIFA council. Pinnick garnered 28 votes—just one vote short of Mauritania’s Ahmed ...

Nigeria’s Amaju Pinnick is highly favoured to retain his seat as a member of the 37-person FIFA Council – the supreme governing-organ for world football – when elections are conducted at the ...