NFF appoints Manu Garba as Golden Eaglets’ coach
The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner Manu Garba as head coach of the Golden Eaglets.
Ademola Olajire, NFF spokesman, announced this in a statement on Friday.
In the same role, Mr Garba led the Golden Eaglets to win the FIFA U17 World Cup for Nigeria in the United Arab Emirates in 2013.
Mr Garba’s 2013 squad included Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Isaac Success, Musa Mohammed, Chidiebere Nwakali, and goalkeeper Dele Alampasu.
The squad, which finished as runners-up at the African U17 Championship in Morocco after a penalty shootout defeat by Cote d’Ivoire, defeated Mexico 6-1 in their opening game.
It drew 3-3 with Sweden and hammered Iraq 5-0. In the Round of 16, they defeated Iran 4-1, dispatched Uruguay 2-0 in the quarter-finals and trounced Sweden 3-0 in the semi-finals.
They went ahead to dislodge Mexico by the same margin in the final to lift the trophy.
The NFF said Mr Garba would begin work immediately and take charge of the team’s preparations for the WAFU B U17 Championship, scheduled for Ghana in May.
(NAN)
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
World
Xi receives Trump in Beijing amid frosty China-U.S. ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping received U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing with military honours on Thursday.
World
Pentagon halts deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to Europe
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said nearly 10,000 U.S. troops were currently stationed in Poland, with most rotating regularly among U.S. military bases across Europe.
Sport
Shakira, Madonna, BTS to headline FIFA World Cup final half-time show
FIFA has announced that Shakira, Madonna and South Korean K-pop superstars BTS will headline the first-ever World Cup final halftime show at the 2026 tournament in North America.
World
Judge orders Trump govt to return Colombian woman illegally deported to DR Congo
Mr Trump has pushed to deport migrants to third countries, signing agreements with Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Eswatini to accept deportees from the U.S.
Economy
DMO: Nigeria plans N600 billion bond sale as Tinubu govt deepens domestic borrowing
The instruments on offer are a N300 billion, 22.60 per cent January 2035 bond and a N300 billion, 16.2499 per cent April 2037 bond. The bonds are offered at N1,000 per unit.
Economy
Climate Financing: DMO lists N47 billion green bond on NGX, FMDQ
Nigeria made history in 2017 as the first African country to issue a sovereign green bond, positioning itself within the fast-growing global sustainable finance market.
