FIFA provisionally lift Nigeria suspension

NIGERIA’S suspension from FIFA competitions has been provisionally lifted pending a further court hearing on October 25.

The world governing body announced on Monday that it had suspended the Nigerian Football Federation due to government interference. FIFA had become frustrated with events in the African state and acted, leaving the country’s national team in limbo and unable to play their African Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea on Sunday.

But they stated yesterday that they would provisionally allow them to return “after observing that the situation had taken a positive turn in recent days”, which should allow the game to go ahead.