Nigeria National Football Team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994. They won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the Africa Cup of Nations on two occasions, and have reacjavascript:void(0)
Publish Posthed the World Cup finals four times. As of 4 October 2010, the Nigerian National Football team has been banned from international football indefinitely due to government interference.[3] The ban has been 'provisionally lifted' until the 26 October, the day after the National Association of Nigerian Footballers is expected to drop its court case against the NFF.
Recent Result
2010-03-03
Nigeria 5–2 Congo DR Abuja Stadium, Abuja

2010-05-25
Nigeria 0–0 Saudi Arabia Alpenstadion, Wattens, Austria
Report
2010-05-30
Nigeria 1–1 Colombia Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes, England
Lukman Goal 70' Report Valdez Goal 22'
2010-06-06
Nigeria 3–1 Korea DPR Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa, South Africa
Yakubu Goal 17'
Nsofor Goal 60'
Martins Goal 89' Report



The abortive Third Republic
Main article: Nigerian Third Republic

Head of State, Babangida, promised to return the country to civilian rule by 1990 which was later extended until January 1993. In early 1989 a constituent assembly completed a constitution and in the spring of 1989 political activity was again permitted. In October 1989 the government established two parties, the National Republican Convention (NRC) and the Social Democratic party (SDP) - other parties were not allowed to register.

In April 1990 mid-level officers attempted unsuccessfully to overthrow the government and 69 accused plotters were executed after secret trials before military tribunals. In December 1990 the first stage of partisan elections was held at the local government level. Despite low turnout there was no violence and both parties demonstrated strength in all regions of the country, with the SDP winning control of a majority of local government councils.

In December 1991 state legislative elections were held and Babangida decreed that previously banned politicians could contest in primaries scheduled for August. These were canceled due to fraud and subsequent primaries scheduled for September also were canceled. All announced candidates were disqualified from standing for president once a new election format was selected. The presidential election was finally held on June 12, 1993 with the inauguration of the new president scheduled to take place August 27, 1993, the eighth anniversary of President Babangida's coming to power.

In the historic June 12, 1993 presidential elections, which most observers deemed to be Nigeria's fairest, early returns indicated that wealthy Yoruba businessman M.K.O. Abiola won a decisive victory. However, on June 23, Babangida, using several pending lawsuits as a pretense, annulled the election, throwing Nigeria into turmoil. More than 100 were killed in riots before Babangida agreed to hand power to an interim government on August 27, 1993. He later attempted to renege this decision, but without popular and military support, he was forced to hand over to Ernest Shonekan, a prominent nonpartisan businessman. Shonekan was to rule until elections scheduled for February 1994. Although he had led Babangida's Transitional Council since 1993, Shonekan was unable to reverse Nigeria's economic problems or to defuse lingering political tension.