The world football governing body, FIFA, has lifted the ban placed on Nigeria, which prohibited the country from all international football activities. FIFA had banned Nigeria due to what it called “government interference” in football matters, a situation that stemmed from a court ruling which sacked the board of the Nigeria Football Federation.
The body said, in a statement issued today, "FIFA has noted that the court proceedings and order preventing the president of the NFF, the NFF Executive Committee members and the NFF Congress from running the affairs of Nigerian football that prompted the suspension have been withdrawn.
"As statutory order has been reinstated at the NFF and the legitimate bodies reinstalled, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension as of today, Friday 18 July 2014.
"The lifting of the suspension means that all rights of the NFF as a FIFA member as defined in article 12 of the FIFA Statutes are reinstated."
Nigeria can now go ahead with its planned international football engagement
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