The string of setbacks had intensified calls from football stakeholders and supporters for changes in the administration of the game

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, and other board members resigning following poor management of Nigerian football.

Dangote said the absence of transparency regarding the actual volume of imported products expected into the country makes effective production and inventory planning increasingly challenging 

The Nigerian naira is trading at about ₦1,345.94 to the US dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Thursday, August 27, 2026, according to the latest available live exchange-rate data.

DSS joined other security operatives in investigating the NFF over utilisation of N17bn Federal Government intervention fund released to the Federation for players’ wages and bonuses