Nigerian football clubs Remo Stars, Enyimba, Bendel Insurance are set to receive $50,000 each from CAF as participation fee for taking in continental competitions this season.
Africa Today News, New York understands that CAF actually set aside the money for all the clubs, who have already been eliminated from the competition this season.
Nigeria Premier Football League champions Enyimba and Remo Stars participated in the CAF Champions League, while Bendel Insurance took part in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Enyimba were eliminated in the first preliminary round 4-3 on aggregate by Al-Ahly Benghazi while Remo Stars crashed out 3-2 on penalties against Ghanian Champions Medeama.
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Bendel Insurance battled hard to reach the second preliminary round but were eventually knocked out by former champions RS Berkane 3-2 on aggregate.
Only Rivers United made it to the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup.
In another report, in a fresh twist of events, Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro, has told the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to teach him his job but rather pay him and his team their outstanding allowances.
Peseiro allegedly said this while reacting to the NFF Technical Committee Chairman, Shariff Ahlan’s comment in the wake of his future as Eagles coach, stating that the Eagles job is bigger than the Portuguese.
Ahlan told Peseiro in a meeting in Lisbon, Portugal in October that the Eagles had been struggling due to his poor technical abilities.
‘You’re busy to pay me my allowances but not busy to tell me what I will do,’ Peseiro replied Ahlan when he was told that he would defend his squad list for subsequent games.
Despite guiding Nigeria to qualification for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, Peseiro’s uninspiring side trails Rwanda and South Africa in their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign on the back of two 1-1 draws against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.