Manu Garba has made a return to national team football as Head Coach of Nigeria’s Under 17 boys’ team, the Golden Eaglets.
This was after the Nigeria Football Federation NFF approved recommendations of it’s Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of the experienced strategist.
Garba guided the Nigeria team to a fourth FIFA U17 World Cup trophy in the United Arab Emirates in 2013,.
He has also led the team on two occasions since then, including qualifying the squad to the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup finals in Brazil.
The NFF also endorsed the proposal by the Sub-Committee for the appointment of experienced women’s football tactician, Moses Aduku, as Head Coach of the U20 Girls’ National Team, Falconets.
Aduku is highly respected in women football coaching circles, having led Bayelsa Queens and Edo Queens football clubs with distinction in recent years.
He was also assistant coach of the Falconets as they reached the quarter-finals of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica in 2022.
Both Garba and Aduku will officially resume on Sunday 27 July 2025 as their teams have important upcoming engagements.
The Falconets will play their Rwandan opponents in a 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture in September, while the Golden Eaglets will take part in the WAFU B U17 Boys Tournament that Nigeria is set to host the same month.
Reporting by Kelechi Bernard