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Breaking: Fifa Bans Nigeria Footballer

A top footballer of Nigerian origin, Christopher Chizoba Iyikwobe has been slammed with a two-year worldwide ban from the game after a request by the Bangladesh Football Federation for the ban placed on him by the Federation to be rendered global was granted by the world governing body, FIFA.

The Bangladesh Football Federation had placed a two-year worldwide ban on Nigerian player Iyikwobe on September 26, 2021, and subsequently appealed to FIFA to give it worldwide effect.

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FIFA has now granted the request and Iyikwobe remains suspended from all football-related activities globally until 26th September 2023.

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