Nigeria Rugby Football Federation

Nigeria Rugby Football Federation

Formation	May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06)
Headquarters	Abuja, Nigeria
Official language	English
President	Ademola Are
Key people	Abubakar Aliyu, Grace Iyorhe,
Website	www.nigeriarugby.org

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Rugby Africa and World Rugby.

The NRFF is constituted with a democratic board headed by President; Ademola Are and Vice President; AIG Aliyu Abubakar (Rtd) who have been elected to run the affairs of rugby in Nigeria.

References

Sports governing bodies in Nigeria (NGR)
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics diving swimming synchronized swimming water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby sevens Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating figure speed short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing alpine cross-country Nordic combined freestyle jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympics and disabled sports
Others sports	Rugby league Rugby union
Nigeria Olympic Committee

Rugby Africa member nations
Algeria Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central Africa Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Eswatini Gabon Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte* Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion* Rwanda Senegal Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
The governing body for Mayotte and Réunion is the French Rugby Federation, which is affiliated with World Rugby and which has territorial committees for France's overseas departments and territories. Members in italics are not members of World Rugby

World Rugby members
Africa	Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Eswatini Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
North America	Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Guyana Jamaica Mexico St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
South America	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Azerbaijan Brunei China Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Lao Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Georgia Germany Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Wales Turkey
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Associate unions are in italics

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