Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dismissed reports claiming he is interested in becoming chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) now referred to as the Nigeria Football Fedration (NFF). He described the stories as "fake news" spread by unknown blogs.

In a post on his verified X page on Thursday, Mr Fani-Kayode said he has never shown interest in football or its leadership and asked the public to ignore the rumours.

"It has been brought to my attention that fake qoutes are being attributed to me by various unknown blogs claiming that I have an interest in being Chairman of the NFA and that I have now decided to step down from the race to support someone else," he wrote.

"This is all fake...