( CNN ) -- FIFA has suspended Nigeria from international football citing government interference in the running of its national federation . The emergency committee of the world governing body said the blanket ban would come into to place with `` immediate effect '' which means no Nigerian team , including club sides , can play in regional , continental or international competitions . In the wake of Nigeria 's exit to France at the last 16 of the World Cup , the high court of the West African country ruled that its federation would cease to run the national team , handing over the role to a government civil servant . This is in breach of a FIFA rules that obliges member associations to manage their own affairs `` independently and with no influence from third parties , '' it said in a statement . Stephen Keshi , the coach of the African champions , resigned the day after the 2-0 defeat , after leading the Super Eagles out of the group stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1998 . FIFA warned the Nigerian authorities it would take action , but at the weekend an extraordinary general meeting of the federation took place in Abuja without former NFF ( Nigerian Football Federation ) chief Aminu Maigari and his congress having been restored to their positions . Maigari was also arrested on his return from South America , but was later released . `` The suspension will be lifted once the court actions have been withdrawn and the properly elected NFF Executive Committee , the NFF general assembly and the NFF administration are able to work without any interference in their affairs , '' FIFA added . Read : Third African title for Super Eagles . The first team to suffer from the ban will be the Nigerian team which is due to take part in FIFA under-20 Women 's World Cup next month . Nigeria 's men 's national team is also scheduled to begins its defense of the African Cup of Nations title when qualifying matches start in September . In addition to the exclusion from competitions , the NFF will also fall outside of any training or development programs run by FIFA . It is not the first time it has fallen foul of the strict FIFA rules on government interference . Nigeria was temporarily banned from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after interventions by the country 's president Goodluck Jonathan . Fellow African World Cup qualifier Cameroon was also hit by a temporary suspension in July 2013 for falling foul of the same rule .
Nigeria banned from international football competitions . The ban was imposed after the Nigerian Football Federation failed to provide a list of players who had been involved in match-fixing during their qualifying campaign for this year's Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria exited at last 16 stage of 2014 World Cup . Nigeria U-20 Women 's team could miss its World Cup .