LAGOS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The world football governing body FIFA on Friday announced the life ban of a former Nigeria national team coach Samson Siasia following a match-fixing probe.

FIFA said in a statement that the adjudicatory chamber of their independent Ethics Committee found that Siasia was guilty of having accepted bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

The former international played 51 times as a striker for the Nigerian national team and later coached various national youth sides.

The case is the latest to emerge from FIFA's long-running investigation into the activities of Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal, who FIFA has called a "known match fixer" and who has admitted such activity in several interviews.

FIFA said Siasia was banned for life "from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level".

Siasia, a former Nigerian international, was appointed Super Eagles head coach from 2010 to 2011.

He was reappointed for a short spell in 2016. Enditem

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