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maasoap: ^^^This only showed that your knowledge on the matter is limited to only what you came across on NL! To let you be informed, BON only negotiated on behalf of govt. When you dig that up, come back and debate wt me. I simply can't understand why people would form an opinion in their room instead of searching for the facts. What is BON and their composition? Do they have common purse? The minister himself said that they acted on d BON's advice not to pay after negotiation. My boy, get informed.

akikanju: who are these unknown artiste artiste. Na only micasa i hear b4 oh.

executinal: He will now get direct contact with GEJ

NFF President will be sacked if Keshi terms and condition of service is not met.

Some people wanted to loot the allocation meant for Keshi and his boys, official Car for paper, Salary for press, residential house for mouth. Keshi we thank you for coming back to continue were you stopped.

Our grass root football development must continue. Say no to bigger boys

Up Keshi Up Super Eagle,

[size=18pt]FUC,K NFF[/size]

[size=14pt]Abdullahi demands foreign coach for Eagles[/size]

Published on Thursday, 24 January 2013 07:00

Written by Orkula Shaagee, Nelspruit

Following the lack lustre performance of the Super Eagles in their opening match at the ongoing South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has called for the replacement of Coach Stephen Keshi with an expatriate coach.

A dependable source close to the Nigeria Football Federation hinted Daily Trust here yesterday that the minister called immediately after the 1-1 draw against Burkina Faso to say that the country needs a foreign coach after the ongoing Nations Cup.

The source informed that the minister was angered by the outright show of ineptitude by the Nigerian bench during the match, which saw the Eagles surrender a 71 minute lead with less than 30 seconds left to full time.

“The minister called immediately after the match and said there is need to get a foreign coach for the Super Eagles immediately the Nations Cup is over. I am sure the NFF Board will be formally told to do this because the minister was bitter with the outcome of the match”, our source said.

Another NFF official, who pleaded anonymity, said the draw has reawaken the demand for a foreign coach for the senior national team, as many people saw the draw as the failure of the coaches to do their job.

“Let me tell you that we have to put sentiments aside in deciding who to lead our national team. We need a foreign coach to head the Super Eagles technical crew if we want to achieve good results”, the NFF official said.

[size=14pt]Presidency steps in as Keshi resigns[/size]

February 12, 2013 by Pius Ayinor ⁠65 Comments

Just as Nigerians begin to savour the joy of being African champions, confusion has set into the camp of the Super Eagles with Coach Stephen Keshi announcing his resignation on Monday.

Keshi who is billed to return with his players to Nigeria Tuesday (today) was first quoted in South Africa as having resigned his position as the manager of the Nigerian team despite winning the African cup on Sunday with a 1-0 defeat of Burkina Faso in the final match.

The Eagles Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, on Monday night confirmed that Keshi indeed resigned.

“It is true,” Alaiya wrote in a terse response  to a text from one of our correspondents.  While speaking to a South African radio show on Monday evening, Keshi said that he handed in his resignation letter after the match on Sunday night.

“I gave them (Nigeria Football Federation) my letter of resignation immediately after last night’s game, but I haven’t heard from them yet,” Keshi told Metro FM on Monday night.

A communication line soon opened between the Presidency and Keshi after the announcement and the former captain of the national team confirmed he had resigned and was only awaiting the response of the NFF officials.

[b]A very highly placed official in the Presidency told The PUNCH in an exclusive interview on Monday that the matter had been taken up immediately. The source added that after the discussion with Keshi, he agreed to withdraw his resignation and continue his job with the team.

The official said, “Yes, it is very true that Keshi resigned his position as coach of the Eagles. That he confirmed to us. It was quite alarming given the complaints he brought up. There were a lot on things going on that the nation didn’t know.

“He informed us about backlog of salaries, his official car that has only been on paper since he took office. Even in South Africa, money was a lot of issue. It is appalling but the key thing is that Keshi has calmed down and has agreed to continue as the coach of Nigeria.”

Apart from his car and salary, we learnt that the Eagles coach complained bitterly of not getting the cash due him in South Africa during the Nations Cup. He also complained that his players were being owed a lot of money as the promises were more on the pages of the newspapers than being fulfilled.[/b]

Keshi could not be reached despite efforts by The PUNCH last night.

It was also quite tough getting a response from the NFF on the matter.

The NFF Chief Media Officer, Ademola Olajire, did not respond to our mail.

But a former goalkeeper with the Nigerian team who is now based in South Africa, Peterside Idah, confirmed Keshi’s resignation via his Twitter handle.

Idah tweeted, “Yes, he told me so, he would resign on Saturday, spent some time with him. Will give you reasons why he quit tomorrow.”

It was learnt that the members of the Federation went into an emergency meeting on Monday over the matter.

The triumph of the Eagles at the Nations Cup indeed took many people by surprise as they were not amongst the competition favourites.

The  national team came into the consciousness of the citizens after they defeated cup favourites, Ivory Coast, in the quarter-finals. Before then the NFF officials had put a lot of pressure on Eagles when it appeared that the team would not scale through the group stages.

Before the last group match against Ethiopia the NFF had issued an official press release stating that Keshi had “no excuse for failure.”

But the Super Eagles then defeated Ethiopia to qualify for the next stage and that calmed a lot of nerves.

Keshi in one of his reactions afterwards said he was virtually on the sack list until the tide turned for him.

“Nobody believed in me. They were sure that this team would not get anywhere and they wanted to sack me during the competition,” he said.

Keshi is expected to fly back with the team today for the Tuesday night reception holding at the Presidential Villa, irrespective of the situation.

berem: walks with a cane as in..... please elaborate further .

Revolva: Can you imagine -- from lagos to port harcourt...the locomotive have to reach kaduna ...first..before heading back south..
Yeeppa!!! Who designed such routes!!!!

manny4life: Where will the money for HSR come from? Do yall know how much it will cost for HSR? How many private investors around the world do you see investing in HSR network? Abeg, HSR is super expensive and only very few govts are able to build such like Asian nations.

Afam4eva: I think he retired as the Bishop of Lagos and not as a cardinal.

solomon111: critics?
Where are the critics?
We have very few rational critics in Nigeria.
What we have are scoffers,confusionists,and propagandists.

musiwa10: it was my idea.

Ogbomosho to ibadan dual road was my idea too.