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Keshi signs new contract with NFA, Amokachi dropped
Stephen Keshi finally on Tuesday signed a contract with the Nigeria Football Federation to coach the Super Eagles. Keshi signed a two-year deal with the NFF. The deal, however, left out Keshi’s former assistant, Daniel Amokachi, who is popularly known as Dan The Bull. In his stead, Salisu Yusuf was appointed to assist Keshi. Yusuf is the coach of El-Kanemi…
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NFA to announce Keshi as Super Eagles’ coach in 10 days’ time, says Pinnick
The Chairman, Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Amaju Pinnick, on Friday said the association would formally announce Stephen Keshi as the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles in 10 days’ time. Pinnick told the Senate Committee on Sports that the NFA was taking its time to avoid problems always associated with the appointment of national team coaches. He was responding to…
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Burkina Faso names German as new coach, snubs Keshi
AFCON 2013 winning coach, Stephen Keshi, has been overlooked as Burkina Faso named German trainer, Gernot Rohr, as new handler of their national football team. Rohr replaces Belgian Paul Put, who parted ways with ‘Les Etalons’ after the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinae 2015, where the Burkinabes, losing finalists at the previous edition, crashed out at the group…
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NFF Offers Keshi N7M Monthly
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has offered Stephen Keshi an improved contract of N7million naira a month (over $44,000) a top official told africanFootball.com. In his first contract, which expired after the World Cup, the former Super Eagles captain earned five million naira monthly and has now demanded twice that amount. Keshi, who was not considered for the South African…
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Keshi Recalls Yobo, 22 Others For Nigeria-Mexico Friendly
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has finally invited Skipper Joseph Yobo in his squad of 23 for the international friendly against Mexico in Atlanta, USA on Wednesday, 5 March. Yobo, who is back in the keenly-followed English Premiership, this time with Norwich City, on loan from Fenerbahce FC of Turkey, last played for the African champions at the 29th…
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Nigeria moves to avoid bonus row
Nigeria football officials are set to implement a code of conduct which they hope will prevent future rows with the national team over bonus payments. The move is designed to ensure there is no repeat of the dispute that almost caused the country to miss out on this year’s Fifa Confederations Cup. Players threatened to strike over a 50% cut…
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