Yobo Targets Trophy as Eagles Arrive S’Africa

-

Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo on Thursday reiterated his desire for the team to win the 2013 Africa Nations Cup. Yobo re-emphasized his wish on the team’s arrival in Nelspruit, South Africa for the competition which kicks off on Saturday.
The Fenerbahce defender who alluded to the fact that the 2013 tourney should be his last told reporters that getting the trophy would be a wonderful way to retire.
He said, “And I want to leave the stage by winning something for the team so that those coming behind will have something to look up to. We want Nigerians to support us and know that this young team has the ability to deliver but they must be patient with us and remain behind the team at all times”.
The team had on Wednesday afternoon left its Faro, Portugal training camp by road to Lisbon from where the 23 players and officials led by Coach Stephen Keshi were joined by a member of the football federation and Enyimba of Aba Chairman, Felix Anyasi Agwu. It was from there that the team caught an Air France plane to Paris, France which flew them to Johannesburg.
The team was met by Nigerian Embassy officials and some supporters on arrival in Johannesburg. Eagle later connected to Nelspruit and settled into the Ingwenyama Sports and Resort Centre. Nigeria’s first game is against Burkina Faso on Monday evening.
But as Yobo and his teammates target the trophy, the Nigeria Football Federation has been forced to put aside proposed enhanced win bonuses for the competition.
Head of NFF finance committee Shehu Adamu told MTNFootball.com that there would be no added incentives for the Eagles to win the Nations Cup. He said that the federation would maintain the regular win bonus of $10,000 and $5,000 for draw in South Africa.
“We are not preparing anything special as incentives for the Eagles. It’s the regular bonus they would get,” Adamu said.
The NFF had proposed huge bonuses that would have gone for as much as $30,000-a-player for a win in the AFCON final. The figure would have made the Eagles some of the biggest earners in the competition. Nigeria’s Group C opponents were on Wednesday promised more than $111,000 each if they are able to win the coveted African cup. Defending champions Zambia are also in the group.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Osaze Odemwingie’s Marriage In Trouble

-
Image
Insiders have disclosed to societynowng that the marriage of Nigerian international footballer, Osaze Odemwingie is troubled. The sources claim family members and friends are of the conviction that ‘marriage is having an adverse effect on his career’. Before he embraced downward spiral after his marriage – Odemwingie was a darling of football fans both in his country and club. The West Brom Albion striker got married to his wife, Sarah Fallon on 26 May 2012- after two years of dating. He engaged authorities of the nation’s football governing body- Nigerian Football Federation and national team coach in a manner that attracted wide spread condemnation and got him sidelined. The former Locomotive Moscow star went on to engage club authorities in similar manner, to an extreme of single handedly trying to switch to another club. The move earned him wide spread ridicule. It also forced him out of team play and reduced him to the status of ‘training material’. Information
Read more

Nigerians Are Good People Indeed

-
Image
The dispatch with which ordinary Nigerians rescued the motorist whose vehicle plunged into the Lagos lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge on Saturday, January 26, 2013 proved once more that Nigerians are great people. Unlike most stories from Nigeria that usually end on a sad and demoralising note, this story ended on a happy note like a Nollywood film. It was nothing short of a miracle. The sole occupant of that vehicle was brought out of the lagoon alive. But he was not rescued by the Nigerian Navy or the Nigeria Police Force; neither was he rescued by the National Emergency Management Agency or Lagos State Emergency Management Agency or any agency of Lagos State. Mr Shola Oladimeji was rescued by fishermen.  These were not fishermen that used modern boats with special gadgets or equipment. These were men with old-fashioned canoes with paddles. They saw a car plunge into the water and went swiftly and got the occupant of the vehicle out, alive.  Before the government a
Read more

Police Arrest Redeemers University Student Over Death Of Suspected Gay Banker

-
Image
Homicide detectives of the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba, have arrested an undergraduate of the Redeemers University, Ogun State, in connection with the brutal murder of a suspected gay banker, Adindu Ohamara. According to sources, the banker was on April 9, found in a pool of his blood in his room, having been stabbed severally by the suspect. Six persons were thereafter arrested in connection with the crime by detectives from the Homicide Unit of the State Criminal Investigations Department ,SCID,in Panti, Lagos State. Some of the persons picked-up by the Police included, a sister of the deceased, Flora who regained her freedom on Wednesday. DailyPost has gathered that detectives finally picked up the male student from the Redeemers University, located along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun state who is now termed the prime suspect. According to our sources, the prime suspect, name withheld, initially denied knowing the deceased while be
Read more