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Kick-off: 6:45pm
Head coach of the U-23 national team, Dream Team VI
Samson Siasia has said his players cannot afford to give
out free gifts to the Egyptians when they play the second
group game today at the ongoing U-23 African Nations
Cup in Senegal.
Coach Siasia made this
disclosure yesterday at the
pre-match press conference
held at the Caroline Faye
Stadium, M’Bour.
According to Siasia, “We were
damn lucky in our first game
against Mali, after watching
that game again, all I can say
is that this is not Christmas yet
and as such my players can not give out free gifts,
because if we do that against an organised side like Egypt
who are good in set pieces, then we are finished”
“Our target today is to go all out and attack, attack, attack,
because that is our strong point, then we will work on our
defence line, so that we don’t give out cheap and easy
passes to our opponents”
Expressing satisfaction with the performance of his team
despite conceding two second half goals, the U-23 gaffer
said what is uppermost was that they won the game and
got the 3 points, and that a win against Egypt will put the
team in the semi final, so they have to work very hard.
On whether he will  use Chile U-17 top scorer Victor
Osimhen in the competition, coach Siasia had this to say
“the young man is in my plans, when the right time comes
I will introduce him, he has a lot of potentials that I can
tell you, but we need to wait for the right time, he is a part
of this team.
The game against the junior pharaohs of Egypt comes up
Wednesday 6.45 pm Nigerian time at the Caroline Faye
Stadium, M’Bour.

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Kick-off: 6:45pm
Head coach of the U-23 national team, Dream Team VI
Samson Siasia has said his players cannot afford to give
out free gifts to the Egyptians when they play the second
group game today at the ongoing U-23 African Nations
Cup in Senegal.
Coach Siasia made this
disclosure yesterday at the
pre-match press conference
held at the Caroline Faye
Stadium, M’Bour.
According to Siasia, “We were
damn lucky in our first game
against Mali, after watching
that game again, all I can say
is that this is not Christmas yet
and as such my players can not give out free gifts,
because if we do that against an organised side like Egypt
who are good in set pieces, then we are finished”
“Our target today is to go all out and attack, attack, attack,
because that is our strong point, then we will work on our
defence line, so that we don’t give out cheap and easy
passes to our opponents”
Expressing satisfaction with the performance of his team
despite conceding two second half goals, the U-23 gaffer
said what is uppermost was that they won the game and
got the 3 points, and that a win against Egypt will put the
team in the semi final, so they have to work very hard.
On whether he will  use Chile U-17 top scorer Victor
Osimhen in the competition, coach Siasia had this to say
“the young man is in my plans, when the right time comes
I will introduce him, he has a lot of potentials that I can
tell you, but we need to wait for the right time, he is a part
of this team.
The game against the junior pharaohs of Egypt comes up
Wednesday 6.45 pm Nigerian time at the Caroline Faye
Stadium, M’Bour.

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Victorious Akwa United have been rewarded with an
apartment and two million Naira each after they made
history by landing a first-ever Nigeria Federation Cup.
Rumours were the players will each be given a car gift by
oil-rich Akwa Ibom State Government, the owners of the
club. Akwa United shocked favourites Lobi Stars 2-1 in the
cup final in Lagos last month.
After they battled to stay up in the Nigeria premier league
this past season, Akwa United will now represent Nigeria
in next year’s CAF Confederation Cup.

Victorious Akwa United have been rewarded with an
apartment and two million Naira each after they made
history by landing a first-ever Nigeria Federation Cup.
Rumours were the players will each be given a car gift by
oil-rich Akwa Ibom State Government, the owners of the
club. Akwa United shocked favourites Lobi Stars 2-1 in the
cup final in Lagos last month.
After they battled to stay up in the Nigeria premier league
this past season, Akwa United will now represent Nigeria
in next year’s CAF Confederation Cup.

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What an error! FIFA has claimed they made a mistake by awarding the Bronze Boot at the recently concluded U-17 world cup in Chile to Kelechi Nwakali instead of Samuel Chukwueze. Albeit both netted 3 goals and made 3 assists, the world governing body discovered that Samuel had less playing time than Kelechi.



This was conveyed in a letter written to the NFF and posted on NFF website.

‘Instead of player no. 8 of Nigeria, Samuel Chukwueze, the player Kelechi Nwakali (player no. 10 of Nigeria) received the adidas Bronze Boot. However, if two or more players are still equal (after goals and assists), the player who has played fewer number of minutes will be ranked first,’

‘Adidas will send you another Bronze Boot in December 2015, which we would kindly ask you to hand over to Samuel Chukwueze. Please be informed that Kelechi Nwakali may keep his trophy.’

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BlackBerry has set out plans to grab a slice of the
African mobile money market, beginning with the
launch of a feature in Nigeria that lets users send
money to each other through the BBM messaging
service.
Blackberry may be struggling to compete with Apple and
Android in the west, but the Canadian phone maker claims
to be seeing strong numbers in Africa, particularly for
BBM, which has more than 22 million registered users on
the continent sending some 380 million messages a day.
The firm is now setting its sights on the potentially huge
mobile payments market, beginning with Nigeria, where it
has partnered processor Interswitch to enable people to
transfer money or airtime within BBM "as simply as they
transfer photos or files," says Matthew Talbot, SVP,
emerging solutions, in a blog.
In addition, First Bank of Nigeria's mobile wallet,
Firstmonie, is being added as a BBM Shop payment option
and a deal has been struck with local outfit Mobile Media
Info Tech to bring secure transactions to the to the Shop.
Talbot says that payment developments are also in the
pipeline in South Africa, adding "we’re quickly
establishing BBM as a leading messaging platform for
mobile payments".

The Nigerian military has denied the reported attack on
a military base in northern Nigeria.
ABC News reports Monday evening that Boko Haram
fighters attacked a military base in Ularamu, and
destroyed the compound.
The newspaper said after soldiers, yet to be accounted
for, disappeared, residents picked up arms and
stopped Boko Haram from overrunning their town.
“Locals fought the militants through the night until
military reinforcements arrived on Monday morning,” it
said.
However, the military has maintained that no soldiers
were missing, but there were reports of searches being
conducted to find the 107 missing troops.
The latest report came barely two weeks after Boko
Haram insurgents at Gudunbali, Borno State attacked
the 157 Battalion of the Nigerian Army.
Over 100 soldiers, including their commanding officer,
were reported missing.
Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, said the troops had
returned, but images showing dead soldiers emerged
online, questioning his comment.

As the River Nile runs from Victoria in Uganda to Egypt, so
activism runs in the family of the traditional ruler of
Afaraukwu in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. From the
monarch himself, His Royal Majesty, Eze Sir I. O. Kanu, Eze
Ikputu of Afara Ukwu Ibeku in Umuahia, to the least of his
children, it’s all the same blue blood of activism
permanently glued in their veins. In the early 1990s,
Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel, spearheaded
the agitation for the reduction of school fees. Now
Nnamdi, is leading a group to demand the freedom of
Biafra.
In this interview, their father, HRH Eze Kanu, who said it
was activism that made him represent his area three times
as Councillor, said he was ready to abdicate his throne
over the course for which his son is being detained.
Excerpts:
How do you feel concerning your son appearing in
court last week?
I’m very happy that he was brought to court on Monday
(last week). From what I heard, as I was not able to go
because of my health, I was impressed at least my family
members were able to see him.
You may have had high hopes your son would be
released last week, but he was not. How do you react
to this failed expectation?
Well, it’s true that his release has taken time, but every
Biafran in Abuja, I learnt, was protesting that he be
released. Even those of them that were not on their
Biafran uniform later changed to it, flying their flags and
also chanting that he should be released. It made me sad
that he was not released because I expected them to
release him on that very day, but it didn’t come through,
instead they adjourned the case.
Do you think it is just for him to continue to be in
custody?
No, I don’t see any reason they should not obey the order,
which granted him bail; they should not continue to detain
him. He is not supposed to be in cell any more.
What’s your appeal to the Federal Government?
I’m appealing to the Federal Government and (President
Muhammadu) Buhari) in particular to release my son
because he is not fighting with arms; he is just talking with
his mouth. Also, half of Nigerians believe that he has not
done any wrong and he should be released. Buhari should
tamper justice with mercy and release him because he has
not come to destroy, rather he wants to set things right. If
Biafra is granted, there is nothing Nigerians will look for in
Biafra that they will not get; the same is applicable to
Biafrans. Using the case of Lot of Abraham as an example,
we want peace. We are not the same as the northerners;
so I don’t see any reason any one who knows the right
thing will not do it. If we go to other countries, we will see
how they gained their independence.
Will you advice your son to stop the Biafran pursuit for
his freedom?
No, I will not. Biafra is not only applicable to my family; it
is for everyone.
Would you abdicate your throne as condition for
Biafra to be realised?
Yes, even in the next 24 hours I will agree if that is the
condition necessary for Biafrans to be free. My kingship is
not as important as Biafran freedom.
Why is Biafra so important to you?
Biafra is important to me because there is nothing greater
than one’s freedom. Yes, we are just like slaves the way we
are. For example, the newly appointed ministers, can’t you
see we are rejected. All the positions we are supposed to
get they shared among themselves; so I want Biafra.
What word do you have for your son, Nnamdi?
I am asking him to be patient; what we do not get today
might be got tomorrow. Nothing is going to happen to him,
by Gods grace. Let him be careful with the food and water
he takes there because they can kill him through any
means possible. Even if he dies today, many others will
rise for the actualisation of Biafra till the end, but we don’t
pray for such to happen.