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The Istanbul-based club reportedly beat Galatasaray and Besiktas to the signing of the former Leicester City attacker.

Johannes spoke in Abuja on Thursday as several Nigerian former internationals gathered in a reunion.

The Kano Pillars returnee got married in a low-key ceremony to a Shuwa woman identified as Maryam at the weekend.

Hard-tackling Etebo has been a key figure in the Super Eagles’ set-up since impressing at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where the U23 boys won Team Nigeria’s only medal at the games – a bronze.

Pinnick made it known that negotiations are ongoing between the NFF and Ghana as well as Cameroon and Canada

The Mexican side, known as El Tri, were dominant throughout the match

Nigeria’s delegation has 22 players and a number of officials, including the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi

The match is billed to take place at the 78,000-capacity LA Coliseum, and will kick off at 7.30pm LA time.

Ezenwa, according to a competent camp source, twisted his ankle in one of the home-based Super Eagles training in Abuja.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had invited 25 home-based Super Eagles players to camp ahead of the game scheduled for July 3.

The late gangling striker, also known as the Goalfather, scored Nigeria’s first goal at the World Cup

Eguavoen told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that the Super Eagles team now preparing for the match would work more on their game performance and strategies to secure a win

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare announced this on Tuesday when the former Manchester United star paid him a courtesy visit at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

In August 2019, world football body FIFA banned Siasia for life and fined him $50,000 and for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches’ for betting purposes.

Three –time African champions Nigeria will clash with the CONCACAF Gold Cup holders on Saturday, 3rd July in what is part of the Mexican’s MexTour Series that will see them play three matches before clashing with Nigeria.

The event, which took place at the NOC secretariat, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Friday, is another of the initiative of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, geared towards driving a vibrant youth for national development.

Cameroon won the first game at the same venue by the odd goal on Friday, and the Eagles were expected to rally and get some pound of flesh or even create some sublime moments in Tuesday’s encounter.

“We are not happy to have created so many chances and fail to score. We will approach the game differently on Tuesday.

Three-time African champions Nigeria have not lost a match since they were edged by the odd goal by reigning African champions Algeria in an international friendly also in Austria in October 2020.

On Tuesday, 18 players were on hand to limber up at the training pitch of the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Vienna, where both fierce rivals will do battle in what is their first clash in two years.