The striker, who has found the net 17 times this season, including 13 since the turn of the year, has been rewarded for his fine form at Watford with his first call-up for the Super Eagles’ friendly against South Africa on March 29
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The 60-year-old has been linked with the three-time African Champions by a section of the Nigerian media last week
The Bolivia Football federation said it withdrew its senior national team from the match because of the fear of Boko Haram
The FBF are now looking for a team in South America they can face on that day
Of his 99 caps so far, the three-time FIFA World Cup star picks the Nigeria/Argentina FIFA World Cup match at the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on June 12, 2010 as his best so far
In the latest ranking, the AFCON 2013 winners amassed a total of 701 points, which was an improvement from its last month’s 664 points on the log
Speaking in Abuja, the NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, dismissed a report in a daily sports paper of the same day that suggested that the match had been called off
Amadu was speaking against the backdrop of media reports that CAS had ordered for Okpala’s reinstatement to his former position with full payment of all his entitlements
The Minister, who appeared before members of the Senate Committee on Sports, said Keshi has not rejected the contract offered him by the Nigeria Football Federation and therefore remains the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles
The match comes a little over four months after a 2-2 draw in Uyo between the two teams, which kept Nigeria out of the 30th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea
Ibe has caught the eye of many following his excellent recent displays for Liverpool after he was recalled from a loan spell at Championship side, Derby County, after an impressive spell in East Midlands
According to reports, the match will be played in the English capital, but a venue is yet to be named by the organizers
Pinninc said: “We have had to work at a pace to seal agreement for this match, after the Brazilian Football Federation opted out at the last hour
Despite not playing any graded match, the home-based Eagles played two friendly matches last month in Dubai, losing 0-1 to Cote d’ Ivoire and beating Yemen 2-0, with the matches aimed at making up for the team’s inactivity in January
Traditionally, the draw for the qualifiers for the next Nations Cup is done the day before the final of the current tournamentTraditionally, the draw for the qualifiers for the next Nations Cup is done the day before the final of the current tournament
He was flown to Spain about two weeks ago after several months of treating the ailment in his base in the United States of America
Late Abdullahi, who suffered a stroke several years ago and had been confined to his home in Kogi State since then, died on Sunday and was buried the same day
The 68-year-old, who coached Germany to success at Euro 96 and was a World Cup winner as a player in 1974, is being treated at the University Hospital of Tubingen, and remains in intensive care
The African Champions, who lost by a lone goal to the the Elephants of Cote d’ Ivoire last weekend, took the Yemenis national team to the cleaners with good football artistries on the night
Speaking to the players at one of the training sessions in Dubai, Amokachi said the players may have received kudos for playing well against Cote D’Ivoire but the fact remains that the game was lost