Oduamadi, a second half substitute, scored a stoppage time goal to avert doom for the African Champions, who were trailing 0-1
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A breakdown shows that each of the 23 footballers got N1 million; the Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, collected N2 million; four assistant coaches received N1 million each; while 17 officials got N.5 million each
Another new face in the squad is Solomon Kwambe, who plays for Sunshine Stars of Akure
The three Lions of England file out against San Marino with hope of winning well to take charge of the group
Our protocol officials were at the Lagos airport to receive them, and took them to the Silver Grandeur Hotel, which is not a substandard hotel as being claimed
Their first-ever meeting was on May 8, 1968 when the Nigerians, on the way from an Olympic Games qualifying match in Ethiopia, stopped by in Nairobi for a friendly and inflicted a 2-1 defeat on their hosts
When both players finally made it to the Canaan City, they were told in no uncertain terms to relax in the hotel and await the next training session by Wednesday evening.
They agreed
Alhaji Omar Sey of The Gambia, the Match Commissioner, will arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday, same day the referees from Botswana are expected in town
Keshi says he expects a full house by Tuesday morning, adding that training will be the same time and all players expected should have been in, as he needs a good number of training sessions for the team to jell against Kenya
In his latest rants via twitter on Sunday afternoon, the embattled striker again expressed his anger for being kept on the bench by his club
Those who will not make it to Calabar will only know at dinner time on Sunday evening because of the respect Keshi says he has for all invited players
The Nigeria Football Federation also disclosed on Thursday that Scotland-based defender, Efe Ambrose, will not be part of the contingent as he is on suspension as a result of accumulated yellow cards from previous World Cup qualifying matches
Meanwhile, the coaching crew has decided to replace injured Umar with First Bank of Lagos central defender, Festus Ajah
But Keshi said earlier training scheduled for Monday evening at the Practice Pitch of the Abuja National Stadium has now been shifted to Tuesday morning at the same venue
The Flying Eagles are the defending champions and Keshi, who led Nigeria to win a third Africa Cup of Nations title last month in South Africa, said he has full confidence in the country’s U20 team
But the biggest dark horse, so to say, is Portugal-based midfielder, John Ogu.
African champions, Nigeria, takes on Kenya’s Harambee Stars in one of the Day 3 matches of Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup race.
Amadu added: “We are pleased that the reigning African champions will have such high-quality final preparation for the important games that we have in the month of June
At an impressive ceremony inside the Government House, Kaduna on Thursday, Yero showered five players – defenders Efe Ambrose and Juwon Oshaniwa and midfielders Reuben Gabriel, Obiora Nwankwo and Victor Moses, with the sum of N1 million and plot of land each in the state capital, Kaduna
Mimiko praised Oboabona for his heroic display at the Africa Cup of Nations tournament and also for being a good ambassador of the state
The Africa Cup of Nations 2013 gold medalist doled out an undisclosed amount of money to the rest of the players