Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stood stoutly against any blame on his back men after a sloppy defence caused Nigeria to relinquish a one goal lead against Burkina Faso few seconds to the end of the game.

Super Eagles skip-per, Joseph Yobo, says the team is in high spirit and will do the country proud despite the 1-1 draw it had in its first game against Burkina Faso.

The Nigeria Football Federation rose from an emergency meeting with the technical crew of the Super Eagles yesterday at their Stay Rest hotel demanding a credible performance from Stephen Keshi and his wards when they play defending Champions Zambia on Friday.

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Kolanut, no doubt has a place in history and the elders especially from the Eastern part of Nigeria respect it accordingly.

Favourites Ivory Coast were made to sweat but eventually overcame enterprising Group D ‘lightweights’ Togo 2-1 to get their Africa Cup of Nations campaign off on the right note.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has put behind him Monday’s 1-1 draw against Burkina Faso in their opening Group C game of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

A cross section of Football Followers on Monday kicked against the “noticeable bias shown against the Super Eagles’’ by the Angolan referee who handled the team’s first group match with Burkina Faso.

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku on Monday said that Nigeria’s inability to broadcast live matches from the African Nations Cup was in the interest of sports development in the country. 

Some football fans in Birnin Kebbi have expressed mixed feelings over the Monday match between Super Eagles and Burkina Faso.