Nigerians Sunday night celebrated the dramatic 4-4 draw Mali earned in the opening match with Angola. They were all happy that Stephen Keshi, the former Eagles captain who is Mali’s coach ended up unscathed after being 4-0 goals down.

The latest twist in the on-going saga in Angola is that Togo will be disqualified from the African Nations Cup finals if they do not show up for yesterday’s Group B African Nations Cup match against Ghana in Cabinda.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected a sudden plea by Togo to return to play at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria stands a good chance of beating Egypt in Tuesday’s Africa Cup of Nations opening group match only if the Eagles refuse to allow the North Africans dictate the pace.

Beginning with victory over Egypt today, Pillar of Sports Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu says the misfortune called Angola must be erased by the Eagles.

The Nigeria Football Federation has protested to world football –governing body, FIFA over the paucity of allocation of media accreditation to Nigeria for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. FIFA has sent only 15 media accreditation for the written press and five for photographers for the entire Nigeria.

In the past, Daniel Amokachi led other assistants in Fatai Amoo and Alloy Agu in training the Eagles while Shaibu Amodu played supervisory role and also had his way on tactical play of the Green Eagles.

Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu said that the team is focused on playing to win against Egypt in their group C opener Tuesday, rather than being distracted by reports of dressing room unrest in the camp.

“This is Aso Rock. We have Aso Rock around us.”This was the way Green Eagles media coordinator Idah Peterside described the security Angolan authorities have provided for them and other countries since Friday when Togo’s national team players were attacked in a separatist attack that left three people dead and some players injured. Togo have since pulled out of the Nations Cup following the tragedy.

Togo Prime Minister, Gilbert Houngbo sent a plane to bring back the national team after its ordeal last weekend at the hands of terrorists.