Indications are rife that a Technical Adviser would be hired for the Eagles even though the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation rose from its meeting yesterday to announce that Shaibu Amodu be allowed to retain his position as the team’s Chief Coach.

Globacom Limited, the Official Sponsor of the National Teams of Nigeria has rejected claims by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that it has defaulted in the payment of the sponsorship fee for 2009 and says it may seek redress in court if the federation fails to retract the statement.

Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanus, has expressed fears that if nothing was done fast to reposition the Olympic Sports in the country Nigeria may not achieve the target of being one of the top 20 sporting nations of the world by the year 2020 even as he disclosed that the revised national sports policy as endorsed by the National Council on Sports was approved by the Federal Executive Council at its meeting of Wednesday, November 18 this year.

IN a dire need to revamp the grooming ground for the country’s football talents which generated so much passion in the past, the Lagos State Government has partnered the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank to bring back the glory days of the Lagos Principals Cup soccer championship.

Nwabufo Obienu doubled as vice chairman of then Nigeria Football Association and coordinator of the Eagles during the qualification for 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. He worked with coaches Amodu Shaibu, Stephen Keshi and Joe Erico and can attest to their abilities. He bared his mind yesterday in a telephone chat.