The incompetence of coach Shaibu Amodu’s technical crew was brought to the fore in Angola when Eagles’ striker Obafemi Martins made a sudden departure to Germany to seek treatment for his injured right shin.

Former Eagles striker and Ocean Boys of Bayelsa coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, said that the national team doing battle in Angola are ‘soulless’ and they face a first round exit from the tournament.

Despite losing 1-3 to defending champions Egypt in their opening game of the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles still got $5,000 (about N740,000) for five shots on target, courtesy of Tom Tom, the Official Candy of the Nigerian national football teams.

Former Nigerianinternational, Peter Rufai, has said that Nigeria lost to Egypt because the players lost focus.
“Oh! my brother,” Rufai started, in a telephone chat with Sports Vanguard, Wednesday morning, while reacting to Eagles defeat in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.

Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Council, Hon. Agboola Dabiri, has restated the council’s readiness to face the challenges of developing sports at the grassroots in the state. Dabiri, who restated the commitment and determination of the council to initiate a new dawn for sports in the state in his office on Tuesday, said all hands are on deck to actualise the dream.