SPORTS: Nigeria Humbles Libya At Uyo

The Super Eagles of Nigeria had on Saturday, October 13, 2018 defeated the Mediterranean Knights of Libya by a 4-0 aggregate at the Uyo township stadium, Akwa Ibom State over the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

The Super Eagles, who were at home, needed to clinch maximum points against their opponents to continue their quest to qualify for the tournament that will be hosted in Cameroon come 2019.

With South Africa getting a 6-0 victory over Seychelles in the other group game, the Super  Eagles had to win to ensure they kept up the pace with the group leaders.

  

The Gernot Rohr's men got the job done in style with Odion Ighalo netting a hat-trick along with a curler from Samuel Kalu to give the team a resounding 4-0 win at the end of the show.

SPORTS: Eagles Battle Libya Today Over AFCON Qualifiers

 

The Nigeria's Super Eagles are expected to slug it out today being Saturday, 13th October 2018 with the Libyan National team over the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

The team's midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has said that Gernot Rohr’s men have no excuse but to win against Libya on Saturday in the 2019 AFCON qualifying game.

He, thus, believed that the Eagles have enough quality to defeat the North Africans this weekend at home.

“We have been training hard and the coach has studied them well,” Onazi told CSN.
“I don’t think we stand a big chance if we fail to win at home in Uyo. We have no excuse but to win. We have studied how they play and coach knows what to do.

 

“We have enough quality to get past Libya, but we must be very careful. It’s a very important game for us and we know it means a lot for us to win this game, we know how important it is for Nigerians.

“We are putting in all it takes to win. Every time we come to the country to play, we always give our best because it’s a privilege to play for this country. We have been training for this past few days and we are putting finishing touches to our preparations. I hope and pray that come Saturday, God will give us the grace to win.”

The Saturday game is scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital and the kick-off time is 4pm.

Nigeria thus far has three points in the Group E after losing their opening game to South Africa before clinching a comfortable 3-0 victory away against Seychelles
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Libya, on the other hand, is currently on four points after two games.

The Super Eagles will travel to Tunisia for their next match slated for Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

SHOCKING: Atiku Is Next President ----- OBJ

As the race towards the 2019 Presidential election thickens, the Nigeria's former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, 11th October 2018 disclosed he has reviewed his stance on not backing his former deputy and the present Presidential flag-bearer of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Atiku Abubakar for the presidency tussle.

Chief Obasanjo spoke when Atiku and leaders of the PDP visited him at his Abeokuta home.

He said he believed Atiku has "re-discovered and re-positioned himself" and is now good enough to enjoy his support in the next election.


 

Hence he stated “Let me start by congratulating President-to-be, Atiku Abubakar, for his success at the recent PDP Primary and I took note of his gracious remarks in his acceptance speech that it all started here".

It would be recalled that in the history of Nigeria's political circle, Atiku remains the most controversial deputy president the country has ever witnessed and this was recorded during Obasanjo's reign as the country's civilian president.