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  • INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: NFF woos Angola for Eagles

    INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: NFF woos Angola for Eagles

    Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, Shehu Adamu, revealed exclusively to SportingLife that Super Eagles will confront Angola in a yet-to-be cofirmed venue and date if the plans being pursued materalise.

    According to Adamu, “Nigeria is going to play against Venezuela in the United States of America; Angola is also on the table and host of others before the competition in South Africa. I think the Federation is doing well in that direction.

    “I sincerely think with more friendly matches being planned for the team by the Football Federation ahead of the competition will engender the needed blending and coordination in the team, Nigeria will be a team to beat in South Africa.”

    He also commended the players for showing patriotism and turning up in camp early unlike before which according to him has started yielding dividends. “The players are becoming more patriotic than before and we have quality players home and abroad that can do the nation proud. The Super Eagles and their Technical crew led by the team’s Chief Coach Stephen Keshi are hard working and have done so well to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations,” he observed.

    “Despite the fact that we scored six goals against Liberia in the final qualifying match of AFCON in Calabar, Eagles striking area is still a suspect. I believe Coach Keshi needs to work hard on making the strikers more deadly in front of goal. He needs to work more on the areas of dead balls where some of the tall players can come forward to nod in goals for the team. If the attack is sharper and more deadly I believe the team would go places in the Cup of Nations.

    “As at now in my own opinion the team is about 65 percent ready and I’m upbeat that before the commencement of the championship in South Africa I think we should be able to get the team ready for the competition and have a chance to be in the final of the competition.”

    The former Sports Commissioner in Kaduna State who accepted the fact that Eagles’ defense is also porous believed that the team could complement the lapses in the rear with a sharper and deadly attack. “Even if we have a little bit of weak defense but with a deadly sharp attack we can be able to amend the defense. So we have a lot of work to do in that area,” he noted.

    Adamu also believed that Nigeria has abundant football talents home and abroad that could do the country proud in the round leather game in any international competition. “I was surprised to see the likes of Brown Ideye, Ikechukwu Uche on the bench not starting the match when the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat the Lone Stars of Liberia 6-1 in Calabar to qualify for 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. This showed clearly that we have abundant talents that can take Nigerian football to the next level.

    “So with that kind of caliber of players in my own opinion and Nigerians’ opinion I think this time around we have started getting it right in order to go to the final and that is exactly what we are praying,” he disclosed.

  • Obi woos investors in South Africa

    Obi woos investors in South Africa

    Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has urged South African investors to establish industries in the state.

    Some South African companies have industries in the state. They include

    SAB Miller, a brewing company with a factory in Onitsha and a Fortune 500 Company, which is building its facility in the town.

    Addressing an investors’ forum in South Africa, Obi named some of the country’s companies that are doing well in Nigeria, including telecommunications giant, MTN.

    The governor assured South Africans that Anambra is a good place to put their money for good returns.

    Describing Africa as investors’ virgin land waiting to be exploited, Obi noted that Anambra is a good business destination for investors.

    He said: “In Nigeria today, Anambra has the highest number of entrepreneurs, the biggest market and the most resourceful people.”

    On the areas that are ripe for investment, Obi said that Anambra can host many sectors, giving example with Agriculture; he said that Anambra can host big agricultural firms that are ready to develop value chain for the product in such a way that local players would key into their operations. He also said that Anambra was ripe for a packaging company that would produce different packages for many companies that had started operations in the State, among others.

    Obi assured them not to worry about overcoming logistics problems associated with investment, describing himself as one-stop-shop that will be available at all times to facilitate their operations.

    In his remarks, one of the investors, represented by Mr. Binnoer Prevad said that with the success of SABmiller in Anambra and MTN in Nigeria, that coming to Nigeria to invest had become an attraction. He said they were more strengthened that Nigeria had people like Obi, who, according to him, “appear to be at home with the abc of investment.”

    Obi was accompanied by the Chairman of the House Committee member on Commerce and Industry, Umeh Ikechukwu; Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Ndubisi Menakaya; and the Senior Special Assistant on Investment, Mark Okoye

  • MTN woos customers

    MTN woos customers

    New and existing customers, on the MTN network, are getting more value for their money as MTN has rolled out another mouth-watering package, the MTN Wow Weekend, which offers subscribers double the amount of recharge made on weekends.

    The MTN Wow Weekend, just like the other exciting and engaging packages being offered on the MTN network, will enable subscribers talk more, laugh more and love more.

    Speaking on the Wow Weekend Package, Larry Annetts, the Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, affirmed that MTN is committed to initiating innovative and exciting packages that will not just excite its consumers but offer them the opportunity to do more of what they love.

    “MTN Wow weekend allows you to get instant 100 per cent bonus airtime on every recharge you make, which is double the amount. If ,for instance, you recharge your phone with N200 worth of credit, you get an additional N200 for MTN- to- MTN calls. It’s another way of helping our customers bond more and connect better with family and friends, especially at weekends when everyone should be taking time out to relax,” he stated.

    To enjoy this exciting offering, subscribers are encouraged to load airtime from 6pm on Fridays using the code *888* the 12- digit PIN # and send. You, instantly, get 100% bonus to make calls to MTN lines.