Keshi invites Nsofor,Emenike, Ameobi, 17 others for Mandela Challenge

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RUSSIA-BASED Victor Obinna Nsofor, who last played a competitive game for the Super Eagles in 2011, is among the 20m players listed by Coach Stephen Keshi for Nigeria’s friendly game against South Africa in Durban on August 14.

    The game part of the annual Mandela Challenge in honour of ailing former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela, one of the world’s greatest statesmen.

   Also returning to the national team is another Russia-based star, Emmanuel Emenike, whose goals helped Nigeria to win the 2013 CAF Nations Cup in South Africa, and Newcastle United’s Shola Ameobi, who could not be part of the Nations Cup because his club refused to release him for the football fiesta.

NFF Is Broke: Keshi To Pay Assistant Coach

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Super Eagles coach; Stephen Keshi has opted to now pay his Togolese assistant; Valere Houandinou, who was affected by a backroom shake-up.
Valere, who also worked with Keshi to qualify Togo to the 2006 World Cup, was recently laid off by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

Emenike to miss 2014 qualifiers and Confederations Cup

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Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss June's 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the Fifa Confederations Cup due to a knee injury.

The 25-year-old Spartak Moscow picked up the injury on Sunday, on his return from a long-term hamstring layoff, during a Russian Premier League match.
His club have confirmed that Emenike will be out of action for two months.
"It's a terrible setback for me because I was very happy to be back playing again on Sunday," he told BBC Sport.

Keshi Calls up 30 for Kenya Second Leg

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Nigerian footballer John Obi Mikel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Captain Joseph Yobo is again missing in Stephen Keshi's squad for a packed schedule in June while Emmanuel Emenike returns to the side after his injury as well as Kalu Uche.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has invited 30 players to prosecute the team's jumbo schedule between the end of May and mid-July, in which about 10 matches loom.
The African champions have a high-profile friendly against CONCACAF champions Mexico in Houston, Texas, USA on the last day of May, before two World Cup qualifying matches in Nairobi and Windhoek that come before the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil.
Nigeria play Tahiti, Uruguay and Spain in Brazil but will play two more games if they advance to the knock-out stage, before returning to Africa for a 2014 African Nations Championship qualifying fixture against Cote d'Ivoire.