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Three months ago, the Nigeria football federation toyed with the idea of appointing Daniel Amokachi as NFF Director of technical but later dropped the appointment at the last minute perhaps to slight the honourable minister of youth and sports, Sunday Dare, who many felt was the brain behind his nomination.  Infact, NFF president Amaju Pinnick went on National TV to deny the news claiming that they had full confidence in Bitrus Bewarang, a man whose tenure as director technical had already expired but was allowed to continue for obvious reasons.  Just on Thursday, president Mohammadu Buhari shocked Nigerians when he confirmed Amokachi as his new special assistant on sports, a position that has now made the *REJECTED STONE, THE CORNER STONE* By this appointment, Amokachi has moved miles above his contemporaries and now sits on the exalted seat of decision makers. He is now the third strongest man in sports after the honourable sports minister and the permanent secretary.  Amokachi shoul

United State of America-based Nigerian Coach, Micheal Nsien has stated that the Super Eagles of Nigeria have all it takes to lift the next edition of Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to hold in Cameroon in 2022. Micheal Nsien who manages FC Tulsa in the USL Championship in the USA disclosed during an interview on Nigeria Sports Mouthpiece (NSM) that the Super Eagles can go all the way and win the next AFCON coming up in Cameroon  "Looking at the current crop of Super Eagles players, I would say hundred percent we have the potential of winning tue Nations Cup in Cameroon. "I think we probably need to look at it from the midfield and forward, we have absolute world class players in talent in quality all over the field who can win the Nations Cup for Nigeria. We need to identify a solid back four to ensure that the game is tight. “We need players that can shore up things and stay connected as a group. “You don’t lose games when you don’t concede goals,” the 39-year-old concluded.