Five-time world champions, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire
will file out for the first match of Group B at the West African
Football Union (WAFU) B Tournament on Wednesday evening with both
teams hoping to secure maximum points at Lome’s Stade
Municipal.
With Group B having only three teams, with each team playing
only two matches, it is a more difficult prospect and any team that
loses its first game will be in a difficult situation and could be
staring down the barrel of elimination from the first game.
Nigeria’s Head Coach Fatai Amoo is confident his young team can
step up to the billing with bookmakers believing the five-time
world champions are favourites to take the lead in a pool that has
two-time world champions Ghana as the other contenders.
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“We know what we are in for – it is not going to be a stroll.
This is a fierce competition going by the caliber of opponents we
have to battle right from the group stage. However, if we must
qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, we have to conquer all on
our way to get there,” he said.
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“Our focus is to get a good result from the first game and then
consolidating as the tournament progresses. We are here for
business; we will not under-rate any team or think there is a team
that is too tough to conquer. Our objective on Wednesday is the
three points at stake and then we take things from there.”
Three points on Wednesday would set the Eaglets on a good bounce
at the tournament that always serves as a qualifying competition
for this year’s CAF U17 Cup of Nations taking place in the North
African kingdom of Morocco.
It will also serve as a morale-booster ahead of the potentially
explosive clash with arch-rivals Ghana at the same venue on
Saturday.
Both countries have seven cadet world titles between them, and
clashes between them at any level usually have an extra edge.
Recall the Flying Eagles lost to Ghana at the U-20 WAFU B
tournament in Lome weeks ago, the Golden Eaglets will do all they
can to avoid a repeat of such a result.
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First City Monument Bank(FCMB) has mandated its Managing
Director, Mr. Adam Nuru to proceed on a leave pending the
determination of the probe being conducted over alleged unethical
conduct, According to TheCable report[1].
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Nairalaw recalls that a Group had earlier ignited a
petition to the CBN & FCMB Board, demanding the sack of the MD.
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This is based on the allegation that the MD foisted a state of
depression on a deceased husband of a former employee, resulting in
his death.
It was alleged that the MD had an illicit affair with the
deceased wife which produced two children, which the deceased
husband thought was his, not until the wife traveled to America
when she later disclosed the fact that the children are not for
him.
This incident coupled with some other things allegedly resulted
in the death of the deceased person.
Meanwhile, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had earlier issued an
official statement regarding the controversies against its Managing
Director, Mr. Adamu Nuru.
The bank noted that it is “aware of several stories circulating
across several social media platforms about our Managing Director
Adam Nuru, a former employee Ms Moyo Thomas and her deceased
husband, Mr. Tunde Thomas”.
In addition, the bank added that the review will cover
likelihood of ‘any violations of our code of ethics and the
adequacy of these code of conduct ethics’, adding that same will be
done with urgency and ‘immediately’.
In the light of the above, the bank is reported to have asked
the MD proceed on leave with a view to having an effective
probe.
It was reported that the decision to ask him proceed on leave
came pursuant to the recommendation of the panel probing the
allegation against the MD.