“The Nigeria Football Federation and its match agent, Eurodata Sport Marketing Sportivo e Culturale, are pleased to announce that the Super Eagles will play against Mexico’s Senior Team in a friendly match at the Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas on May 31, starting from 21h00 Texas time,” NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu said on Wednesday.
He added: “We are pleased that the reigning African champions will have such high-quality final preparation for the important games that we have in the month of June.”
The Super Eagles, currently top of their 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying group, take on Kenya’s Harambee Stars in Nairobi on June 8 before travelling to the Fifa Confederations Cup in Brazil. Then, another Fifa World Cup qualifying date against Namibia’s Brave Warriors awaits in Windhoek.
In Brazil, the Eagles play against Tahiti, Uruguay and World and European champions Spain while the Mexicans clash with host Brazil, Italy and Japan in Group A.
The match in Texas will be the third of a five-match American tour for the Mexicans, who also face daunting dates in Concacaf's 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying race in June.
The last time both countries met was in a battling friendly inside the Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico in October 2007 – it ended 2-2.
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NFF,Didn't y'all see what Colombia did to Brazil?.You NFF are always go for a low hanging fruit just to make your selves look good.You and Keshi always scared to be disgraced by a strong team.Keshi team has not pull shoulders with any strong team since he took over like we saw Siasia and Argentina.Na waooo Nigeria.
Recently American rapper shot a video of poverty in the SLUM OF LAGOS called Makoko. He showed videos of Nigerians kids who sell water for a living and begging for money. He finishes his song by saying \"THESE NIGGAZ CAN'T HOLD ME BACK\". Most black Americans know these are the same people who sold other Africans to Europeans today theyr selling drugs. Selling has been there in Naija. Ross kisses his American flag with pride because his forefathers built America (WORKED AS SLAVES BUILT AMERICAN AGRICULTURE). In the 18th century they fed America and built alot of things.
80% Nigerians live under $2 a day.
Nigeria's population in poverty (70% live below $1 a day)
1980: 17.1 million
1985: 34.7 million
1992: 39.2 million
1996: 67.1 million
2004: 68.7 million
2010: 112.47 million
Source: Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS DOWNPLAYED BY NIGERIANS LIKE THEIR POVERTY.
20% of their population who make middle class make noise on the internet while 80% of them live less than $1 thats about R10 in South Africa($ in SA buys a loaf of bread).
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN)
5 Million Nigerians Live with HIV
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has estimated the number of people living with Human Immune Virus (HIV) in Nigeria at slightly lower than five million, with the South-south region having the highest prevalence. It says about 850,000 of this figure with compromised immunity needs treatment, while about 300,000 are presently on the treatment. The head of the Institute, Dr. Patrick Dakum, disclosed these facts in Jos during the Institute’s one-day orientation program with Medical Directors and Programme Coordinators of General Hospitals and Tertiary Health Centers in the North Central Region. He also noted that about 56,000 children who are born with the infection at present live with it in Nigeria, blaming the present prevalence level on lack of basic facilities and infrastructure at the Primary Health Care Centers. According to him, the national prevalence rate of the virus is 4.6 percent. He however added that the Institute in partnership with the Ministry of Health is working hard in collaboration with various other organizations such as USAID and NACA to upgrade the facilities at such health care centers. Such upgrading with emphasis on screening, he noted, would bring a marked improvement on delivery to victims.
WE STILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA COMPANIES COLONISING AFRICA AND ECEONOMICS. Yes some mud mentioned an old projection that showed that Naija will overtake SA, if projections were anything to go by Zimbabwe,Ivory Coast etc..were supose to be up there. In the 80s these were one of the countries that were projected to be up there in Africa. Today theyr nt. To that mud note projections that were made didnt mention the RECENT OIL DISCOVERIES. Namibia discovered 16 billion barrels in 2011 then realised they have more up to 50 BILLION BARRELS. By 2015 Nigeria will no longer be powerhouse in oil production in sub sahara Africa. Note SAs Atlantic and Indian ocean have got oil also. AS USUAL I WILL COPY AND PASTE THE SOURCE. I like giving things from the horses mouth.
Check the link the NIGERIA IS A GIANT OF AFRICAN SLUMS. Ha ha big bubble.
Teelthem lives in MAKOKO or no he lives in MPAPE.
http://maptd.com/urban-africa-slum-populations/
Nigeria: 11 million Nigerian children out of school
The Punch (Nigeria) / Thursday, 04 Feb 2009
The Minister of Education, Dr. Igwe Aja-Nwachuku, on Wednesday said that it was lamentable that 11 million children of school age were still roaming the streets in the country.
Aja-Nwachuku stated this at a press conference where he inaugurated the 2008 Education for All Week with the theme “Quality education to end exclusion.” In April 2000, Nigeria joined over 170 countries that met in Dakar, Senegal to reaffirm their commitment to deliver Education for All by 2015. The minister said that the 11million children were part of over 80 million children worldwide who were out of school.
WE HOSTED ONE OF THE BEST WORLD CUP despite these lunatics who relied on Germans,English etc..as their sources. Ha ha the whitey this side is scared of the SHAKA ZULU descends we fought them with spears and won some battles and lost some.