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Nigeria Vs Ivory Coast: Why I Didn’t Change Super Eagles’ Formation – Peseiro Opens Up

Super Eagles Coach, Peseiro Speaks On Osimhen Winning Ballon d'Or

Super Eagles’ head coach, Jose Peseiro, has explained why he did not change his tactics during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final against Ivory Coast.

Naija News reports that the Elephants of the Ivory Coast defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria to win the 2023 AFCON in regulation time.

During the AFCON final match between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, Nigeria scored first in the first half with a goal from William Troost-Ekong’s header.

However, Ivory Coast equalized in the second half with a header from Franck Kessie.

The match remained tied until just a few minutes before the end, when Sebastien Haller scored a goal by flicking the ball past Nigeria’s goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, leading to a victory for the host.

After the match, Peseiro faced questions regarding the team’s strategy of defending and absorbing pressure after gaining a one-goal lead.

He replied: “When you have a system that you have been using, and it has been working, you really don’t want to change it.

“It is true that I kept to this strategy until we were 2-1 down, and then I decided to change it.

“We conceded goals from some defensive errors, and they had a drop in level against the Ivorians.”

Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) consoled Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali on Sunday night after Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat to Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final. 

Despite his impressive performance during the tournament, Nwabali was unable to lead Jose Peseiro’s team to victory against Ivory Coast.

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Nigeria Spends 97% Revenue On Debt Service Under Tinubu’s Govt – Ex-Bauchi Gov, Yuguda

Buhari Has Done His Best To Tackle Insecurity, Economy – Yuguda

Bauchi State former Governor, Isa Yuguda, has lamented the current state of Nigeria’s economy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Yuguda said it was difficult to speak on Nigeria’s economic situation at this time as no fewer than 97% of the country’s income goes into debt servicing every month.

Naija News reports that Yuguda made these remarks during a conference organized by Arewa New Agenda (ANA) in Abuja, which aimed to address the issue of poverty in Northern Nigeria.

The former governor, who said that tackling poverty in Nigeria, particularly in the northern region, needs a deliberate approach, further highlighted that the ongoing food crisis in the country is a consequence of insecurity, panic buying, and the hoarding of essential food items by Nigerians.

Yuguda urged the economic team of the President Tinubu government to adopt policies that would tackle the economic challenges across the country.

Speaking further, he attributed the current depreciation of the naira in the foreign exchange market to the unethical practices of corrupt politicians.

According to Yuguda, these politicians acquire large amounts of dollars and clandestinely stash them in their homes and offshore accounts.

“To comment on the economic situation at this point, having known so much, is very difficult because of the state of the economy.

”What President Bola Tinubu inherited, looking at the debt portfolio, local, external debt, even our debt service ratio, which is in the ratio of almost 97%, means that every month whatever we collect 97% goes to debt service,” he said.

President Tinubu was urged by Yuguda to prioritize investment in security as a means to tackle the prevailing security challenge in the country. By doing so, it is believed that the ongoing food crisis faced by the nation can be effectively addressed.

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