The Nigeria Football Federation has sacked national team coach Samson Siasia as a result of Super Eagles' failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next January. Siasia spent less than a year on the job where he seemed to have breathed new life into the team with some eye-catching attacking play, but failed when it mattered most as Guinea drew 2-2 with the Super Eagles in Abuja to snatch the group's Afcon ticket on the final matchday. ...

Embattled Super Eagles' head coach, Samson Siasia has insinuated that he would rather leave the job than accept a pay cut.Siasia currently earns N5 million per month as Nigeria manager. Following the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nation there have been talks of slashing his monthly pay by at least 50 per cent. ...

Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has finally reached a consensus on whether to sack or retain Samson Siasia. The Super Eagles played annoying football and surrendered their 2-1 lead thirty seconds to regulation time and allowed Guinea to draw level and kick dust into their eyes and bid bye to the Nations Cup. ...

Samson Siasia immediately apologised to all Nigerians after the 2-2 draw with Guinea on Saturday, which prevents our boys from participating in the Nations cup next year. The Super Eagles' failure to pick up three points on Saturday means they cannot progress into next year's finals from Group B, despite finishing as runners-up. ...

Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia seems to be most impressed with the recent form of the team's duo of Joel Obi and Emmanuel Emenike as he is dead confident that with their form, the Guinea National team will definitely lose come October 8 at the National Stadium, Abuja. ...

Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has said his immediate target is to qualify for the 2012 Nations Cup next month and so will not worry himself with the Eagles slide down the FIFA rankings. ...

Following an outburst directed at the coach, Nigeria first-choice keeper Vincent Enyeama has been dropped from Samson Siasia’s squad, which will take on Guinea in a crucial African Cup of Nations qualifier next month. ...

CAF has handed Nigeria an unusually early schedule for their match against Guinea in the final African Cup of Nations 2012 qualifying match on October 8. ...

Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia on Tuesday predicted (more like hopes) that the Super Eagles would defeat the Guinean National Team by a 3-0 margin when the two sides clash in Abuja next month. ...

In perhaps the most anticipated friendly match for Nigerians this year, the cheapest ticket for tomorrow's friendly game in Dhaka costs USD100. Speculation has it that prices of the tickets could scare away football fans, thereby leaving empty rows of the 24,000-capacity Bangabandhu National Stadium. ...