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Nigerian national football coach; Stephen Keshi has been fired

Stephen Keshi, former nigerian national coach.

Nigeria: Nigerian national football team coach, Stephen Keshi has been sacked as the coach of the Super Eagles after a spate of bad results in the on-going Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Keshi has been coach of the national team since November 2011 and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations has relieved off his duties this Thursday morning.

This is after the super eagles secured a win against Sudan, 3-1 in Abuja yesterday. Before that, Nigeria had received unbearable losses in the qualifying stages from Congo, and Sudan, and earning a draw in South Africa in their first 3 games.

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