FFK POSTED TO SOUTH AFRICA AS NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 PRESS STATEMENT ON MY AMBASSADORIAL POSTING.  It gives me pleasure to announce the fact that Mr. President has graciously approved my posting as Nigeria's Ambassador-Designate to South Africa.    This came a few days after the initial posting to Germany was announced and after I made a formal representation to the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, that I was not comfortable with Germany for a number of personal reasons and given the fact that I had lived in Europe most of my life I would prefer to go to South Africa which is a country that I had never been to and for which I have so much interest.  I also expressed the fact that I would rather serve in a country that shares some of my convictions, beilefs and values when it comes to world affairs, that has the biggest economy in Africa, that has closer ties to Nigeria and that is more proximate to my political thinking when it comes to foreign affairs and a pan African vision.  I t...

SENEGAL PLAN TO PARADE THE AFCON TROPHY BEFORE THEIR GAME AGAINST PERU IN PARIS ON SATURDAY.(PHOTO).


Senegal is standing firm, refusing to accept the decision to strip them of their AFCON title.

 They're planning to parade the trophy before their game against Peru in Paris on Saturday, with the head of the Football Federation declaring a "crusade" against the ruling.

The federation's president, Abdoulaye Fall, stated, "Senegal will not bend the knee and will not compromise its values"
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