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BREAKING NEWS: NFF Sacks ‘the big boss’, Appoints Amodu Shuaibu As Interim Coach; also Appoints Samson Siasia As Under 23 Coach

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The Big Boss has been relieved of his job in charge of the Super Eagles along with his coaching crew while being replaced with Amodu Shaibu

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the sack of Stephen Keshi as coach of the Super Eagles early on Thursday morning.

He will be replaced, alongside his assistants Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu, by a consortium of local coaches led by Amodu Shaibu.

The sack came despite recording his first win in African Cup of Nations qualifiers last night.

The sack is contained in a communique released by the board in the early hours of Thursday during an emergency meeting.

The communique also indicated that the federation is either going to replace Keshi with Amodu Shuaibu or shop for a foreign coach for the national team.

Similarly, former Super Eagles boss, Samson Siasia has been appointed as the new handler of the national Under-23 team coach, the Flying Eagles.

The Nigeria Football Federation disclosed this during the emergency meeting held this Thursday morning in Abuja.

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