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Sam Sam Jaja Speaks   During the National Sports festival, I saw Dr Sam Sam Jaja who I had not seen in a long time and he accused me of not asking after him and his case again. I laughed and asked, if the case was still ‘on’ and he replied ‘yes’ He further went on to say that not only was it on, but he was sure of victory because he was right. Well last weekend it turned out that he indeed was. A court ruled in his favor, in a case he instituted over his wrongful disqualification from partaking in the NPL elections. And that ruling seems to have thrown Nigerian football into another round of chaos. Today (24 January 2012) I spoke exclusively to Dr Jaja and here are excerpts from our recorded conversation.

Nigeria’s inability to qualify for the on-going African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea has provided an avenue for Nigeria to start rebuilding for the future with the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa in mind as well as the 2014 World Cup to be hosted by Brazil. I hereby run the rule on emerging talents that I feel can be part of Nigeria’s plans as we aim to put our football back on the global stage Keeping guard on Benfica forward Nolito

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AFCON 2012: TIME FOR AFRICA TO GLOW                                                                                 By t he time you are reading this, the 2012 edition of the African cup of nations would have kicked off, this year’s edition, co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, is set to be the ace in the park. From 1957 when the trio of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia competed, it has grown to be a top tourney rated highly by FIFA. Africa is ready to give a dose of their talents and the rest of the world is waiting and watching, 9jafooty.blogspot...

A look at Newcastle's new signing Papiss Cisse, can he be another great number nine for the Tynesiders? Newcastle United’s latest acquisition Papiss Demba Cisse has been awarded the prestigious number nine shirt after his recent arrival from German Bundesliga side Freiberg for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10 million. The Senegal international faces the daunting task of following in the footsteps of many Tyneside favourites who have worn the shirt, but can the January transfer window’s highest profile signing so far live up to the expectations? Twenty-six year old Cisse has agreed a long term five-and-half-year deal with the Magpies, after completing his move before jetting off to represent his country in the African Cup of Nations, alongside Newcastle’s top scorer Demba Ba, who has managed to net fifteen times this season in what has been nothing short of a remarkable season for the former West Ham man. Ba and Cisse, who are already internationa...