By Osagie Alonge
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are sure glad they won their quarter-final African Cup of Nations match on Sunday, February 3, 2013.
But there’s even more reason to be happy: The players are receiving a lavish gift of $15,000 (N2,359,499.69) each for securing the semi-final ticket after defeating Ivory Coast in the quarterfinal match, punchng.com reports.
This does not include the $100,000 donated to the team by Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the pledge made by billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote.
The team also received N4.7m after defeating Ethiopia in the group stage.
Nigeria will continue their quest to lift the trophy by playing Mali on Wednesday.
2 comments
Nigeria should not forget that the battle is not yet over, as Mali would like to console or use Nigeria game to make peace in their Nation. Beating Ivory coast is very good and wonderful, and we are looking forward to see the boys do it again against Mali.
I belive nija can win mali and dey we move to the final and dey we also win de final by God grace