Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana vs Nigeria,

Nigeria have just scraped through the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2008. They are the group B runners up which means they face the Group A Winners, Ghana in the Quarter Finals February 3rd 2008 in Accra.

This evenings game against Benin was very worrying for Nigeria, I feared they were going to "do an England", having lost to Ivory Coast and drawn with Mali they not only needed to win this game, but Mali had to Lose to Ivory Cost, in a game played at the same time today.

The results?

Nigeria won 2 - 0

Ivory Coast won 3 - 0.

I Hope Chxta is happy.

Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008

I'm happy that BBC are covering the Cup of nations this time around. Even if it is on BBCi. It's the only football tournament I'm interested in these days.

Ghana and Guinea are about to kick off, I hope it's a good tournament for Ghana after the world cup, and of course Nigeria.

If you are in the UK and want to watch the match use the red button on bbc one. or look for channels 301-303 on freeview.

Back later.

Happy New Year

Hey guys,

It's 2008 and I have not left the shores of the United Kingdom in the past year. The issues that have prevented me returning to Nigeria are still ongoing and seem just as close to being resolved as they have been for the past 12 months or so.

I have moved on, I'm working self employed as a consultant engineer at a large IT firm. The work is a little boring, and I am starting to detest driving long distances (400 mile round trips sometimes.)

My OU courses finished well, I didn't get the Distinctions I was after, but had to settle with Grade 2 or 'B' for both courses. I don't know if it was the extra workload with the 90 points instead of 60 that I have done in previous courses, the fact that one of the courses was really difficult for me, or if it is the extra long hours of driving around like a sales rep struggling to hit their target.

I've more or less decided to stick to 60 points for this coming year, but I haven't selected which course yet. I need to choose soon though.

I do plan to update this blog more often with News from Nigeria, but it all depends on the time I have available.