Nigeria FA Wants Local Black Stars Friendly

Local Black Stars line-up
Nigeria have written to the Ghana Fa seeking a friendly against the Local Black Stars next month.The Ghanaian authorities, however, are yet to respond as players of the team are currently inactive because of the legal case slapped on the league.

The match will put the home-based players of the national team in action as the GFA fights King Faisal in court over their demotion to the second tier.

General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Musa Amadu has confirmed they are yet to get any response for their request of friendly matches for the home based Super Eagles for the opening of the ultra-modern Uyo International Stadium.

Amadu confirmed that they have also written to the football federations of Tunisia and Algeria for the proposed November 6 fixture.

'We have written to Ghana, Algeria, and Tunisia to play our home based team during the opening of the Uyo International Stadium but we are yet to get any responses from them,' Musa told Hot FM.

'Hopefully they will respond and agree to the terms so that we can have any of them for the friendly match,' he said.

The newly built 30,000 capacity Uyo International Stadium will host the Super Eagles' 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on November 19, and is regarded as one of the best stadia in Africa.

The edifice was built to bear similarities with Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing China, and the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg,  South Africa.