Keshi still Nigeria coach
Stephen Keshi will be the coach for Nigeria’s Africa Nations Cup qualifiers when it kicks off next week, only days after appearing to rule himself out of the job.
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Keshi's contract expired on June 30 and he said last week he had given up on negotiations over a new deal.
But he has now "temporarily abandoned" his decision to walk away.
"I want to respect the wishes of Nigerians and the appeal by the sports minister to handle the team at least for the two games," he said.
"The need to answer the patriotic call and respect the wishes of Nigerians informed my coming for the key games.
"We work so hard to win the Nations Cup in South Africa, I think we should do all that we can to defend it in Morocco next year," he added on AIT's SportsExtra Yesterday.
Talks over a new contract have been ongoing since July but have been held up by problems within the federation, including the sacking and the Fifa-ordered reinstatement of the governing body's president Aminu Maigari.
— BBC