{"id":9806,"date":"2018-06-15T15:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2018-06-15T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:39:20","slug":"russia-2018-help-nigerians-heal-wounds-of-division-ekweremadu-charges-super-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=9806","title":{"rendered":"Russia 2018: Help Nigerians heal wounds of division,\u00a0Ekweremadu charges Super Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m361445455199878298\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><b id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12110\"><i id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12111\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12112\">&#8230;Says nothing is beyond the Eagles in Russia<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12114\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12115\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12117\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12118\">The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says a brilliant outing by the Super Eagles at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia would help to heal the wounds of the divisions in the country, charging the team to go for goals.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12120\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12121\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12123\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12124\">In a statement by his spokesman, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu expressed absolute faith in the Gernot Rohr-tutored team.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12126\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12127\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12129\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12130\">He said: \u201cNigeria is more divided today than at any other time in her history. But, for us, football is the tonic that heals old wounds. We need a truly super and brilliant outing by the Super Eagles at the mundial to help reunite a divided nation.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12132\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12133\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12135\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12136\">\u201cThey have the experience, skill, and the indomitable Nigerian spirit to do the nation and Africa proud. They also have the prayers and goodwill of the over 180 million Nigerian population behind them\u201d, he said.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12138\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12139\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12141\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12142\">The Senator, therefore, urged the team to go for goals and the zenith, emphasising that &#8220;There is absolutely nothing beyond the Super Eagles at this stage\u201d.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12144\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12145\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12147\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12148\">While wishing the Super Eagles the very best, Ekweremadu also enjoined Nigerians not to relent in their prayers for the team.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12150\"><span id=\"m_160422895136982517yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529074154869_12151\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Says nothing is beyond the Eagles in Russia \u00a0 The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says a brilliant outing by the Super Eagles at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia would help to heal the wounds of the divisions in the country, charging the team to go for goals. \u00a0 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5778],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}