By Nnamdi Onyeagwara and Jay Harris
The issue of Nigerian players not receiving bonuses relating to their participation in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) matches has been resolved, according to the country’s minister of state finance, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.
Local media reports on Wednesday suggested that Nigeria’s players and coaching staff were waiting on bonus payments promised to them by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), with the team having won all four of their AFCON matches so far — the group games against Tanzania (December 23), Tunisia (December 27) and Uganda (December 30), as well as their last-16 tie against Mozambique (January 5).
In a standoff similar to the one that took place before Nigeria’s World Cup play-off victory over Gabon on November 13, when the squad boycotted training the day before the game, reports said the squad would not train or travel to Marrakech to play their AFCON quarter-final against Algeria on
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