Jul 24, 2008
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Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Ismaila Umaru Lere Nigeria's capital city, Abuja is witnessing an unprecedented surge of frenzy as football fans in the city and environs await the arrival of English FA Cup kings, Portsmouth FC tomorrow. According to the Managing Director of TINAPA Leisure and Business Resort , organizers of the inaugural TINAPA Invitational football fiesta which holds this weekend, Mr Bassey Ndem, the Club will be touching down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in the early hours of tomorrow aboard a chattered aircraft straight from London. "Portsmouth will be the first of the two Clubs to arrive in Nigeria and they will be coming in aboard a chattered flight from London. They will be here on Friday morning while Manches-ter United will come in on Sunday", explained Ndem. Portsmouth will be...
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