According to a statement titled, ‘President Buhari assures Burundi of brotherly support’, signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari made the promise when he received the Minister of Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning of Burundi, Audace Niyonzima, at the State House, Abuja.

According to Adesina, Buhari assured Niyonzima that Nigeria will support the Republic of Burundi in diverse ways as necessary, in the spirit of African solidarity and brotherliness.

Delivering his country’s message to the President, the Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye wished the country well in general elections scheduled for February and March, this year.

“We pray that the polls would be peaceful and successful so that Nigeria would maintain her reputation as a bastion of peace and stability,” Niyonzima said.

On request for assistance in the area of energy provision, particularly fuel, by the Burundi leader, Buhari said he knows what it feels like for a country to suffer from energy shortage, and promised that he would get the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to look into the request.

The President said he was looking forward to the polls, and retirement, since he had satisfied the constitutionally required two terms to be in office.

The post said, “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi… following heart failure on June 8, 2020”.

According to the statement, the outgoing president was admitted at Karusi Hospital in central Burundi on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Ighalo scored the decisive strike four minutes later, the Shanghai Shenhua of China forward received an exquisite back – heeled pass from Ola Aina and and curled the ball home from inside the box .

A tweet from CAF reads “Seven goals to choose from , but only one got our goal of the day accolade – @ighalojude of @ NGSuperEagles,”

Many expected the Super Eagles to roll over the Swallows but this was a hard fought victory for the Eagles as players like Abdulrasak and Saido Beranhio, threaten the Eagles goal line from time to time but in the end it wasn’t enough.

Second half substitute Odion Ighalo scored the only goal of the match in the 77th minute, just few minutes after replacing Paul Onuachu, after latching onto Ola Aina’s wonderful back-heeled pass and coolly whipped the ball past Jonathan Nahimana.