Nigeria and Stoke City forward, Osaze Odemwingie, is excited by his recall to the Super Eagles after almost two years of been frozen out of the senior National team that became African champions in his absence.

Barely hours of his inclusion in Coach Stephen Keshi’s 30-man provisional World Cup list released in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon, Odemwingie took to social media, twitter, to celebrate his recall yesterday.

The former Bendel Insurance player insisted that although he was pleased by the recall, the love shown to him by football fans meant more.
"This is to thank all my naija fans for the support. Even before the recall I dey feel the love. That means more than the recall to me," he tweeted yesterday morning.
Despite the several frustrations he went through in the last 18 months at both country and club level, Odemwingie showed he had lost none of his humour, as he joked about Channel TV's description of his recall.

"Thanks for the congratulations. The return of the prodigal son Channels tv said? Anyhow una call am I am pleased to be back."
Also speaking on Keshi’s provisional list Sunday Mba, who was impressive at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa where he scored winning goals in the team’s quarterfinal and final games against the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso respectively, was very happy with his inclusion.

“I was preparing for our (Bastia’s Ligue 2) game against Clermont Foot on Tuesday night when I heard the news. I screamed and laughed at the same time as my puzzled teammates asked what the matter was,” Mba told supersport.com yesterday.

He said nothing has been decided as he still had to work hard to seal his place in the final 23-man squad.
“The midfielders in the list are exceptional players. Mikel, Ogenyi Onazi and the others….it is clear everyone called up will need to fight (for his place).

“This is the World Cup we are talking about here and if you don’t prove yourself, the coaches will have no option but to drop you.
“I want to thank the coach for his confidence in me. I also want to assure Nigerians that I will not disappoint them,” he concluded.
Academica de Coimbra midfielder, John Ogu, was surprisingly left out of the provisional list but he adopted a philosophical approach when he took to Twitter to discuss the development.

"Gutted I didn't make the preliminary squad. Nigeria is blessed with a lot of players. We all can't make (the) list. Every player wants to be at the World Cup.
"I want to thank Coach Keshi for the opportunities he gave me. I remain grateful for all, for he made my dream come through as a as a player to serve my great nation, which am always proud of.

"Thanks everyone for your support. Please let’s pray for the lads. Let’s support the team as much as we can because I believe in the managers and the squad selected. We are family. I'll come back stronger.

"And also thanks to the Football Federation NFF for their support to the Countries Football, God Bless the Super Eagles.
"God Bless Nigeria #UpSuperEagles!!!! #upKeshi !!!#KeshiIsBoss,” Ogu tweeted via @ogojohnugo.