Nigeria’s Super Eagles will take on Ghana’s Black Stars and Les Aigles of Mali in two top-grade friendly matches in the Moroccan city of Marrakech later this month. Both matches have been put together by NFF’s FIFA Match Agent, Jairo…
Salah scores on return as Liverpool dispatches Brentford
Mohamed Salah made a scoring return for Liverpool as the English Premier League leader dispatched Brentford 4-1 on Saturday. Salah had been out for a month since sustaining a hamstring injury at the Africa Cup of Nations. He came on…
Ademola Lookman’s heroics send Nigeria soaring into AFCON 2023 semi-finals
Ademola Lookman’s first half strike booked Nigeria’s place in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Angola. The win continues the Super Eagles’ excellent AFCON quarter-final record, having lost only one of their previous 11…
AFCON 2023: Osimhen, Lookman ‘fantastic’ against Cameroon, says Peseiro
•Nigeria’s forward #18 Ademola Lookman (C) celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with Nigeria’s forward #9 Victor Osimhen (R) during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 round of 16 football match between Nigeria and Cameroon at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny…
Nigeria beat Cameroon 2-0 to qualify for AFCON quarter-finals
Two goals from Ademola Lookman, one in either half, were enough to hand Nigeria’s Super Eagles a 2-0 win over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Saturday night and into the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in…
Bring AFCON as succour to Nigerians – Gov Sanwo-Olu charges Super Eagles
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged members of the Super Eagles to strive and win the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, as a succour to Nigerians from various economic challenges. Sanwo-Olu, gave the charge while hosting the team to…
CAF POTY: Super Eagles players, coaches honour Osimhen
The Super Eagles players and coaching staff at the team’s Abu Dhabi camp officially paid tribute to Victor Osimhen, who secured the Men’s African Player of the Year (POTY) award. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Osimhen became…
Nigeria ranks 4th in AFCON tickets purchase
According to the Confederation of Africa Football, Nigeria ranks fourth in terms of tickets purchased ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast next year, The PUNCH reports. The 34th edition of the AFCON has been slated to…
Super Eagles need home based players, not Peseiro’s sack – Ekpo
Ex-international, Friday Ekpo, says sacking Super Eagles Head Coach, José Peseiro, is not as crucial as adding fresh home based and foreign professionals to key departments of the team. Ekpo said this in an interview with the News Agency of…
Nigeria, South Africa could face Morocco in AFCON group
Nigeria, South Africa and Morocco could be placed in the same group when the Africa Cup of Nations draw is made in the Ivory Coast on Thursday. The six top seeds include Morocco, who created history at the 2022 World…
