Nigeria’s leading brewing company, Nigerian Breweries Plc has urged the Super Eagles to extract their pound of flesh from the Bafana Bafana of South Africa when the two sides meet on Saturday in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match…
Kalu missing as Super Eagles intensify preparation for clash with South Africa (Guardian)
France-based Stephen Kalu was the only player missing yesterday when the Super Eagles had their first full training session at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba ahead their Cameroon 2019 Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifier against the Bafana Bafana of South…
Super Eagles’ll perform poorly unless… — Cleric (Vanguard)
Founder of the Glory Church of Christ, Benin City, Edo State, Apostle Tommy Yisa Aika, has prophesied that henceforth the Super Eagles will flounder in their matches unless something is done urgently to appease him as football administrators and the…
Nigeria replace injured Ighalo with Onyekuru for South Africa (Guardian)
Nigeria have replaced injured striker Odion Ighalo with Galatasaray forward Henry Onyekuru for an upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa. China-based Ighalo, who plays for Changchun Yatai, is the leading scorer in the Africa Cup qualifiers…
Afelokhai Will Get Equal Opportunities In Super Eagles — Ibitoye (Daily Sports)
Although the former Kano Pillars shot-stopper is only a late call-up in place of injured Elche of Spain netminder, Francis Odinaka Uzoho, Ibitoye says Afelokhai will receive the same chances as all others. Footballlive.ng reports that this comes after Uzoho…
Afelokhai may get a look in as Eagles open camp in Asaba November 12 (Guardian)
Enyimba of Aba Goalkeeper, Theophilus Afelokhai is on Super Eagles coaches’ radar and would be given a chance in the team after Nigeria’s African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa later this month. An official of the team, who pleaded anonymity,…
Why Mikel was left out of Eagles’ squad against South Africa (Guardian)
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has explained why he decided to ignore team captain, John Mikel Obi, from the Cameroun 2019 AFCON qualifier against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa. Mikel was left out in the matches against Seychelles and…
Eagles sure of victory in South Africa – Chukwu (Nation)
Christian Chukwu, former Coach of the Super Eagles and former Captain of the Green Eagles, on Tuesday gave the assurance that the Super Eagles of Nigeria would defeat South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in their own home. Chukwu told the News…
I’m not angry with my critics – Ighalo (Punch)
Odion Ighalo has said fans were overtaken by passion when he failed to score at the World Cup in Russia, while pledging to always give his best in a Super Eagles shirt. Fans, particularly on social media, were vociferous in…
Super Eagles will win FIFA World Cup one day, says Pinnick (Guardian)
The President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has expressed the hope that Nigeria’s Super Eagles will one day win the FIFA World Cup. Pinnick expressed the hope on Friday in Uyo after playing in the maiden novelty match…