By Segun Odegbami Nigeria’s Super Eagles should be one of the biggest football forces in Africa by miles. The reality, however, is that even the smallest teams in Africa now find the inconsistent team an easy opponent to take on, particularly on home ground in Nigeria.  Ordinary Guinea Bissau did what was once unthinkable – […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped five places to become 40th in the world and 6th in Africa in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday. Nigeria dropped over 13 points from 1494.32 which they had when the last ranking was released to 1480.8 and are now behind a team like Russia that […]

A cross-section of fans on Monday said they were unimpressed by the Super Eagles 1-0 win over the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles claimed their pound of flesh against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau right in front of their own fans with a […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has apologized to the generality of Nigerians over the poor outings of the U23 Men National Team (Olympic Eagles) and the Senior Men National Team (Super Eagles) in crucial international matches this week. The Super Eagles fell 0-1 to Guinea Bissau’s Djurtus in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The senior national team, Super Eagles, want Nigerians to keep the faith despite an uninspiring outing in last night’s African Cup of Nations qualifier that saw them lose to lowly rated Guinea Bissau in Abuja. Guinea Bissau’s Wild Dogs scored a 29th minute goal and held on for a historic win that […]

Midfielder Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles are eager to redeem their image in their reverse fixture against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau on Monday.

Even as he awaited the official call-up to the team last week, what he received instead was a call from an officer in the NFF secretariat directing him not to bother to report to Abuja for preparation for yesterday’s match

A member of the 94 set of the Super Eagles, Mutiu Adepoju, has described the Super Eagles 0-1 loss to the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau as unbelievable. A shell-shocked Adepoju, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), queried what went wrong with the senior national team to warrant such an embarrassing […]

Nigerian football fans will bank on rave-of-the-moment Victor Osimhen to bang in the goals as the Super Eagles go up against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau as the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign reaches the halfway mark. Top-of-the-table Nigeria square up to second-placed Guinea Bissau at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookan, Alex Iwobi and 20 other players have been included in Jose Peseiro’s list for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiying double header against Guinea Bissau. The last time the team came together was in November of 2022 just before the commencement of the FIFA World Cup […]

Super Eagles Head Coach, José Peseiro has named a 23-man team ahead of this month’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against the Djurtus of Guinea Bissau.

The Super Eagles will take on the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau in a Day 3 match of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification series at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday, 24th March. The Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau is yet to pick a date for the second match, which could […]

By Patrick Omorodion A Yoruba adage says ‘obe to n dun, owo lo pa’.  Meaning that it is money that makes a soup tasty. Really? I will say that it is not always the case. Money can get one all the best ingredients to make a tasty soup and yet the soup may turn out […]

Owen Olamidayo Goodman, an 18-year old England-based goalkeeping sensation who is eligible to play for the Super Eagles, has signed a contract extension with Crystal Palace. The club announcing the development via their website expressed happiness that they will continue to retain the services of the player who has been consistent in performance since the […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Former Nigeria international, Mobi Oparaku wants the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to sanction Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen for opting out of Thursday’s international friendly with Portugal. Osimhen who was included in the list for the friendly withdrew and has since been replaced by Cremonese striker Cyriel Dessers. Read Also: Double blow for […]