MILLIONS of Nigerian football fans had looked up to the Super Eagles to lift the spirits of the nation by qualifying for the World Cup coming up in Qatar later this year. Unfortunately, our soccer ambassadors compounded our woes arising from our socio-economic and security misgovernance. Their 1-1 draw at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja […]

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has said that it will carry out a holistic investigation into why the  Super Eagles lost the march against the Black Stars of Ghana in an attempt to qualify for this year’s World Cup. According to the Senate, board room politics contributed to Nigeria being edged out.  The match  was played […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Ghana’s head coach, Otto Addo does not believe his team is inferior to Nigeria’s Super Eagles even though he is working with a depleted side. The Black Stars are without inspirational captain, Dede Ayew who is serving suspension and had to begin the first-leg World Cup play-off last Friday with an inexperienced […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Most football pundits and fans were not completely happy with Moses Simon’s outing during the first leg of the World Cup play-off against Ghana last Friday. On two or more occasions, the Nantes forward tried unsuccessfully to dribble past Ghanaian defenders but failed at it, losing the ball in the process. Moses […]

Super Eagles resume training after returning from Kumasi

By Emmanuel Okogba The Super Eagles of Nigeria are back in the country to continue preparations for next Tuesday’s second-leg against the Black Stars of Ghana. They landed in the early hours of Saturday, just few hours after playing out a goalless draw with their host at the filled Baba Yara stadium. Both sides had […]

By Emmanuel Okogba New boy, Ademola Lookman is the latest player to arrive camp as Nigeria prepares for a showdown with the Black Stars of Ghana on Friday. Both sides will slug it out for a place at this year’s FIFA World Cup. The Leicester City forward’s availability was earlier in doubt after he missed […]

By Ochereome Nnanna What’s in a name? That which we call rose by any other name would smell just as sweet – William Shakespeare in Romeo And Juliet SHAKESPEARE obviously thinks that the name a person bears is irrelevant in that person’s life. This is contrary to the African view. Names are very important to […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Victor Osimhen has joined up with his teammates in the Super Eagles camp in preparation for Friday’s cracker against Ghana. He becomes the 21st player to arrive. Osimhen arrived Tuesday evening and in time to participate in the first training session billed for later today. ALSO READ: Okoye out of Nigeria vs […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Kenneth Omeruo joined the Super Eagles camp on Tuesday to make the number of those on ground 18. Jo Aribo, Calvin Bassey, Innocent Bonke and Emmanuel Dennis had earlier arrived before Omeruo. The count ended at 13 yesterday when Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho joined the team. Bonke came in as replacement for […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Black Stars of Ghana coach, Otto Addo is confident of overcoming the Super Eagles over the two-legged World Cup play-offs, even though he acknowledged that it would not be a stroll in the park. Ghana and Nigeria will lock horns this Friday and then next week Tuesday to pick one of the […]

Super Eagles coach Emmanuel Amuneke has stated that Maduka Okoye remains the number choice of keeper for the team ahead of their clash against the Black Stars of Ghana. Okoye came under fans’  scrutiny after his shaky performance at the Africa Cup of Nations. He was fingered for the Eagles ouster in the round of […]

By Jacob Ajom The list of players released last week by interim coach of the Super Eagles, Austin Eguavoen for selection ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs against the Black Stars of Ghana has left most football pundits pondering on the chances Nigeria has against the West African football powerhouse when they […]

Ghana coach Otto Addo will name his final squad for the decisive 2022 World Cup playoff against Nigeria later this month, a member of the Black Stars management committee Karim Gruzah has revealed. The Dortmund scout, who has taken charge of the double-header against the Super Eagles will submit his final squad to the management […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Former Nigeria international and Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia is not comfortable with the inclusion of new players in the just released squad to face the Black Stars of Ghana in this month’s World Cup play-off. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Friday, released a list of 25 players and 7 on […]