Alex Iwobi will not be available for Nigeria’s final 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho after testing positive for Covid-19. Everton forward Iwobi tested positive before Saturday’s 1-0 away win over Benin, and travelled back to Nigeria with the rest of the squad on Sunday. “Iwobi has left the camp,” Eagles spokesman Babafemi […]

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has congratulated the Super Eagles for their 1-0 win over the Squirrels of the Republic of Benin.

Three-time champions Nigeria have beaten the group L rival, the squirrel of Benin republic, a goal to nil in Port Novo, to remain the best qualifying team of group L in the ongoing AFCON 2021 qualifiers.

The Super Eagles travelled by boat to the Republic of Benin for the AFCON 2021 qualifiers against the Squirrels.

Today in Porto Novo, the Super Eagles will have their hands full when they confront the Squirrels of Benin in a 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. It is a match the two sides have been looking forward to with the hope of ceiling their qualification for the African showpiece billed for Cameroon.

The Super Eagles are just a step away from qualification for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and will be looking to pick all three points on Saturday. When they take on the Republic of Benin, as much as they are hopeful however, their opponents might prove hard nuts to crack, given their recent […]

Super Eagles of Nigeria By Emmanuel Okogba Dates for the last phase of AFCON Qualifiers for Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been confirmed. While the penultimate match against Benin Republic will hold on Saturday, March 27th at Charles De Gaulle Stadium in Porto Novo, the Super Eagles will return to Lagos for the first time in […]

The characteristics peculiar to the Super Eagles are speed, skill, agility and shooting; not holding the ball and looking for breaks. This was the submission of Sylvanus Okpala, former Nigeria international and ex-Rangers coach, who added that any attempt to foist a “foreign” style of play on the national football team would fail.

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has called for an overhaul of the Super Eagles technical and administrative structure to achieve better results.

By Jacob Ajom The Super Eagles, as the senior national football team are called, have come under intense scrutiny following their failure to record a win in the entire calendar year 2020. The Eagles, under German coach Gernot Rohr have witnessed stagnation, better put, retrogression, particularly, after failing to stamp their authority in a 2022 […]