By Sola Fanawopo These predictions are not for poker tables or gambling slips, where passion has been converted into global commerce. They are grounded instead in data, tournament history, and tactical behaviour — the quiet forces that usually decide AFCON once the noise fades.The Africa Cup of Nations is often celebrated as football’s last great […]

Obi had described the development as an embarrassment to the country, lamenting the failure to meet agreed obligations to the players.

Dikko told NAN that President Bola Tinubu had approved the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2025 budget since November 2025, aligning the NSC, NFF and players.

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised the continued non-payment of match allowances owed to Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, describing it as an embarrassment that undermines the country’s image and morale.

The camp of Nigeria’s Super Eagles has shut down insinuations and dark innuendoes of a rumpus in the team following Monday night’s 4-0 thrashing of Mozambique’s Mambas, which progressed the three-time champions to the last-8 of the ongoing 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.