The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the fixtures for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. DAILY POST reports that the Super Eagles will start the qualifying campaign with a home game against neighbours Benin Republic. The Cheetahs are managed by former Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr. The Super Eagles will then…
Wilfred Ndidi has rallied his teammates to go all out for a win against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Friday. The Super Eagles are still searching for their first win in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers after drawing their opening two games against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Anything short of a win against…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face perennial rivals Ghana and Mali in a friendly later this month, DAILY POST reports. The friendlies will take in place Marrakech, Morocco. The clash with Ghana will hold at the Stade Grande de Marrakech on Friday, March 22. The three-time African champions will then take on Mali at…
A member of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, slumped and died during the penalty shootout stage of the match between Nigeria and South Africa, Wednesday evening. DAILY POST gathered that the youth, identified simply as Samuel from Kaduna State, who was serving in Adamawa, died just before the last kick that ensured Nigeria’s progress…
Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong has revealed that head coach Jose Peseiro almost made him stop playing for Nigeria because of a disagreement he had with the Portuguese. Speaking in an interview with ESPN, the former Udinese and Watford star said he was not sure of playing at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations,…
Alhassan Yusuf is expected to miss Nigeria’s Group B clash with hosts Cote d’Ivoire due to injury. Yusuf, it has been revealed, sustained a thigh injury in Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. The injury is, however, not serious, and he is expected to be available for the Super Eagles final group game…
Kelechi Iheanacho has impressed in training and is pushing hard to start the Super Eagles 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Group A clash against hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday. Iheanacho arrived at the team’s Pullman Hotel base in Abidjan on Saturday morning after recovering from a muscular injury. The 27-year-old was named among the substitutes…
Nigeria is currently ranked in fourth position in terms of tickets purchased by participating countries ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, revealed the information on its official X account. “Ticket sales for Nigeria are among the top five on the continent,” reads the message. According to CAF,…
Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has weighed in on his team’s chances at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The three-time champions will be gunning for a fourth title when hostilities start in Cote d’Ivoire in January. Peseiro reckoned the Super Eagles are among the favourites to win the competition. The Portuguese stated that…
Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has finally spoken up about his rumoured strained relationship with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that led to his abrupt exit from the national team. The 41-year-old lamented that the Nigerian football governing body treated him like a “piece of used material.” In a recent interview with Hot Sports…
