Nigeria finished 2019 as the third ranked team in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia.
The other top seeded teams are 2019 AFCON champions, Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon, Mali and DR Congo.
These 10 teams will, thus, head the 10 qualifying groups.
The draw will be staged on January 21, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, from 6pm.
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Technical director of the NFF, Bitrus Bewerang reveals that there are plans to review the template for paying Super Eagles stars’ match bonuses.
“The present NFF started the policy of paying players a percentage of tournament bonuses during the 2018 FIFA World Cup just to motivate them, outside their bonuses and allowances,”Bewerang stated.
“We did not pay any bonus for the 2021 AFCON qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Lesotho because we are in the
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has announced he will be sponsoring 100 students at a university in the Nigerian city of Kano.
Musa has made the gesture to mark his ambassadorial role for the Skyline University.
Despite Kano’s size and being the commercial centre of northern Nigeria, there is a real lack of opportunity for education, which many simply cannot afford.
On social media yesterday, the former Kano Pillars forward said the sponsorship is designed to “promote this vision of becoming anything you want to be in life as long as you can dream it.
“So, I am pleased to …
The Super Eagles have arrived in Maseru for Sunday’s 2021 Africa Cup Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Crocodiles of Lesotho.
The players and their officials left the Akwa Ibom Airport, Uyo in the early hours of Saturday and arrived the Moshoeshoe I International Airport, Maseru in the afternoon.
“We have arrived in Maseru. #SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong #LESNGA,”reads a Tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Super Eagles.
Gernot Rohr’s charges edged out the Squiirels of Benin 2-1 In their first match of the 2021 AFCON …
The three-time African champions started their qualifying campaign with a 2-1 home win against neighbours Benin Republic at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo on Wednesday.
Musa played the last six minutes of the game, replacing Victor Osimhen who scored the opening goal for Nigeria from a spot kick.
Victory against Lesotho who held Sierra Leone to a 1-1 draw in Freetown
The Glasgow Rangers midfielder played on a Nigerian turf for the first time in the match at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.
Aribo’s previous two appearance for the Super Eagles against Ukraine and Brazil took place in Dnipro and Singapore respectively.
The 23-year-old scored a goal each in both games but was unable to increase the haul against the Beninese.
“Good win in our first AFCON
“The content of what the men submitted to the player (Stamatopoulos) was so clear that it should be considered a criminal offer of bribe,” the court said.
Etuhu escaped a jail sentence but
“It is fantastic that we now have some youngsters
Nigerians may have been surprised to find their darling team, the Super Eagles dropping instead of rising in the latest International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) ranking released on October 24, 2019. Since in 1994 when the Super Eagles rose to fifth in the world, its best ever ranking, they have not gotten anywhere near that rank. In the one released on September 19 (incidentally my birthday), the Super Eagles gained points to be placed 34th in the world. Nigerians believed that there will be an improvement for that of October because in the month under consideration, the Super Eagles
Home-based Super Eagles, yesterday, trained behind closed doors as they perfect strategies for tomorrow’s make or break Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying match against the Sparrows of Togo.
The Imama Amapakabo-tutored team crumbled to the Sparrows 4-1 in Lome, capital of Togo, in the first leg of the fixture a fortnight ago, and needs to score, at least, three goals without conceding any, to turn the table against the Togolese side.
Already, the Tologese team arrived in Lagos yesterday ahead of tomorrow’s crucial game billed for the Agege Stadium in Lagos.
Coach Amapakabo, on Wednesday, released a list of …
Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr will have to do without Francis Uzoho, one of his most improved players for the Total Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Benin Republic following the confirmation that he has been ruled out for six months, reports soccernet.com.
The AC Omonia goalkeeper picked up the injury in Super Eagles draw against Brazil last Sunday at the Singapore National Stadium on Sunday.
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The 20-year-old Uzoho was trying to deal with a cross only for him to land awkwardly, which has now resulted in knee ligament damage. …
Three-time African champions, Nigeria’s Super Eagles, will this afternoon in Singapore take on arguably football’s most glamorous national team, Brazil, in a mouth-watering friendly encounter. Fresh off a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in another international friendly last month, the Super Eagles will be looking to deny the South American champions their first victory since winning the Copa America in July.
The five-time world champions are currently enduring their longest wait for victory since 2013 and were held by Senegal at the same venue in Singapore on Thursday.
After going unbeaten for 17 games since being knocked out of the …
