The Falconets list was released to the media on Monday by the Media Unit of the Nigeria Football Federation.
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This followed the declaration by the world football body that the pitch in Bujumbura is unfit to host the qualifying game.
President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections and retirement since he has…
The Banyana Banyana of South Africa produced a dominant performance to advance from Group C with one game left.
The envoy said unity of citizens was critical to ending the menace posed by insecurity.
The seminar cum training takes place from May 22 to 24 with the competition manager while the umpires’ training and examination will hold from May 25 to 28 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Receiving Letters of Credence at State House from the Ambassadors of Japan, European Union, Burundi, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Cape Verde, France, Qatar; and High Commissioners of Sierra Leone and Ghana, the President told them that they were assuming diplomatic responsibilities in Nigeria at a very interesting political period.
The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, disclosed on Friday.
Nigeria began its campaign for honours in the ongoing FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup in Kampala, Uganda with clear wins in the girls, boys, women and men’s categories.
Mohamed Yattara scored a brace of goals as Guinea defeated 10-man Burundi 2-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash on Sunday to give themselves a strong chance of a place in the knockout stages.
Madagascar advanced to four points from their opening two games and even if they do not finish in the top two places in the group, probably have enough points to fill one of the places in the last 16 for the four best third-placed teams.
Members of the Super Eagles have resumed training ahead of their second group game against Guinea on Wednesday at the ongoing AFCON 2019 in Egypt.
Ighalo, who came in as a substitute for Paul Onuachu in the 73rd minute, netted the decisive strike four minutes later.
Bitrus Bewarang, the Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation, says the Super Eagles must take to heart lessons learnt from their hard-fought victory against Burundi at the ongoing AFCON.
Ebere Amaraizu, Director of National Nationwide League One, says Nigeria-Burundi match shows that “no more underdog nation in African football’’.
Godwin Izilein, a former coach of the Golden Eaglets, on Saturday said Super Eagles’ victory over Burundi would boost their confidence ahead of their next match.
Emmanuel Zira, a renowned sports administrator, says it is time to end the hiring of foreign coaches for the national teams.
Ighalo was set free by Ola Aina’s clever flicked pass and side-footed the ball past Burundi goalkeeper Jonathan Nahimana in the 77th minute, four minutes after coming on in the opening Group B match
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is banking on Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi for goals when they face debutants Burundi on Saturday in the Africa Cup of Nations Group B opener in Egypt.
Super Eagles’ skipper, John Obi Mikel, has vowed that Nigeria will go all out to win the African Cup of Nation title in Egypt.