Currently on a five-match winning streak, since losing 0-1 to African vice champions, Egypt, in a 2017 Cup of Nations qualifying match in Alexandria a year ago, the Super Eagles are ranked 41st in the world, 10 places below Senegal’s Teranga Lions and three places below the Etalons of Burkina Faso
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The Super Eagles will be up against Senegal’s Teranga Lions on March 23 before taking on the Etalons of Burkina Faso four days later
Omeruo struck in the 37th minute of their clash against Adanaspor to give his team a two goal cushion in the tie and in the process ended a five-year goal drought
Lookman is eligible to play for both Nigeria and England
Eyewitnesses said right fullback Henry asked to be replaced during the friendly match with his youth team, Samba FC, at the UNEC Stadium in Enugu on Monday morning
The most significant changes for the February edition of the FIFA World Ranking arrive courtesy of matches played at the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations
This was contained in a communique signed after the NFF executive committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday
While Ndidi saw action for the entire 90 minutes, Musa replaced Shinji Okazaki in the 63rd minute of the tie
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Lookman was born in England but can play for Nigeria through his parents
Last week, Tianjin Teda lost 2-1 to Mönchengladbach II, just as St. Pauli whitewashed them 6-2
Fuludu, who was a member of the Super Eagles squad that won the 1994 edition of the tournament, stated this in an interview the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday
The Gernot Rohr-led team must finish top of their group in order to guarantee their spot in Cameroon
Despite failing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations in Gabon, Nigeria is seventh in Africa, behind Senegal, Cote d’Iviore, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and DR Congo
An energetic and efficient defender in his days with the Red Devils, as the Nigeria senior team was known in those days, Okoye featured in a number of matches for Nigeria between 1959 and 1961
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ahmed Musa has taken a little bit of time to find his feet since arriving at Leicester
Fashanu, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the idea of hiring European coaches for Super Eagles’ job was not only inappropriate, but a misconception
Rohr had on Tuesday told the media in Lagos that he reached out to Enyeama to help solve the goalkeeping crisis in the Super Eagles ahead of the World Cup qualifying tie against Algeria
Rohr disclosed in Lagos that the former Super Eagles captain seemed to have his mind made up to stick to his retirement from national team duties
Rohr spoke with newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday
The Nigerian international, who boasts 78 caps with the Super Eagles, has found himself frozen out by new Blues boss, Antonio Conte, as league-leading Chelsea evolved their style under the Italian coach