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2026 WCQ: Injury woes force late Super Eagles call-ups ahead of key fixtures

2026 WCQ: Injury woes force late Super Eagles call-ups ahead of key fixtures

by Ibikunle Salako
5 October 2025
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Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has called up Porto defender Zaidu Sanusi and Crystal Palace midfielder Chrisantus Uche as late replacements ahead of Nigeria’s crucial matches against Lesotho and Benin in the final round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Afrosport reports. Sanusi and Uche will replace the injured duo of Birmingham City defender Bright Osayi-Samuel and Panathinaikos striker Cyriel Dessers. The changes were...

Super Eagles up three spots in new FIFA rankings; Comoros, Sudan highest gainers

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Who should Augustine Eguavoen name in Super Eagles XI vs Benin?

by Bayo Adegboyega
12 November 2024
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on the Cheetahs of Benin on Thursday at the Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in their penultimate game in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The three-time African Champions top Group D with 10 points after four games, and will qualify for the continental showpiece in Morocco with just a point from their final two games....

AFCON 2023: President Tinubu celebrates Super Eagles win over Cameroon

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Who should Augustine Eguavoen name in Super Eagles XI vs Libya?

by Bayo Adegboyega
10 October 2024
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Nigeria's Super Eagles head into Friday's 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Libya's Mediterranean Knights with a lot of confidence after amassing four points from a possible six in their first two games. A convincing 3-0 win against Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo was followed by a goalless stalemate against Rwanda in Kigali. Libya, winless in their previous two matches...

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2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Onyeka & four others land in Uyo as labour strike gets suspended

by Kunle Fayiga
4 June 2024
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The Super Eagles camp has been given a huge boost after five players landed in Uyo on Tuesday following the suspension of the national labour strike across Nigeria. Eight players were stranded on Monday due to inactivity at airports however however five of those players in defenders Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, midfielder Frank Onyeka and forward Paul Onuachu all landed at the Victor...

Osayi-Samuel: Turkish football needs more than fines & bans to curb shameful fan violence

Osayi-Samuel: Turkish football needs more than fines & bans to curb shameful fan violence

by Kunle Fayiga
5 April 2024
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Nigeria defender Bright Osayi-Samuel made headlines on March 17 when he was captured punching a fan in Fenerbahce’s 3-2 Turkish Super Lig win away at Trabzonspor. Home fans descended on the pitch after the final whistle to attack some of the Fenerbahce players like Michy Batshuayi, who scored the winner for Fenerbahce in the 87th minute, and Osayi-Samuel. Rather than succumb to the attack, Osayi-Samuel took...

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