Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo has tipped Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman to win the best player of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, ongoing in Cote d’Ivoire. Keyamo said this in a tweet via his X account after Nigeria’s AFCON quarter-final 1-0 win over Angola on Friday. He wrote on X: “Hard-fought victory, but …

Injured Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has been declared fit to face the Palancas Negras of Angola in Friday’s quarter-final clash at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire The former Lobi Stars shot-stopper was a major doubt for the game after sustaining a mild ligament injury in the Super Eagles’ Round of 16 victory against Cameroon on …

Angola head coach, Pedro Goncalves says he has total respect for the Super Eagles but will try to exploit the team’s weakness. The Palancas Negras will take on the Super Eagles in a quarter-final tie at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan on Friday. The Three-time winners are the overwhelming favourites to win the game going by their pedigree on …

The Super Eagles pocketed a whopping $30,000 each for getting past the group stage of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. Jose Peseiro’s side finished second in Group A behind the Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea. The previous arrangement, according to SCORENigeria, was for each player to be paid a $5,000-a-match bonus to the final. It …

The results of the drug tests conducted on three Super Eagles players at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have turned out negative. The squad members that were tested are striker Victor Osimhen, forward Ademola Lookman and captain William Troost-Ekong. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Napoli star striker Victor Osimhen and his Eagles teammates for a random …

Indomitable Lions of Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar, cut a disappointed figure following the team’s disappointing defeat to Nigeria. Rigobert Song’s side exited the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-0 defeat to perennial rivals, Cameroon in their Round of 16 contest. The five-time champions dominated possession in the game but failed to muster a shot on target. Aboubakar made …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen has charged the Super Eagles to go for victory and bring home the cover tee trophy at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON). In his message to the Nigerian senior national team, he said the Super Eagles have the potential to win the AFCON considering the array of stars and experienced …

Nigeria’s football legends Olusegun Odegbami and Garba Lawal have advised the Super Eagles to be extremely cautious, stay focused, be disciplined and have self-belief when they lock horns with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in their Africa Cup of Nations’ Round of 16 encounter in Abidjan on Saturday. Odegbami, a member of Nigeria’s 1980 AFCON-winning squad and former captain of …

Mozambique scored twice in second-half stoppage time to almost certainly send Ghana crashing out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament at the group stage. The Black Stars looked to be cruising into the last 16 thanks to two Jordan Ayew’s penalties, one in each half. Just like they did in 2021 AFCON group game against Comoros in …

Moses Simon was named Man of the Match following Nigeria’s 1-0 victory against Guinea-Bissau. Simon was handed his first start of the competition in the game. The Nantes winger’s cross was diverted into the net for Nigeria’s only goal of the game nine minutes before the end of the first half. The 28-year-old was replaced by Ademola Lookman late in …