For the umpteenth time former Golden Eaglets skipper, Musa Muhammed has pleaded with Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu to redeem the house pledge made by his predecessor to the players and officials of the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning team. Today (8 November) makes it 11 years when the Coach Manu Garba-led side extended Nigeria’s grip on the cadet trophy with the …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has clarified that the male U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have not qualified for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire and will resultantly miss the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, after failing to pick their ticket at the just-concluded WAFU B tournament in Ghana. Manu Garba’s team beat …

Amid the uncertainty of qualifying for the 2025 U-17 AFCON, Nigeria and hosts Ghana will go head-to-head in the third-place playoff of the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Championship at the University of Ghana Stadium on Tuesday (today). Nigeria and Ghana failed to qualify for the 2025 tournament after they were beaten in the semi-finals. Ghana lost 2-1 to Burkina Faso …

Nigeria will face Ivory Coast in the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Championship in Ghana on Saturday after sailing out of the group stage on top of the table with a 3-0 win over Togo in their last group game on Thursday. In the rescheduled last Group B game, which was played at the Rugby Pitch of the …

Following their goalless draw in their opening game against Burkina Faso on Thursday, Golden Eaglets claimed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Niger to record their first victory in the WAFU Zone B U-17 AFCON qualifiers. Coach Manu Garba made two changes to the team that started against Burkina Faso, with Oreoluwa Agbenla and Abdul Muiz Adeleke being handed their first …

Burkina Faso held the Golden Eaglets to a goalless draw in their opening game of the WAFU Zone B U-17 Championship at the University of Ghana Stadium, Accra on Thursday evening. Manu Garba opted for a 4-3-3 formation, with Dominic Chinedu named in goal while Sylvester Chika, Daniel Mende, Waris Yunus and Boluwatife Ekishola lined up as the defenders. The …

Golden Eaglets players have all passed the mandatory Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) test ahead of the WAFU B U-17 Championship in Accra, Ghana. The Confederation of African Football on Tuesday declared that all 20 players presented by Nigeria for the championship, which begins on Wednesday, have passed the examination. The Eaglets, who are the defending champions, landed in Accra with …

Coach Manu Garba has picked a final 19-man squad for the WAFU B U-17 AFCON qualifiers, which kick off Wednesday in Ghana. The Golden Eaglets are the defending champions, and they will fly into Accra with the mandate of not only successfully defending the regional crown but also continuing to improve the squad for a great outing at the U-17 …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has prioritised pre-camping MRI scans for all players to ensure only those within the right age bracket represent the country at the U17 men’s national team, the Golden Eaglets. According to the team media officer, Francis Achi, the football body is leaving no margin for errors in order to avoid extensive decimation of the team …

The board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Manu Garba as head coach of the Golden Eaglets. Garba had, in the same role, led the Golden Eaglets to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2013 which was Nigeria’s fourth triumph at that stage. Garba’s world-conquering squad in 2013 included Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo …