Nigeria’s Super Eagles and their South African counterparts, Bafana Bafana, will lock horns in Bouake on Wednesday for a place in the final of the delayed 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. It will be a repeat of the 2000 AFCON’s semifinal clash that saw the Eagles edged out the 1996 champions 2-0 in Lagos. The …

Nigeria will be featuring in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations for a record extending eighth time when the Super Eagles file out against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana at the Stade de Bouaké to determine the first team to qualify for the final of the 2013 edition of the competition. Apart from the three straight last four qualifications …

The anticipation for Wednesday’s semifinal encounter between the Super Eagles and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations entered a new gear with the youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) mobilising its members to back the Nigerian team. Special events being put together by the wing, under the party’s National Youth Leader, …

Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali is back in the lineup as Nigeria go up against Angola in the first quarterfinal of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations this evening in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Earlier in the day, Super Eagles Media Officer, Babafemi Raji had assured that the keeper is fit to play. Nwabali, who has been sensational since the commencement of …

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 …

The Argentina Football Association has announced two international friendlies against Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire after the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in March. According to the Argentine FA, the two friendlies against Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire will be held during Argentina’s tour of Asia in China, which is scheduled for March. Nigeria and Cote …

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 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has decried insinuations in some quarters that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is delaying payments of match bonuses and allowances due to the Super Eagles at the ongoing 34th Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cote d’Ivoire. Earlier, the NFF had announced before the commencement of AFCON that it had secured approval of N12.5 …

The delirium induced by twin wins against Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon is symptomatic of the Nigerian’s short attention span and which our leaders (exploiters) capitalise on to keep us on our knees. As recently as the eve of the first game at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023, very few Nigerians would wager their fast depreciating Naira on a …

Atalanta of Italy forward Ademola Lookman has dedicated his Man-of-the-match award to his teammates as he said the Super Eagles’ 2-0 win over Cameroon was a collective effort. Lookman’s two goals was all Nigeria needed to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday at the Felix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan. Lookman said that the …