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12 Mar
The Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has suspended 62 players for age fraud, including the youngest member of their squad for January's African Cup of Nations, reports dailymail.co.uk.
22 Feb
Nigeria’s legendary footballer, Segun Odegbami, recently set my mind on football and sports recollections dating back to many decades. He was nicknamed ‘Mathematical’ during his active playing years as a superstar in the ‘Green Eagles
19 Feb
Browsing the word ‘cyberbullying’ on Google and seeing ‘Alex Iwobi’ as the search result is worrying. Alex Iwobi is now the cornerstone and the garri soaking the disappointment and rage of Nigerians who recently got a silver medal from AFCON.  Super Eagles Skipper, Ahmed Musa, had urged Nigerians to halt the cyberbullying directed towards Alex…
17 Feb
The last few days have been quite exciting for members of the Super Eagles. The team, which was not reckoned with by many pundits before the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, returned to heroes’ welcome after beating all odds to finish as the second best team at the championship.
17 Feb
Nigeria Super Eagles lost the final of the just concluded Nations cup to host Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday. That is no longer news, what has become news is the continued harrassment and cyberbullying of Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi.
14 Feb
Super Eagles striker, Umar Sadiq, has issued a serious warning to people trying to bully him on social media. Sadiq, who missed the just-concluded 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast due to injury, issued this warning on Instagram after Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi was trolled online for his performance in the…
14 Feb
Nigeria's Super Eagles trio of William Troost-Ekong, Ademola Lookman, and Ola Aina have been named in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Best XI players of the 2023 African Cup of Nations. CAF Technical Study Group (TSG) released the Best XI for AFCON 2023 on Wednesday and included the three Nigerians for their performance after…
14 Feb
MTN Nigeria yesterday hosted players and officials of the Super Eagles to a welcome breakfast in recognition of their exceptional performance at the just-concluded 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire.
12 Feb
Despite the Super Eagles’ 1-2 defeat to the host nation, Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, in the finals of the 34th African Cup of Nations in Abidjan, on Sunday, Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, said the team was impressive.
12 Feb
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, has expressed surprise over the poor performance of his players in the AFCON 2023 final against hosts Ivory Coast. The Eagles had their worst performance at the tournament as they surrendered their lead to lose 2-1. William Troost-Ekong had given Peseiro's men the lead in the first half but…
12 Feb
Like they did 24 years ago, South Africa won the bronze medal match on Saturday night in Cote d’Ivoire. They played goalless with DR Congo but prevailed 6-5 in the ensuing penalty shoot-out, with goalkeeper Ronwen Williams emerging as the hero again. Williams had saved Bafana Bafana in their quarterfinal match by saving four penalty…
11 Feb
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has cheered up the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of the finals for the 2024 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for this evening.

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