Players and officials of national U-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, are determined to beat the Squirrels of Benin Republic in today’s final of the West African Football Union B tournament in Niamey.

Nigeria’s national under-20 male football team on Tuesday overpowered Cote d’Ivoire in the first semi-final match to reach the final of the ongoing WAFU B Under-20 Championship in Niamey.

Group B winners, Nigeria, will today confront the second–placed team in Group A, Cote d’Ivoire, in the second semifinal of the ongoing WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey, Niger Republic.

Flying Eagles’ forward, Ahmed Abdullahi, has recovered and is recuperating in hospital following a scary incident during the Nigeria, Burkina Faso game at the WAFU B Championship in Niamey, Niger Republic on Wednesday.

For Nigeria, the race to next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations begins tomorrow when seven-time African champions, Nigeria, go up against arch rivals, Ghana, in a potentially –intense opener to Group B at the WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey.

Two years after failing with the Flying Eagles at the U-20 WAFU Cup in Benin Republic, Coach Ladan Bosso will, again, lead the seven-time African champions to Niamey, Niger Republic, for this year’s WAFU B U-20 Championship. The tournament will hold between May 7 and 20.

Head Coach of Nigeria’s U20 Boys (Flying Eagles), Ladan Bosso, has invited 40 players for next month’s WAFU B U20 Championship holding in Niamey, Niger Republic.

From late 1970 till 2015, there were, perhaps, no more beloved and famous African U-20 teams than the Flying Eagles of Nigeria and Black Satellites of Ghana...

Former international, Bright Omokaro, is worried that the performance of Nigeria’s junior teams, has continued to dwindle, blaming this on Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) penchant to recycle coaches as a major problem against the growth of the sector.

Nigeria’s hope of qualifying for the 2021 African U-20 Nations Cup in Mauritania took a big hit yesterday when the Flying Eagles lost 0-1 to Black Satellites of Ghana in their second match of the on-going WAFU Zone B championship in Benin Republic.

Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles will seek a place in the semifinals of the on-going WAFU B U20 Tournament in Porto Novo today, when they confront West African arch rivals, Ghana’s Black Satellites at the Stade Charles de Gaulles.

Nigeria’s hope of opening its campaign at the WAFU U-20 Championship was thwarted at the final minutes when Cote d’Ivoire scored to ensure the tie ended 1-1 at the Stade Charles de Gaulle Stadium, Porto-Novo.