National Team News

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have missed the last two FIFA U17 World Cups. The search for a new head coach to reverse that decline has attracted several high-profile candidates. The frontrunner is not a famous former player. He is a 30-year-old UEFA A Licence coach from Delta State who studied in Wales and worked as a […]

William Troost-Ekong gave 83 caps, captained Nigeria to an AFCON final, led a squad strike over unpaid wages, and watched the World Cup dream end on penalties in Morocco. He has now explained, in his own words, why he walked away and what Nigeria needs to do differently. William Troost-Ekong announced his retirement from international

The Nigeria Football Federation is ready to name a new U-23 Olympic Eagles coach ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games qualification campaign, and two names from Nigeria’s greatest generation are in the frame: Samson Siasia and Daniel Amokachi. Nigeria’s Olympic Eagles have not been to the Olympics since Rio 2016. They missed Tokyo 2020

Alessandro Marcandalli was born in Bergamo, Italy, plays for Genoa in Serie A, listens to Afrobeats, grew up eating his Nigerian mother’s jollof rice, and is waiting for Eric Chelle to pick up the phone. The NFF, it seems, is finally ready to call. Alessandro Marcandalli did not grow up dreaming of Italy’s Azzurri. He

Eric Chelle has secured the international futures of two England-eligible Championship players: Crystal Palace midfielder David Ozoh, currently on loan at Derby County, and Millwall winger Femi Azeez, the standout player of the English Championship season. The Super Eagles are getting bigger and Eric Chelle is the reason why. Nigeria’s head coach has convinced two

Eric Chelle has confirmed his new deal with the NFF is still not done, with financial discussions unresolved weeks after he submitted his contract demands. Despite the uncertainty, he insists his focus is entirely on the Unity Cup and an imminent visit to Nigeria to scout NPFL players. Nigeria’s most successful coach in years does

The Super Eagles will watch the 2026 World Cup from home for the second consecutive time. The sporting pain is well documented. The financial pain is not. The total cost to Nigeria is somewhere between $30 million and $40 million, and that is a conservative estimate. When Nigeria lost to DR Congo on penalties in

Michael Eneramo, the former Super Eagles striker who played across Tunisia, Turkey and the Middle East during a fifteen-year professional career, has died at the age of 40 after collapsing during a local football match in Kaduna on Friday morning. Nigerian football is in mourning. Michael Eneramo collapsed on the pitch during a local friendly

Eric Chelle and the NFF have opened talks with Newcastle United forward William Osula about switching his international allegiance to Nigeria, with the 22-year-old increasingly open to committing to the Super Eagles. William Osula could be heading to the Super Eagles. The NFF and coach Eric Chelle have initiated talks with the Newcastle United forward

With the 2026 Unity Cup less than five weeks away, Eric Chelle is combing secondary European leagues and watching NPFL games personally as he assembles a Nigeria squad built for opportunity rather than reputation. Eric Chelle has made his intentions for the 2026 Unity Cup very clear. This is not a tournament for Nigeria’s established