Super Eagles: NFF unveils Eric Chelle in Abuja

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1 year ago

January 13, 2025

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Eric Chelle was on Monday unveiled as the new head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, DAILY POST reports.

The unveiling ceremony took place at media conference room of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

Chelle’s appointment was confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, last week Tuesday.

The former Mali international is the 42nd substantive head coach of the Super Eagles.

The 47-year-old has been tasked with reviving Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying hopes.

The Super Eagles are yet to record a win in the qualifiers and sit in fifth position in Group C with three points from four games.

Chelle will lead the home-based Super Eagles at the upcoming 2024 African Nations Championship, CHAN.

DAILY POST recalls that his appointment was greeted with widespread resistance and criticism by Nigerian football fans and pundits.

2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

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1 day ago

February 6, 2026

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Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Politics

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

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1 week ago

January 30, 2026

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President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)