NIGERIA

A member of the United States Congress, Riley McGowan Moore, has described Nigeria as the deadliest place in the world to become a Christian, quoting what he calls systematic persecution and the massacre of Christians in the country. In a letter he was addressed to the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio on Tuesday, Moore urged the US to take …

Group C of the 2026 world cup qualifiers is probably the only group in which three teams reach the final round of games hoping to finish first and book a spot in the tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Nigeria, who are in third place, will face Benin Republic, who are in first place in the group, in …

Lesotho’s crocodiles have established a camp in Polokwane before their FIFA 2026 World Cup qualification against the Wnigeria Super Eagles. South Africa -based players such as Captain Sekhane Moerane, Thabo Makhele and Motebang will be that they were in action at the PSL during the weekend they have joined their teammates in the camp. The 23 guest players are now …

As many as 17 players from Nigeria’s senior team are already at the team camp ahead of today’s first training session in preparation for Friday’s World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. They will have their first training session today at 6:00 pm under the direction of head coach Eric Chelle and his assistants, who arrived in South Africa …

An idea about how the chief coach of the national senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will approach the World Cup Classification game of Friday against Lesotho is known that Owngoalnigeria.com. Nigeria will enter the game in search of a great victory on the scoreboard to keep alive with their hopes that vanish from reaching the 2026 World Cup, where …

A senior official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says that the withdrawal of Eritrea from the World Cup qualifiers, which left his group with a less different team from other groups, will probably benefit the super -based super -based super -baseds based on past record, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Eritrea had to play her games in group E along with Morocco, …

The hopes of Nigeria to qualify for the T20 ICC World Cup of 2026 ended with disappointment while the Greens Yellow closed in sixth place to African qualifications following a defeat of 66 shots against Uganda in Saturday’s fifth playoff. Uganda set a discouraging total of 196 by 7, led by a unbeaten 66 by Riazat Ali Shah, whose inning …

The chief coach of the national senior team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has conformed to the 23 players that will process the last two games in the World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Benin Republic, respectively. Owngoalnigeria.com can reveal exclusively that Chelle dropped the new signing of Crystal Palace Uche Chisantus, who has fought for play time since his transfer …

The head coach of the Nigeria senior team Eric Chelle did not do justice for the balance of the team on his list of 23 players summoned for the World Cup classifying games against Lesotho and Benin Republic, respectively, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Chelle chose three goalkeepers, seven defenders, four midfielders and nine strikers that include five central striker Victor Osimhen, Cyriel …

The Team of the Czech Republic Viktoria Plzen won his first victory in the UEFA Europa League group stage with a 3-0 victory over the Swedish side Malmo, reports Owngoalnigeria.com. Just out of scoring in its 1-1 opening against the Hungarian team Ferencvaros, Nigerian striker Rafiu Durosinmi was again on the score sheet in yesterday’s victory. It was the fastest …