Nigeria’s Super Eagles player, Ademola Lookman scored against Angola at 41minutes into the match.

Recall that the Atalanta winger Lookman scored both goals as the Super Eagles downed rivals Cameroon in the last 16 and he smashed home Moses Simon’s low cross four minutes before halftime in Abidjan.

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Super Eagles vice captain, William Troost-Ekong, has scored against Cote d’Ivoire.

Troost-Ekong and his teammates must avoid defeat against the Elephants to stay in contention for a place in the Round of 16

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Daily Dates Nigeria reports that President Buhari will be seeing the second leg of the World Cup Qualifier game between Nigeria and Ghana live.

The Super Eagles will host the black stars of Ghana at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, today – Tuesday.

The two teams who earlier battled at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi last week Friday, ended at a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

Eagles, therefore, need to defeat the black stars of Ghana to qualify for the World Cup.

This is a developing story.

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After returning to Nigeria with a goalless match in Kumasi, Super Eagles are fully concentrating on Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with Ghana’s Black Stars, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

In a statement released by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Monday, all civil servants are urged to watch the match and support the Super Eagles.

The statement called on the Permanent Secretaries of offices to close offices from 1pm.

Read the full statement below:

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Daily Dates Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s Franco-German Rohr has been dismissed as coach of the team by the country’s Football Federation.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that Rohr’s contract has been terminated in a statement released on Sunday.

The termination of the contract brings an end to almost a month of speculations about Rohr’s future.

The NFF had earlier denied reports that the coach had been sacked back in November.

The NFF in an official statement, said, “The relationship between the Nigeria Football Federation and Mr Rohr has come to an end.

“We thank him for his services to the Super Eagles and Nigeria.”

Rohr’s replacement, Eguavoen had twice coached the Super Eagles in the past – in 2006 and 2012.

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