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[ad_1] President Bola Tinubu has said that he was deeply moved by the 'inhuman treatment' endured by the Super Eagles of Nigeria at a Libyan airport, warmly welcoming their safe return to Nigeria. The harrowing experience of the national football team at the hands of their hosts and the Libyan authorities prompted the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to withdraw the Super Eagles from a scheduled 2025 AFCON qaualifier match on Tuesday. In a statement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President […]

[ad_1] Minister for Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar also revealed that the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli has been closely monitoring the situation and maintaining contact with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Libyan authorities. The Nigerian government has strongly condemned Libya's hostile treatment of the Super Eagles, the country's national football team after they were held hostage for hours at the airport. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission ( NiDCOM) in a post on her X Page maintained that the […]

[ad_1] Super Eagles Captain, William Troost-Ekong, has predicted that Libya's Mediterranean Knights will be even tougher nut to crack when both teams clash again Tuesday night in Benina. Tuesday's rematch will kick off by 8pm at a packed 10,000-capacity stadium and it will be played on an artificial pitch. Despite dominating the North Africans last Friday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, it was the personal brilliance of Lazio's attacking midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, for Nigeria in the 71st minute […]