AFCON Qualifiers: Super Eagles fly to Guinea-Bissau days after poor first-leg performance
Days after suffering a home defeat to Guinea-Bissau in the first-leg of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier, Nigerian Super Eagles have travelled to Guinea-Bissau for the second-leg of the game.
Nigerian Super Eagles are looking forward to making up for the poor performance that saw them suffer a 1-0 loss to Guinea-Bissau at Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja on Friday.
“We’re off to Guinea-Bissau,” Nigeria Super Eagles announced on its official Facebook page, sharing a video of their departure.
Nigerian Super Eagles will face Guinea-Bissau at Estádio 24 de Setembro on Monday for the second-leg of the game.
With seven points in three games, Guinea-Bissau are top of Group A, while Nigeria rank second with six points in three games.
Sierra Lone and Sao Tome Principe are third and fourth in the group with two and a point in three games, respectively.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Economy
IMF, World Bank launch global plan to combat cyber-enabled financial fraud
IMF and the World Bank have launched a framework called the ‘Bangkok Blueprint’ to help countries worldwide tackle the rise of cyber-enabled fraud in digital financial services.
Rights
Over one million complaints received, 716,000 petitions resolved, says PCC
The Public Complaints Commission says it received 1,281,984 complaints in the last two years and resolved 716,688 of them.
Economy
UNDP warns 800 million youths in Nigeria, other nations facing future without jobs
The United Nations Development Programme has warned that 800 million youths in Nigeria and other developing nations face a future without jobs.
World
Number of West Africans rushing to Europe drops 59% as routes get deadlier: IOM
According to IOM, 4,566 migrants from Mali, Senegal, Guinea and The Gambia were registered arriving in Europe by sea between January and June 2026.
Economy
REA, NCC to expand rural connectivity, cut telecom costs
REA and NCC are planning joint pilot projects to integrate rural electricity infrastructure with telecommunications networks.
States
Asagba urges Delta CP to revive committee on community policing
Mr Azinge made the call when police commissioner Samuel Erale paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Asaba.
