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New Young Players are Coming in Super Eagles – Ibrahim Gusau to Fans
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, has said that fans of the Super Eagles can expect to see some new young players in the team.
He also complimented the team’s progress during their time with head coach Eric Chelle.
The football chief highlighted the team’s strong attacking play and the rise of young players as the main good things from their AFCON tournament.
Chelle took over in January 2025 and led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The Super Eagles did not lose any of their games during regular time in the tournament.
Gusau looked at how the team played and pointed out that Nigeria did well in scoring goals and keeping clean sheets as signs of improvement, even though they didn’t win the trophy.
Gusua said, “After the AFCON tournament ended, even though they did not win the trophy, they were the team that scored the most goals in the whole competition as well as being the only team that did not lose any matches except for those penalty kicks. That shows the team is getting better.”
The Super Eagles scored 14 goals in the tournament — eight in the group stage and six in the knockout rounds — which made them the top scorers in the competition.
They also maintained clean sheets during the knockout phase and only let in four goals in the group stage, which put them among the top defensive teams.
He added, “The most important part is finding some new young talents. There are more players still coming because you know what even makes us have some issues even in trying to introduce more of the young players is that we intend to have some quality friendly matches during the November window, unfortunately, we have to go to the playoffs.
“So, if we don’t have the playoffs, we plan to let the coach try some young players during the friendly matches we’re going to play in November.
“It’s not always easy for a coach to just bring in a new player and put him in a big tournament, but moving forward, we have the March window to do that.
“I believe we are still going to give him a chance to bring in some young players who will be added to the team. Nigerians should have higher expectations from the team and the coach.”
During the tournament, the Malian coach gave competitive starts to young players Salim Fago and Tochukwu Nnadi.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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