Augustine Eguavoen will continue as Super Eagles’ Head Coach and will lead the team for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya in October.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) gave the approval on Thursday as recommended by the Technical and Development Sub-Committee of the NFF.
Recall that rumours of Eguavoen’s resignation made the rounds earlier this month after the Super Eagles were held to a barren draw against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali. Eguavoen quickly dismissed rumours and affirmed that he was still in charge of the Super Eagles and would sit down with the federation’s hierarchy to evaluate the team’s performance, following the two matches played.
The 58-year-old gaffer, in temporary charge of the squad he had led three times previously, steered the three-time African champions to a 3-0 defeat of Benin Republic and scoreless draw with Rwanda in Matchdays 1 and 2 earlier this month.
Eguavoen and the current technical crew that also includes Fidelis Ilechukwu, Daniel Ogunmodede, Olatunji Baruwa and Tomaz Zorec will also take charge of the Super Eagles B team for the qualifying campaign for next year’s African Nations Championship, otherwise known as CHAN.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face off against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya on October 11th and October 15th. The first leg would be played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.