The head coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has named 23 players ahead of the crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and the Benin Republic. Nigeria is hanging on to the faintest hope of qualification following FIFA’s verdict on South Africa, deducting three points and three go... The head coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has named 23 players ahead of the crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and the Benin Republic. Nigeria is hanging on to the faintest hope of qualification following FIFA’s verdict on South Africa, deducting three points and three goals from South Africa’s accrued points. This verdict leaves Chelle’s men in third place in the group with 11 points, now three points behind Benin Republic and South Africa.