The Super Eagles of Nigeria are in South Africa on Sunday for their crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup African Qualifier match with Bafana Bafana.
After initial issues were cleared, Nigerian contingent landed in Johannesburg Sunday afternoon.
The Super will hold their final training session on Monday before Tuesday’s encounter at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein, which kicks off at 16:00 GMT.
Current Group C Standings showed that:
South Africa – 16 points (1st)
Benin Republic – 11 points (2nd)
Nigeria – 10 points (3rd)
Rwanda – 9 points
Lesotho – 6 points
Zimbabwe – 4 points
Nigeria moved up to third place following their 1–0 win over Rwanda on Saturday in Uyo. This has moved the Super Eagles to the third position, keeping their World Cup hopes alive.
Tuesday’s clash is a must-win for the Super Eagles if they hope to overtake the leaders and remain in contention.
However, Victor Osimhen is ruled out of the match due to injury.
With this situation, the team coach, Eric Chelle, will make certain tactical changes.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
