A 1-1 draw at Nasarawa United after leading through an own goal on 66 minutes. The manager says he spent the last half hour shouting instructions his players did not follow.

The run matches a Bursaspor record set by the Brazilian Fernandao in 2014/15. It is the best form of his career and it has arrived in the week Nigeria lost its first-choice striker.

Doma's perfect start ended 4-1 at the Sani Abacha Stadium with Ahmed Musa named man of the match. In Aba, newcomers Inter Lagos won their first ever NPFL game.

A 1-0 victory over Lecce, Pulisic with the goal, and the Lecce goalkeeper denying the Nigerian. The contract talk that started this month is being supported every single weekend.

A 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Craven Cottage, both Nigerians rated highly, and a winless start that is now long enough to be a pattern rather than a slow beginning.

Atletico beat Real Madrid 2-1 and the manager singled out the Nigerian afterwards. Public praise from Diego Simeone is not a thing he hands out for effort.

A groin problem has ruled the striker out of Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau. Eric Chelle has called up Taiwo Awoniyi, who is at Coventry City, and Nigeria starts Group L without its best forward.

A grassroots tournament has paused over an argument about one match. Small competitions fail at exactly this point, and the fix is always the same boring paperwork.

Eric Chelle has made an unexpected selection call ahead of the friendly and the AFCON qualifiers. A Russian pundit has already made a bold claim about the fixture.

A member of the most celebrated Super Eagles side there has ever been now works in Texas. The interesting part is how ordinary that is for players of his era.

He has outlasted three managers and most of his own generation in the national team. The argument about where he ranks is really an argument about what Nigeria rewards.

Michael Carrick's United host Enzo Maresca's City, who are chasing a fourth straight win. Opta's model gives the visitors the edge, which is exactly the kind of prediction this fixture eats.

Finidi George's side play the second leg today at the Godswill Akpabio stadium after a drawn first leg. Nigerian clubs almost never get past this round, and this is where it is decided.

A 2-0 win at the Pantami Stadium keeps a perfect start intact. Nigeria's most decorated club has been beaten by a side most of the country could not place on a map five years ago.

A 2-2 draw at Lazio, rescued from 2-0, with the Nigerian on the pitch for all of it. A week that began with contract reports is ending with the case for them.

Chelsea 2-2 Hull City, and the promoted side is still unbeaten. Ajayi hit the woodwork with the header that led to Hull's second goal.

Two 1-1 draws against a Beninese side, then 5-4 from the spot in Lome. The Nigerian champions are through, and MC Alger is next, which is a different sort of evening entirely.

Two assists in three league games, and a club moving to extend a contract that does not expire until 2028. Renewals this early are rarely about rewarding form.

Fourth in the Budapest 100m final in 9.93, the same time as the man who took third. He leaves as the fastest African in the race and 25,000 dollars better off.

The English winger says a chance chat with Ademola Lookman convinced him, and he has been given the number 11 Lookman used to wear. Players recruit for clubs long after they leave them.