Victor Osimhen is the talisman, the attacking arrowhead of Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, his three goals offering a warning to Algeria before Saturday’s quarter-final. Osimhen’s volatile temperament, displayed in a spat with his teammate Ademola Lookman during Monday’s 4-0 win against Mozambique, has grabbed the headlines. Osimhen’s first major public spat was in 2022, with the former Nigeria and Monaco striker Victor Ikpeba, who won the Afcon in 1994, then Olympic gold and the African Footballer of the Year title in 1996. Osimhen did not take kindly to that and referred to Ikpeba on Instagram as “Pundit Isonu” (Isonu, in Nigeria’s Yoruba language, means useless). View image in fullscreen Victor Osimhen has scored three goals during Nigeria’s run to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2026 08:16 UTC