Nigeria beat Ghana 2-1 to win WAFU championship

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have won this year’s WAFU Zone B championship after defeating Ghana 2-1 in the final on Wednesday.

This means the Flying Eagles have retained the WAFU Zone B title which they won in 2022.

A brace from Kparobo Arierhi was enough to earn coach Aliyu Suberu’s men the trophy.

Arierhi opened the scoring in the 33rd minute before getting on the score sheet again to double the lead.

Ghana pulled a goal back in the 74th minute but the Flying Eagles held on to emerge champions.

After losing 1-0 to Burkina Faso in their opening game, the Nigerian team beat Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 to progress into the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the team came from a goal down to beat Niger Republic.

Meanwhile, the Flying Eagles and Ghana have both qualified for the 2025 U-20 AFCON tournament.