Nigeria has moved up one place in the latest FIFA rankings released yesterday, March 3.
Super Eagles are ranked 62nd in the world and 11th in Africa.
The three-time African champions occupied the 63rd spot in the world and 12th in Africa for the month of January.
In Africa, Cape
Verde are on top of the ladder in Africa and 31st in the world while
Ivory Coast are second in Africa and 36 in the world and Algeria third
and 37th in the world.
Other top-ranked
Africans in that order are Ghana (41), Tunisia (47), Senegal (48), Egypt
(53), Congo DR (58), Republic of Congo (59), Cameroon (61) and Nigeria
(62) respectively.
Nigeria's next
opponent are Egypt who the Super Eagles will battle in a 2017 Africa Cup
of Nations (AFCON) double header first on Friday, March 25 at the
Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna and later on Tuesday, March 29 in
Alexandria, Egypt.
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