{"id":835690,"date":"2025-03-21T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/super-eagles-player-set-for-rwanda-clash-with-rwandese-fiancees-support\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:12:35","slug":"super-eagles-player-set-for-rwanda-clash-with-rwandese-fiancees-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/super-eagles-player-set-for-rwanda-clash-with-rwandese-fiancees-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles player set for Rwanda clash with Rwandese fianc\u00e9e\u2019s support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face the Wasps of Rwanda on matchday five of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Igoh Ogbu will have more than just national pride on the line when Nigeria take on Rwanda in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier\u2014 he\u2019ll also be playing against his fianc\u00e9e\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbu, who plays for Czech Republic-based club Slavia Prague, is currently in camp with the Nigerian national team.<\/p>\n<h2>Soccer Who is <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/igoh-ogbu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Igoh Ogbu\u2019s<\/a> wife?<\/h2>\n<p>The identity of Ogbu\u2019s wife is yet to be made public, but a new report has confirmed that the Slavia Prague defender is dating a woman from Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ahead of the must-win encounter in Kigali, he revealed that his Rwandese fianc\u00e9e is fully behind him, despite the split loyalties.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cComing here, she was happy because she wanted me to know her country [Rwanda] as well. So, I am really happy and glad that she supported me,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DHbvqu8tvv7\/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ogbu told Oganlamedia.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5>Watch the video here:<\/h5>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DHbvqu8tvv7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Soccer What <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/rwanda-vs-nigeria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwanda vs Nigeria<\/a> Means to Ogbu<\/h2>\n<p>The game, which is pivotal for Nigeria\u2019s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, is expected to be fully packed with actions\u2014 and a personal one for the 25-year-old centre-back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152277\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/eric-chelle-romelu-lukaku-rwanda.html\/november-07-2024-igoh-ogbu-of-sk-slavia-prague-looks-on-during-a-europa-league-round-4-game-eintracht-frankfurt-versus\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-152277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1053545128-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Nigeria and Slavia Prague star Igoh Ogbu. Photo by IMAGO\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1764\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152277\">Nigeria and Slavia Prague star Igoh Ogbu. Photo by IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Nigeria sitting in the second bottom of the Group C standings and Rwanda eyeing a statement win on home soil, all eyes will be on the pitch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/super-eagles-player-set-for-rwanda-clash-with-rwandese-fiancees-support.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face the Wasps of Rwanda on matchday five of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign, Soccernet.ng reports. Meanwhile, Igoh Ogbu will have more than just national pride on the line when Nigeria take on Rwanda in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier\u2014 he\u2019ll also be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3577,2005,4578],"tags":[7956,6323],"class_list":{"0":"post-835690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eagles","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-super","10":"tag-eagles","11":"tag-super"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}