Lagos fans are in for a whole lots of excitement come November 8, 2026 as former Super Eagles stars Mutiu Adepoju and Victor Ikpeba join other icons in the game and celebrities from all other fields in ‘Legends Football Match.’
The match scheduled at the famous Onikan Stadium was put together by TopTier Sports Management in conjunction with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme.
‘Thirty years ago, a generation of Nigerian footballers showed the world what African talent was capable of. The Legends Football Game is our way of saying thank you to them, and our chance to ask harder questions: what are we building for this generation and the next? We want to build the infrastructure that lets African athletes turn a playing career into a lasting one, on and off the field; this is a huge gap that must be addressed. That’s what this partnership with Afreximbank seeks to achieve,’ Chichi Nwoko, Founder and CEO of TopTier Sports Management said at a press conference.
Also at the event was Temwa Gondwe, Director of Creatives and Diaspora at Afreximbank, he said: ‘The 1996 Super Eagles did more than win Olympic gold; they re-wrote the global narrative, proving to the world that African talent is an unstoppable force. Today, the intersection of sports, entertainment, and culture is the heartbeat of Africa’s creative economy. The Legends Game is more than a celebration of our glorious past – it is a strategic and formidable platform to discuss the future commercialisation and empowerment of African athletes and creatives globally.’
The 90’s represented some of the finest moments of footballing excellence for Nigeria as the Golden Eaglets with the likes of Kanu Nwankwo and Wilson Oruma won the 1993 U-17 World Cup, followed by the Super Eagles lifting the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after losing in the 1990 final to Algeria then the Dream Team led by Kanu, mercurial Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Amuneke and Victor Ikpeba delivered the Olympic Football Gold, which was the first for Africa at the time.