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With just four weeks until the Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria have appointed technical director Augustine Eguavoen as interim coach after sacking Gernot Rohr.
It will be the former international defender’s third stint in charge of the Super Eagles after managing the team from 2005 to 2007, prior to another stint as caretaker coach in 2010.
As a player, the 56-year-old represented the Super Eagles at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
Rohr, 68, departs as Nigeria’s longest-serving manager after taking charge in August 2016 before leading them to the 2018 World Cup and a third-place finish at the 2019 Nations Cup.
But he came under intense criticism for poor results against lower-ranked opponents during 2022 World Cup qualifying.
Meanwhile Guinea and Sudan have named caretaker coaches to lead their teams at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon, which kicks off in just four weeks’ time.
Kaba Diawara continues as Guinea coach while Burhan Tia replaces Hubert Velud in charge of Sudan.
French-born former Guinea international Diawara took over temporarily after French coach Didier Six was sacked in October after Syli National failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
Under Diawara, who has been handed the role for the next three months, Guinea drew 0-0 against visiting Guinea-Bissau and then lost 3-0 in Morocco. He will continue to work with Mandjou Diallo.
Diawara, who turns 46 on Thursday, made 15 appearances for Arsenal in 1999 after signing from Bordeaux. The forward went on to play for Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain before making 11 appearances on loan at West Ham.
Meanwhile the Sudan Football Association (SFA) has appointed local coach Tia for the Nation Cup, after parting ways with Frenchman Velud.
The move comes after Sudan lost all three group games at the ongoing Arab Cup in Qatar, conceding 10 goals and failing to score.
Velud had helped Sudan qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time since 2013, after being appointed in January 2020.
BBC Sport