Nigeria won the 2016 women's Africa Cup of Nations for an eighth time after a 1-0 win over hosts Cameroon in front of a capacity 40,000 crowd in Yaounde.
Nigeria got the first chance of the game in the second minute but Ideye's shot went wide. The Eagles dominated play and deservedly went ahead of the Luxembourgers through Ideye in the 36th minute.
Nigeria reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after Ademola Lookman scored twice to beat a disappointing Cameroon 2-0 in the last 16 in Abidjan.
Alex Iwobi scored twice as Nigeria fought back from 2-0 down against an Argentina side missing Lionel Messi to secure a stunning 4-2 friendly victory in Krasnodar.
#Team2baba's vocal powerhouses Chiche and Precious sing 'Kedike' by Chidinma and they both stay in the competition. Precious took that round and Chiche was stolen by Waje.
Japan made a losing start to their Men's Olympic Football Tournament campaign on Thursday (local time) as four goals from Oghenekaro Etebo condemned the reigning AFC U23 champions to a slender 5-4 defeat at the hands of Nigeria.
The match ended in a draw and left Zimbabwe and Nigeria, who have yet to win in these qualifiers, with no chance of getting closer to the leaders of their zone.