Nigeria and Benin Republic will likely co-host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. This is according to Amaju Pinnick (NFF president).

Although Guinea was awarded the hosting rights for 2025, Africa's football ruling body CAF could likely deprive Guinea of the right to host the biennial African football showcase.

Pinnick claims that CAF is on track to withdraw hosting rights from West Africa's country. Nigeria is also working to bid for the right to host Benin Republic.

Pinnick said that he was putting together a bid to co-host the tournament with the Benin Republic.

“The Minister of Sports has given his endorsement on the bidding.

“It is high time Nigeria hosted an international tournament because there are many advantages attached to hosting of such competitions.

“There are many countries bidding for the competition; we are confident of getting the nod from Caf.

“We are working with the ministry of sports to ensure that Nigeria gets the hosting right.”

Since the inception of AFCON, Nigeria has hosted the rest of the continent on two occasions.

The first time was in 1980 while the second time was in 2000 when the country co-hosted with Ghana .

Source: https://aderonkebamidele.com/nigeria-may-co-host-the-2025-african-cup-of-nations-amaju-pinnick/