Interim coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen has denied stepping down from his role after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda.

The Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was appointed to take charge of the team for the two games following the failure to secure the services of German coach, Bruno Labbadia due to what they called stringent German tax laws.

Augustine Eguavoen led the Super Eagles to a 3-0 defeat against Benin Republic at the Uyo National Stadium last Saturday. Still, they were held to a goalless draw in the second game of the series by Rwanda on Tuesday, September 10.

After Tuesday’s goalless draw in Kigali, Eguavoen was said to have stepped down as interim coach, but the coach has denied the reports ahead of next month’s AFCON qualifiers doubleheader against Libya.

“It’s quite unfortunate that people just trigger something that is not correct. And the situation we are in now, we don’t need negative stories,” Eguavoen said on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in a media chat.

“I only talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two games and we will see how to go about prosecuting the next games.

“But when I saw that story I was worried. Whatever people are reading out there aren’t correct. I’m still very much in charge. I’m the Technical Director of the NFF, saddled with the responsibility of taking the Super Eagles at this moment,” he said.