Nigerians Speak As Nike Unveils S’Eagles Kits

Following the official unveiling of the Super Eagles new kits by  Nike last Monday, some Nigerians swarmed social media to vent their displeasure over the new kits.
In a video shared on Nike’s social media page, the Eagles’ jerseys were  unveiled, ending speculations following the earlier leaked designs.
For their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, the Eagles will wear the new jerseys and for the first time the three-time African champions will wear white as their home kits, with the green jersey, traditionally their home kit, serving as the away kit.
The new home jersey features green-white-green tape on the sleeves and shorts, with a faded eagle design on the front.
Another notable feature on the new kits is the absence of the Eagles logo from the shirts, which only appeared on the shorts, while Nike’s logo is in red, deviating from the usual Eagles colour scheme.
Fans were also surprised to see the necks of the jerseys in square shape with the inscription on the shirts displaying ‘Naija.’
An X user, Mr Femo disagreed with Nike on the ‘Naija’ inscription on the shirts.
“I love the design but why not just write ‘Nigeria’ on the front of the jersey and not Naija. The person that came up with that is simply not promoting Nigeria as a country. That alone made the jersey look poorly made because it has no basis. Fix up!”
Yusuff Azeez added, “Green-White-Green are our national colours and ought to be conspicuous on our home kit. What I see here is all white and tiny shades of green. Not cool. Besides, the Nike logo should have been in green color. And our official name isn’t Naija but Nigeria”.