Social media users are creating fascinating tweets ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will take place in the United States of America (USA), Mexico, and Canada.
48 nations will be vying for the prestigious title; however, among the competitors, the most populous black nation, Nigeria, will not be participating in the competition after failing to qualify. Nigeria missed out on the newly expanded tournament after losing to DR Congo via playoffs in November 2025.
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Following Nigeria’s absence from the competition, social media users took to the microblogging site, X, to ponder on what would happen should Nigeria decide to host the most-watched footballing competition.
The netizen, Juju Punter, wrote on X, “Since its world cup month. Imagine Nigeria hosts the World Cup.”
Punter’s tweets quickly garnered a massive reaction online. eelive.ng has gathered numerous comments from the microblogging site. Specifically bringing out some of the funny side of social media users.
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It is important to note that Nigeria has hosted several major FIFA tournaments; however, they have never hosted the men’s senior World Cup competition nor the women’s. The country has successfully hosted two major FIFA youth tournaments: the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship (now known as the FIFA U-20 World Cup) and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.