WATCH VIDEO Highlights OF NIGERIA VS ALGERIA.......WATCH THE GOALS ABEG

hehehehe....The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday beat the Algerian National football team 3 goals to 1 in a 2018 world cup qualifiers game held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Victor Moses‘ shot in the 26th minute of the game put the Super Eagles in the lead.

Mikel Obi doubled the score with a sensational goal in the 42nd minute.

Nabil Bentaleb scored one for his side in the 67th minute, with the hope of making a comeback. That hope was dashed after Moses extended the lead in the 90th minute to give Super Eagles a much needed 3 points.

Nigeria leads group B with six points, while Cameroon is second with two points after playing 1-1 with Zambia in another group match on Saturday.

Zambia and Algeria have one point each.

World Cup Africa matchday 2 qualifying results Saturday:
Group B
At Limbe, Cameroon
Cameroon 1 (Aboubakar 45+5-pen) Zambia 1 (Mbesuma 34)
At Uyo, Nigeria
Nigeria 3 (Moses 25, 90+2, Mikel 42) Algeria 1 (Bentaleb 67)
Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)
Nigeria     2 2 0 0 5 2 6
Cameroon    2 0 2 0 2 2 2
Zambia      2 0 1 1 2 3 1
Algeria     2 0 1 1 2 4 1
Group C
At Bamako
Mali v Gabon (1830 GMT)
At Marrakech, Morocco
Morocco v Ivory Coast (2000 GMT)
Standings
I. Coast    1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Gabon       1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Morocco     1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mali        1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Group D
At Polokwane, South Africa
South Africa 2 (Hlatshwayo 43-pen, Serero 45+1) Senegal 1 (N’Doye 76)
At Praia
Cape Verde v Burkina Faso (1700 GMT)
Standings
S. Africa   2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Senegal     2 1 0 1 3 2 3
B. Faso     1 0 1 0 1 1 1
C. Verde    1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Group E
At Kampala
Uganda 1 (Miya 18) Congo Brazzaville 0
Playing Sunday
At Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt v Ghana (1600 GMT)
Standings
Uganda      2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Egypt       1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Ghana       1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Congo       2 0 0 2 1 3 0
Note: group winners qualify for 2018 World Cup in Russia
AFP