Nigeria booked a sixth appearance at the FIFA World Cup following a 1-0 defeat of the Copper Bullets of Zambia on Saturday.
Alex Iwobi came on as a substitute to score the decisive goal which sealed the win for Nigeria midway through the second half.
After the win, Nigerians were undoubtedly over the moon as their darling nation joined the best footballing nations of the world to qualify for the 2018 mundial, becoming the first to do so in Africa.
In our usual way, we decided to track how these Nigerians went out of their way to celebrate a great day for Nigerian football on Twitter.
We are going to RUSSIA!!!!!!
— Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) October 7, 2017
First African country!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesss!!!!! @NGSuperEagles
We legit qualified from the group of death consisting of African power houses Algeria, Cameroon & Zambia; with a game to spare
— Portuguese~Maniche (@Maniche4) October 7, 2017
Nigeria is the 1st Africa Country to qualify for #Russia2018 World Cup.
— Red Rose
Well done @NGSuperEagles you made us proud.
Chelsea First Lady
(@Roseangel009) October 7, 2017
Hello @Russia We coming to the world cup. Yaaaaaaa
— Ifeatu (@nazygold2) October 7, 2017#NGAZAM
One of those when you can beat your chest and say "I AM A NIGERIAN !!!'
— Babs(@BabatundeCASH) October 7, 2017
I'm getting a Nigerian jerseyyyyyyyyyy
— Yemi (@Babygiwa) October 7, 2017
Having scored that elusive goal, and with seven minutes left to play, this Nigerian entered prayer mode…
And finally, at aclsports.com, we join this Nigerian to dance to Russia.
As we say congratulations to all Nigerians, especially the Super Eagles for making us proud, our friends from Squawka left us something more to celebrate, which many Nigerians may not be aware of.
Nigeria have never lost a home World Cup qualifier during the 21st century:
— Squawka (@Squawka) October 7, 2017
WWWWWWWWDWWWWWDWWDWWWWWW
They're going to the World Cup.
Iwobi changed everything