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The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved two spots up from 40th to 38th in the latest FIFA world rankings published on Thursday.

Nigeria also moved up from last month’s fifth position to fourth on the continent.

Egypt and Senegal also rose in the ranking, to 20th and 27th respectively.

Cameroon moved a spot up from 33rd to 32nd in the world and third on the continent.

Togo, Nigeria’s international friendly opponents, are 106th in the world with 320 points gained.

South Africa moved a step down from 64 to 65.

There were no changes in the top 10 positions in the world rankings as Brazil remained first, Argentina (2nd) Germany(3rd) Chile (4th) Colombia (5th) France(6th) Belgium(7th) Portugal(8th) Switzerland (9th) and Spain(10th).