The Super Eagles of Nigeria failed to move up in the January rankings released Thursday by FIFA as the country maintained her 52nd position in the world.
None of Nigeria’s group opponents in the Africa Cup of Nations also have it good in the rankings.
Burkina Faso lost three places to stay at 92nd, while African champions Zambia, who are fifth in the continent, dropped five places to 39th in the rankings.
Ethiopia is further down the rankings at 110th with no additional points.
Ivory Coast, which defeated Egypt in their AFCON warm-up, is still the best ranked Africa country after an unchanged 14th place on the FIFA ranking ahead of Algeria, Mali and Ghana.
The Black Stars climbed from last year’s 30th place to 26 after garnering 788 points.
The four-time continental champions also beat Egypt and Tunisia last week in pre-Nations Cup friendliest.
Algeria, who faces Ivory Coast, Togo and Tunisia in Group D, slipped three places down to 22nd but held.
