Despite gaining seven points, the Super Eagles remained on the 45th position in the May FIFA ranking released on Thursday.
Nigeria dropped four places from 41st to 45th in April following their poor performances in the friendlies they played in March. They lost 1-0 to Uganda and drew 1-1 with South Africa.
The Eagles, who played no match in the period under review, also remained eighth in Africa, with Algeria, who climbed one spot to 20th remaining number one on the continent.
African champions Ivory Coast are 23rd and second in Africa, Ghana 26th and third in Africa, while Tunisia, who are fourth on the continent, dropped to 31st in the world. Senegal, who are 36th; Cape Verde, who are 37th and Guinea who are 41st are fifth, sixth and seventh in Africa respectively.
The teams in Nigeria’s group in the Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers: Egypt, Tanzania and Chad are ranked 51st, 107th and 152nd respectively.
The Eagles are expected to start arriving for camping next weekend as they prepare to host Chad on June 13 in Abuja for their first 2017 AFCON qualifying match.
The top 10 positions in world football ranking remained unchanged with Germany leading the pack.
The German machines are trailed by Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland and Spain.
This month’s best movers are Suriname, who moved 14 spots up to 155th, while Mauritania are the worst sliders failing nine places to 129th.
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