Between both countries, they have eight AFCON titles in their kitty, with Cameroon boasting five, a feat bettered only by Egypt (seven), while Nigeria has three.
Nigeria and Cameroon have clashed seven times at the AFCON, with each team winning thrice and drawing on one occasion.
Nigerian fans are still smarting from the fact that the Indomitable Lions gave the Super Eagles a bloody nose in three epic finals to lift the continental trophy (1984, 1988 and the most traumatic in Lagos in 2000).