About 20 Super Eagles players have arrived in camp for the forthcoming qualifying games against Libya ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Nigeria will take on the Mediterranean Knights in a double-header, starting with the AFCON 2023 finalists hosting the North Africans before traveling to Benghazi four days later.
The Nigerian national team’s Uyo camp opened on Monday, with goalkeepers Amas Obasogie and Stanley Nwabali being the first to arrive.
The duo were joined by eight more players in the early hours of Tuesday, with Victor Boniface, the on-form Bayer Leverkusen striker, leading a group that includes Wilfred Ndidi, Frank Onyeka, Benjamin Tanimu, Raphael Onyedika and Samuel Chukwueze to the team’s base.
Ademola Lookman, tipped as frontrunner for the African player of the year award following scintillating displays for club and country this year, also arrived later in the day, and the Atalanta winger was joined by William Troost-Ekong, the team captain, Maduka Okoye, and Moses Simon.
Sevilla-based duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Chidera Ejuke, and wingback Bright Osayi-Samuel are the only players expected to complete the party.
The Super Eagles held their first training session on Tuesday evening.
Nigeria currently leads Group D with four points from two matches, one point ahead of second-placed Benin Republic.
Interim coach Austin Eguavoen, along with assistants Daniel Ogunmodede and Fidelis Ilechukwu, will guide the Super Eagles as they face Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on October 11 at 5 PM.
