Eagles Fly Out For African Nations Championship

Nigeria's Home-based Senior Team will fly out of the nation this evening for the fifth African Nations Championship occurring in Morocco, thirteenth January – fourth February 2018.

A couple of days back, Head Coach Salisu Yusuf named a 23 – man group to fly Nigeria's banner at the finals, where the 2014 bronze medallists will play 2014 champions Libya, Rwanda and Equatorial Guinea in Group C.


Group Administrator, Dayo Enebi Achor at the end of the week said that the assignment will fly on board a Turkish Airline flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and associate Rabat from Istanbul on Tuesday morning.

“The team will train for a few days in Rabat before heading to Tangier on Friday, 12th January,” Achor said.

The Ikechukwu Ezenwa –captained squad will take on Rwanda at the Stade Ibn Batouta on Monday, 15th January, starting from 7.30pm (8.30pm Nigeria time), before games against Libya at the same venue on Friday, 19th January (starting from 4.30pm; 5.30pm Nigeria time) and Equatorial Guinea in Agadir on Tuesday, 23rd January (starting 7pm Morocco time; 8pm Nigeria time).

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