The Super Eagles intensified preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin Republic with Sadiq Umar yet to join camp.
Real Sociedad forward Sadiq Umar is the only player yet to arrive as the team had its first training session at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny on Tuesday.
Coach Augustine Eguavoen told the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) details of the players’ arrival at camp.
Furthermore, he said, “We have 22 players, with only one person to join the team in the early hours of Wednesday.
“It has been a particularly great atmosphere here in Abidjan, and we are all very positive going into the first training session ahead of the match.”
Goalkeeper Amas Obasogie, defenders Gabriel Osho and Bruno Onyemaechi, midfielders Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Frank Onyeka, and Raphael Onyedika, forwards Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze, and goalkeeper Maduka Okoye had already arrived to join the eight players in camp on Monday.
However, Eleven players arrived simultaneously on Tuesday morning: captain and AFCON Man of the Competition William Ekong, 2024 Africa Player of the Year Victor Osimhen, and favorite for the next edition, Ademola Lookman.
Others included Bright Osayi-Samuel, Olaoluwa Aina, Victor Collins, and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi, and Victor Boniface.
Nigeria will take on Benin Republic and Rwanda in the last games of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers.
The 2025 Confederation of African Football AFCON will be held in Morocco next year.