English Premier League stars Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi as well as Turkey-based defender Musa Mohammed are the first set of players to hit the Eagles training camp for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Algeria.
Arsenal forward Iwobi has proved to be one of the early birds at the Eagles camp and he is often accompanied to Nigeria by his father, Chuka.
The training camp in Abuja officially opened today and the squad are expected to depart for match venue Uyo on Thursday.
It will be the same day Algeria will land in Uyo on board a chartered flight.
Officials disclose that the bulk of the 23-man squad will be in camp today for training to begin Tuesday morning.
They are expected to train twice daily.
Nigeria are top of their qualifying table after they beat hosts Zambia 2-1 in Ndola last month and Algeria were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Cameroon.
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