Players to jet out of Nigeria on Saturday

Steve Dede 15:14 - 05 October 2016

Alex Iwobi, John Mikel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi

Nigeria will take on Zambia in the match-day one of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Ndola.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will on Saturday, October 8 jet out of Nigeria for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier away at Zambia.

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According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the players will fly out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport in Abuja on Saturday ahead of the game on Sunday.

The Super Eagles will on Thursday play a warm-up friendly game against Plateau United.

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The friendly has been organised to assess the fitness of the players ahead of the Zambia game.

On Friday, a media parley will hold at the Bolton White Hotels & Apartments in Zone 7 Abuja from 11.15am.

The venue is Bolton White Hotels & Apartments, Zone 7, Abuja.

All invited players (23 in total) have all arrived camp; Greece-based striker Brown Ideye and vice-captain Ahmed Musa were the last players to arrive in camp.