The team of Super Eagles home-based players will face the Republic of Benin on Sunday, August 13 with the second leg told to hold in Kano a week later.

They will leave their training base in Kano to Lagos by air before the road trip Cotonou on Friday.

The Republic of Benin shares boundary with Lagos and is just a short road trip away from the city.

Winner of the two leg tie will qualify for the 2018 CHAN in Kenya.

Nigeria have only qualified for two editions of CHAN, finishing third in South Africa 2014 and crashing out in the first round in Rwanda 2016.