The Super Eagles, who sealed their qualification to the 2025 AFCON Thursday night, will jet out of Abidjan today by 9am local time (10am in Nigeria) on a chartered flight directly to Uyo.
The Eagles will tackle Rwanda by 5pm Monday in Uyo to round up their 2025 AFCON qualifying tournament.
They have already punched their ticket to Morocco 2025 as Group D winners after they forced a 1-1 draw with Benin in Abidjan Thursday night.
Nigeria won the group with an unassailable 11 points from five matches.
Benin remain second on seven points, Rwanda third with five points, while Libya are bottom of the standings having now recorded four points.
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