2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Nine players arrive Super Eagles camp for Rwanda, Zimbabwe games

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The camp of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team is taking shape in Kigali, Rwanda with the arrival of more players.

Nine more players arrived at the team camp on Tuesday morning.

They are captain William Ekong alongside England-based Wilfred Ndidi, Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Joseph Aribo, and Ola Aina.

Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman, Igoh Ogbu, and Bright Osayi-Samuel complete the nine new players in camp.

The likes of Moses Simon, Victor Boniface, Raphael Onyedika, Jordan Torunarigha, Stanley Nwabali, and Samuel Chukwueze arrived at camp Monday evening.

Meanwhile, six available players took part in a gym session on Monday evening.

With a good number of players set to arrive, the team will observe their first training session on Tuesday.

Super Eagles search for their first win as far as the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers is concerned against Rwanda and Zimbabwe this month.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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