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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Super Eagles camp swells to 14 players with Nwabali, Iwobi arrivals

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The number of players in the Super Eagles camp has risen to 14 with the arrivals of four new players on Tuesday.

The Fulham duo of Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, newly-signed Augsburg midfielder Frank Onyeka, as well as Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, are the latest stars to arrive at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo.

Nwabali joined the team on Monday night, while Iwobi and two others arrived on Tuesday morning as the Eagles camp edges closer to its full list of expected arrivals.

The new arrivals will join the likes of team captain William Troost-Ekong, Ademola Lookman, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and Wilfred Ndidi, among others, in Uyo.

Led by interim head coach and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen, the Super Eagles will face Benin Republic and Rwanda in the space of three days.

The Eagles, drawn in Group D of the qualifiers, are due to face the Cheetahs of Benin on Saturday, September 7, at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, before jetting out to Kigali to take on Rwanda’s Amavubi at the Amahoro National Stadium three days later.

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