The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have approved the list of players who will represent the senior national team of Nigeria against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Eguavoen will handle the team in interim capacity after their failure to get a substantive coach to replace Finidi George, who left his role two months ago after a poor showing in the world cup qualifiers.
Talks with Janne Andersson suffered a setback, while Herve Renard was never looking at the option of handling the team despite assurances by his representative to the NFF following his resignation as coach of the women’s team of France.
It leaves the NFF with no choice but to settle for Eguavoen, who is the head of the technical department of the football house to prosecute both games billed for the 7th and 10th of September respectively.
His final list of 25 players drawn from the 35 players who got provisional letter of invitation will be made public next week after the Ibrahim Musa Gusau led board approved the list.
