Coach Eric Chelle has recalled goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, Sevilla winger Chidera Ejuke and Chidozie Awaziem, while suspended Semi Ajayi is also listed for next week’s CAF 2026 World Cup Playoffs in Morocco.
Ajayi will miss the Gabon clash after he bagged his second booking in the qualifiers against Benin, but he will eligible for the next stage of the Playoffs should Nigeria advance.
Otherwise, this is about the same squad that beat both Lesotho and Benin last month to advance to the Playoffs.
Sevilla striker Jerome Akor, who broke through last month, gets another chance to shine again with the Super Eagles, while the keys stars Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi keep their places.
There is no place for Turkish Super Lig leading scorer Paul Onuachu and Crystal Palace ace Chrisantus Uche.
The Full Squad
Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania); Maduka Okoya (Udinese FC, Italy)
Defenders: William Ekong (Al-Kholood, Saudi Arabia); Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC, England); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (Hull City, England); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City, England); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos, Greece); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Benjamin Fredericks (Dender FC, Belgium)
Midfielders: Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England); Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi (New England Revolution, USA); Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas FC, Turkey); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium)
Forwards: Ademola Lookman (Atalanta BC, Italy); Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham FC, England); Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray FC, Turkey); Simon Moses (Paris FC, France); Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla FC, Spain); Tolu Arokodare (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Jerome Akor Adams (Sevilla FC, Spain); Olakunle Olusegun (Pari Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
By AGT
