Nigeria will storm Calabar May 27 ahead of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Namibia next month, officials disclosed.
The qualifier will be played on June 3 and six days later, the Eagles will be hosted by Malawi in continuation of the series.
FIFA have already named Sudanese referee Khalid Abdel Rahman for the Namibia game, while
Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn will be at the centre when the Super Eagles battle Malawi in Blantyre on Saturday, June 9.
The match will be played at the Kamuzu Banda Stadium in Blantyre, starting from 2.30 pm local time (1.30pm Nigeria time).
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) also announced that coach Stephen Keshi, will on Thursday in Abuja unveil his hit squad for the three qualifiers next month.
Keshi is also expected to name same day the 17 players from the domestic league who will be joined by the five foreign-based players for the trip to Lima, Peru.
Turkey-based striker Ekigho Ehiosun already joined the squad in Abuja Tuesday evening. The team to Peru will depart for Madrid from Lagos on May 19 and connect a direct flight from Madrid to Lima on May 20 – an 11-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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