Eagles Head To Faro, Portugal On December 27

Nigeria will depart for an AFCON training camp in Faro, Portugal, on December 27, officials have announced.

The Eagles are expected to resume camp in Abuja on December 17 with players from the home league.

"The home boys would be in camp from December 17 with the successful players heading to Faro, Portugal on December 27 in preparation for the Catalonia friendly on January 2," disclosed spokesman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire.

"The foreign-based stars are to begin arriving on January 4 to allow the coach beat the January 9 deadline of submission of squads for the tournament."

Olajire told MTNFootball.com that coach Stephen Keshi is expected to return to the country this weekend.

"Coach Stephen Keshi is expected to return to the country this weekend and back to Abuja on Monday after which he should make his home-based list public," he said.