Akpabio, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh also congratulated the Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie for emerging as the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year.
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There are also defenders Oluwatosin Demehin and Michelle Alozie, midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Halimatu Ayinde, Christy Ucheibe and Toni Payne, and forwards Esther Okoronkwo, Chinwendu Ihezuo and Uchenna Kanu.
The nine-time champions of Africa took the pitch with their usual dash and gloss and forced consecutive throw-ins.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this on Tuesday
While Osimhen won the Best Male player accolade, Oshoala bagged the Best Female player award for the sixth consecutive time.
Ethiopia will host the first leg of the second round fixture in Addis Ababa on October 25 with the second leg in Nigeria.
The roll call was released via a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation made available to the media on Friday.
She trained on her own, kicking the ball on the side of the pitch as the other 21 players were drilled the coaching crew.
Recall that the Nigerian female team forced Canada to a 0-0 draw in Melbourne Friday with an impressive performance from Nnadozie, who is also the team’s captain.
The Cup holders suffered a 1-2 defeat to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the opening match of Group C on Monday and know their work is cut out against table-toppers Botswana, who turned back Burundi 4-2 on Monday night.
She is suspended for receiving yellow cards in different matches of the qualifying series: against Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.
The friendly game at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver saw Nigeria’s goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and later Tochukwu Oluehi, making good saves to limit the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champions.
Cup holders and nine-time winners Nigeria took a 2-0 win from the first leg and then survived a blistering first half in which goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie saved a penalty kick, to rock the Ivorians with a goal one minute before the end and achieve a 3-0 aggregate win to qualify for Morocco 2022.
Both fierce continental rivals will slug it out at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in the first leg of this fixture, which will eliminate one of the best teams in women football on the continent and render that team inactive for the next two-and-half years.
Head Coach Christopher Danjuma has unveiled his list of 18 players to represent Nigeria at the Women’s Football Tournament of the 12th All Africa Games scheduled for Rabat, Morocco from August 17 to 29, with Super Falcons’ number one choice, Chiamaka Nnadozie, on top of the list.
Goalkeepers Tochukwu Oluehi, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Christy Ohiaeriaku all make the list, as well as defenders Glory Ogbonna and Josephine Chukwunonye, midfielders Cecilia Nkwu, Amarachi Okoronkwo and Osarenoma Igbinovia, and forwards Alice Ogebe and Anam Imo.