Super Eagles’ friendly matches against Venezuela and Colombia, scheduled to be played in the US next month, have been cancelled.
This is because Nigeria will be taking part in the African playoffs ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
The dates for the friendlies clashed with the playoff fixtures in Morocco.
The Eagles were to play Venezuela on November 14 in Houston and Colombia on November 18 in New York.
“We had a clause in the contract for the games covering this eventuality, if we qualified for the playoffs,” an official of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, told ESPN.
“So we will not be going ahead with the matches any more.
“Our goal is to concentrate on the playoffs now and qualify from Africa and then focus on the intercontinental playoffs.”