Nigeria’s U-20 Boys, Flying Eagles, have commenced training in Accra ahead of the kick-off of this year’s WAFU B tournament, which kicks off tomorrow in the Ghanaian capital.
 
Earlier scheduled to be an expanded tourney involving teams also from the nine-nation WAFU A, organisers have had to revert to the WAFU B-only arrangement, with the Ghanaian capital hosting the competition scheduled from tomorrow to July 23.
 
Ahead of the championship, head coach, Aliyu Zubairu, chose captain Daniel Bameyi and 19 other players, with a scoop from the group that finished third at the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt two months ago and thus qualified to represent Africa at the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Chile later this year.
 
Goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt is a prominent figure from that mosaic, alongside defender Odinaka Okoro, and midfielders Bidemi Amole, Ezekiel Kpangu, Divine Oliseh, and Tahir Maigana.
 
Several new birds have arrived, including Bayelsa United goalkeeper Clinton Andy, defenders Abba Sadiq and Marvelous Freedom, midfielder Abduljelil Kamaldeen, and forwards Imrana Muhammad and Qudus Olayiwola.
 
Nigeria, winners of the last two editions of the WAFU B U-20 Championships (hosted by Niger Republic and Togo respectively), will take on hosts Ghana in the opening match of Group A tomorrow from 3.00 p.m. at the Prampram Centre in Accra.

The Flying Eagles will then clash with the Benin Republic on Sunday in a three-team Group A.
 
Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Togo make up Group B, with the Ivoirians and the Burkinabes clashing in the group’s first match tomorrow.