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Feb 09th

Football-CAN 2010: Nigeria's preparations start 30 Dec

Football - Nigeria's preparations for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations will formally kick off 30 Dec., when the Super Eagles are expected to land in Namibia, their chosen camp site.

Ahead of the team's departure to Angola, however, the players and officials will be hosted to a reception in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), according to the local media.

The reception will be used to appreciate the team for winning the ticket to the 2010 World Cup, to be held in South Africa.

Nigeria is drawn in group C of the 2010 African Cup of Nations alongside Benin, Mozambique and Egypt.

Abuja - Pana 30/11/2009