The Super Eagles of Nigeria returned to training on Wednesday evening as preparations intensify for Thursday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa playoff semi-final against Gabon.

The squad had suspended training on Tuesday over a dispute concerning unpaid allowances, but the matter has now been resolved, allowing the team to focus on securing a place in Sunday’s final.

The session took place at the Institut Royal de Formation Des Cadres in Salé, just outside Rabat.

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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, expressed confidence in the team’s readiness.

“We believe in the players and their ability to make Nigeria proud, not only on Thursday, but throughout these playoffs. We have a team capable of earning a World Cup ticket,” he said.

NFF Technical Director Augustine Eguavoen, who previously coached the national team, also commented on the situation.

“These boys that I know, that I have worked with, want to go to the FIFA World Cup. The aspiration of every professional footballer is to play at the World Cup and enhance their market value. The timing of the strike was wrong. They might have had their reasons, but the timing was not the best. Having said that, I have faith in them to rise up to the occasion and do the business on Thursday, and afterwards, on Sunday,” he said.

Thursday’s match at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan in Rabat marks the tenth meeting between Nigeria and Gabon at senior men’s level. Nigeria has won five of the previous nine encounters, with three drawn and a single Gabon victory in a 1990 World Cup qualifying match in Libreville.