Nigeria will face either Djibouti or Swaziland in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier second round according to the draw conducted by Fifa on Saturday in St Petersburg.
The former African kings were sent home in the 2014 edition staged in Brazil and will have a chance to move a step further should they over make it to Russia.
The qualifying stages have been grouped into three phases with the lowest ranked countries on the continent to begin the preliminary stages from 5-13 October 2015. The winners of the first round will join the 27 countries, ranked highest in Africa in a home and away tie.
Should Sunday Oliseh’s men get past either of these teams, they will be paired into five groups consisting of four countries each and they will face each other in a home and away ties from October 3, 2016 to November 14, 2017, with each group winner automatically qualifying to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.
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