Overview
- Players warned they would not travel to Marrakech unless bonuses for victories over Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Mozambique were paid.
- The Nigeria Football Federation says the Central Bank is processing transfers directly to players' personal accounts.
- Finance minister Doris Uzoka-Anite announced an urgent operation to fund group-stage and round-of-16 bonuses, with payments facilitated in foreign currency if players prefer.
- Reports citing BBC journalist Olúwashínà Okeleji say the team trained on Wednesday and was expected to travel on Thursday, though official team channels had not issued a statement.
- Nigeria is scheduled to face Algeria on Saturday, January 10, at the Grand Stade de Marrakech, in a dispute that echoes a November training protest over unpaid bonuses.