FIFA announces new dates for 2018 World Cup Qualifier between Super Eagles and Cameroon

FIFA has confirmed the date Nigeria will host Cameroon in back-to-back 2018 World Cup qualifying games.

According to the fixture list on their website, the match at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, which was earlier move to August 31 for television purposes, has been moved back to the initial date of September 1.

The return leg has also been moved from September 5 to September 4 in Yaounde.

The new dates have been communicated to both football federations by FIFA.

The Super Eagles are top of group B with six points, four points more than second-placed Cameroon.

Cameroon is currently the African champion. Recall that they were in Russia last month for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup which Germany won.