{"id":70630,"date":"2025-07-15T08:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70630"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:07:02","slug":"home-eagles-declare-readiness-for-chan-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/15\/home-eagles-declare-readiness-for-chan-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Eagles Declare Readiness for CHAN 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s home-based Super Eagles, popularly known as the Home Eagles, have declared their readiness to compete at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), set to take place from August 2 to 30 across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Led by head coach Eric Chelle, the team has opened camp in Ikenne, Ogun State, where 28 players are currently vying for spots in the final squad.<\/p>\n<p>The camp includes friendly matches aimed at sharpening the team&#8217;s tactics and cohesion ahead of the continental tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers forward Godwin Obaje and Kwara United striker Kabiru Mohammed have expressed confidence in the squad\u2019s potential, stressing the team\u2019s unity and hunger for success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are focused and ready to give our all,\u201d Obaje said. \u201cNigeria is one of the best in Africa, and we intend to prove that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remo Stars midfielder Haruna Hadi added that training under Coach Chelle has been intense, with a focus on high pressing and aggressive football.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Eagles are drawn in Group D alongside defending champions Senegal, Sudan, and Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will kick off its campaign against Senegal at the Amman Stadium in Zanzibar on August 7.<\/p>\n<p>With strong determination and ongoing preparations, the Home Eagles are hoping to make a bold statement at CHAN 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Nigeria\u2019s home-based Super Eagles, popularly known as the Home Eagles, have declared their readiness to compete at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), set to take place from August 2 to 30 across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Led by head coach Eric Chelle, the team has opened camp in Ikenne, Ogun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70632,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630\/revisions\/70632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}