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CAF to Hold 2027 AFCON Qualifiers Preliminary Draw
CAF will conduct the 2027 AFCON qualifiers draw on Tuesday, starting the road to the tournament with preliminary round fixtures
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold the draw for the preliminary round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday, officially kicking off the qualification campaign for the tournament.
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CAF released the official pots for the preliminary stage on Monday, providing the framework for the opening fixtures.
Pot 1 features Lesotho, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, South Sudan, and Mauritius, while Pot 2 includes Chad, São Tomé & Príncipe, Djibouti, Somalia, Seychelles, and Eritrea.
Under the draw format, each team from Pot 1 will be paired against a team from Pot 2, with the first leg hosted by the lower-ranked nation.
The fixtures will be decided over two legs, and the six winners from the preliminary round will progress to the group stage draw.
The advancing teams will join Africa’s top 42-ranked nations in the bid to secure a place at the continent’s premier football tournament.
CAF has yet to confirm the host nation for the 35th edition of AFCON in 2027.
Top-ranked nations, including Nigeria, will bypass the preliminary round and enter directly into the group stage.
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles, currently competing in the 2025 AFCON in Morocco, have won all five matches to reach the semi-finals against hosts Morocco on Wednesday.
President Bola Tinubu has rejoiced with the Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc, Adewale Tinubu, who clocked 59 years and has had a resounding impact on Nigeria’s energy sector.
A statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the President shared in the joy of celebrating Forbes’s “African King of Oil”, whose entrepreneurial and innovative spirit transformed Oando from a petroleum marketing company into a fully integrated energy group with upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.
President Tinubu noted the economic impact of the attorney and businessman’s investment in creating job opportunities for many Nigerians, spearheading landmark deals such as the ConocoPhillips acquisition and the historic listing on the South African and Nigerian stock exchanges.
The President commended the Group Chief Executive of Oando for championing the government’s local content development by leading indigenous companies to participate in the oil and gas sector and taking frontline roles in environmental protection.
He acknowledged the visionary role of Wale Tinubu in establishing the Oando Foundation in 2011, which currently supports more than 88 schools across the country and promotes community development and environmental sustainability.
President Tinubu prayed for the well-being of the entrepreneur and his family.
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