Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- As Nigeria's Super Eagles prepare for one of their most crucial assignments in two years - the 2026 FIFA World Cup African playoffs in Morocco - the team has been plunged into yet another avoidable crisis.

On Tuesday, the players and officials boycotted training over years of unpaid bonuses and allowances, exposing once again the Nigeria Football Federation's (NFF) chronic failures in managing players' welfare.

The squad, led by captain William Troost-Ekong, refused to train in Rabat, citing unresolved financial commitments stretching back several matches.

According to veteran BBC journalist Oluwashina Okeleji, who first broke the story, the boycott was a united decision involving the players and officials.

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