Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee will meet next Tuesday in Abuja to decide on a new coach for the Super Eagles.
As first reported, the committee last month shortlisted seven coaches for the consideration by the NFF Executive Committee.
It was learnt that the shortlisted coaches included Finidi George and Emmanuel Amuneke.
Finidi has since gone on to lead in an interim capacity the country’s team to Morocco, where they beat Ghana 2-1 and lost 2-0 to Mali in friendlies last month.
Former NFF president Amaju Pinnick has since put his weight behind Finidi to be succeed Jose Peseiro, who he assisted at the recent AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire.
Domenec Torrent, a long-term assistant to Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, as well as former Cameroon coach Sergio Conceicao are among over 40 foreign coaches who have applied for the top post.
This comes at a time when opinion has been sharply divided on whether the NFF should hire a local or foreign coach.
The immediate task of the new coach will be crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers vs South Africa in Uyo and Benin possibly in Cote d’Ivoire between June 3 and 11.
Nigeria are third in their qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup after drawn games with Lesotho and Zimbabwe in November.
South Africa are second on three points, while Benin, now under former Eagles coach Gernot Rohr, have a point.