With only Guinea as a relative force to contest with, Nigeria can be said to be in a sleeping zone as far as the draw for the 2019 African Cup of Nations is concerned.
It indeed seems to be far from the death zone as the other two countries in the Group B Zone are newcomers Madagascar and Burundi.
Only those addicted to dark surprises will not see the Super Eagles qualifying from the zone.
The the draw for the 32nd AFCON finals took place at a colourful ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on Friday night.
The tournament will take place in six venues: Cairo International Stadium; Borg El-Arab Stadium, Alexandria; Suez Stadium; Air Defence Stadium; Ismailia Stadium and; Al Salam Stadium in Egypt between June 21 and July 19.
Egypt will kick off the event against Zimbabwe with DR Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe also in the group.
Group F in the now expanded 24-team tournament has Cameroon Ghana and Guinea Bissau, as the News Agency of Nigeria also reports.
Cameroon, who won their fifth continental crown last time and were originally set to host the competition, will face four-time winners Ghana. Benin and Guinea-Bissau in the group.
Group D which has been labelled as “group of death ” contains three former champions, with top seed Morocco matched against Ivory Coast and South Africa, as well as Namibia.
Senegal, the only one of the six top seeds never to have won the event, will face a former champion Algeria as well as the East African pair of Kenya and Tanzania in Group.
