Warri Wolves forward and home-based Eagles forward Etebo Oghenekaro is top of call-ups by coach Manu Garba to the Flying Eagles camp.
Other players from the Premier League are Yakubu Mohammed (Gombe United), Suleiman Abdullahi and Auwal Umar (El-Kanemi Warriors), Abdulhafeez Olawale (Crown FC) and FC Taraba's Timothy Danladi.
The U17 World Cup-winning coach has invited a total of 35 players for screening in his quest to raise a team for the 2015 African Youth Championship and the subsequent FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Nigeria will face the winner of the preliminary fixture between Kenya and Tanzania in the second round of the qualifying series for the African Youth Championship in May, with the first leg away from home.
Victory at this stage will take the team into the final round of the AYC qualifiers. The continental championship is slated for Senegal in March 2015.
The screening programme will commence at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium Complex, Abuja on Monday, and players who fall within the age grade and are confident of their ability but are not on the list of 35, could turn up at the screening venue.
All the invitees are expected to arrive in Abuja on Sunday, 2nd March, 2014.
The call-ups:
Victor Chukwuemeka Mbaoma (Remo Stars); Iluebbey Austin Osho, Ifeanyi Abara, Bashiru Mansur, Adekunle Adegboyega Joseph, Momodu Mohammed, Alashe Sheriff Ajibola, Joshua Enahoro, Julius Emiloju, Emmanuel Damian, Chukwuma Opara (MFM FC); Yakubu Mohammed (Gombe United); Suleiman Abdullahi, Auwal Umar (El-Kanemi Warriors); Udeh Maduka Christopher (Abia Comet); Aliyu Sani Jandi (Niger Tornadoes); Mazadu Suraju Abdullahi, Shehu Magaji (Standard FC); Abdulhafeez Olawale (Crown FC); Anthony Chukwudi Omaka, Aremu Hafeez (COD FC); Abubakar
Lawal (Sokoto United); Lawal Abdullahi (Dabo Babes); Okere Jerry Osondu, Chinonso Nwosu David, Orisakwe Chibueze, Alakwem Mishack, Oscar Onyeka (Taye Football Academy); Jonathan Yakussak (Boro United); Timothy Danladi (FC Taraba); Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves); Adamu Abubakar (Flash FC); Bilyaminu Yusuf, Mubarak Umar, Mudashir Garba (Everton FC)
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