Nigeria and Algeria will meet in a friendly on September 27 at the New Stadium in Oran.
Algeria had been scheduled to play the Black Stars of Ghana on the same day, but the West Africans pulled out, forcing the North Africans to find another opponent.
The Desert Foxes will face the Guinean Syli Stars on September 24 before facing the Super Eagles.
Djamel Belmadi’s Algeria have won their last two encounters against the Super Eagles.
The two-time African champions defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 in the semi-final at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Algeria then pipped Nigeria 1-0 in a friendly in Austria in October 2020.
The two countries failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar losing to Cameroon and Ghana in the playoffs.
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