Nigeria defeated Togo 2-0 on Saturday, courtesy of goals from Sikiru Alimi, but it wasn’t enough to take them into the African Nations Championship.
The home-based Eagles failed to qualify owing to their 4-1 first-leg defeat at the hands of the Hawks in September.
Given their inability to overturn the deficit, the 2018 finalists crash out 4-3 on aggregate.
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Elsewhere, Uganda defeated Burundi 3-0 at the StarTimes Lugogo Stadium to seal participation in Cameroon next year.
Fahad Bayo, Allan Okello and Vianney Sek were the goalscorers on the day, which saw the Cranes defeat their opponents 6-0 on aggregate and will play in a fifth finals on the spin.