Nigeria have expressed their interest in hosting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after submitting a bid together with Benin to stage the tournament.
The West African country join Algeria, Morocco and Zambia in having expressed an interest in hosting the finals.
Nigeria have hosted the tournament twice already - co-hosted with Ghana in 2000 and solely organised it in 1980. If their bid go through, the three-time African champions will stage the competition for the third time.
"Having completed all the processes, we submitted our bid before the Confederation of African Football (CAF) deadline of 16 December," a top Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) official told BBC Sport Africa.
"The NFF will be sharing more information on the bid to stage the tournament in the coming weeks."
The AFCON is the main international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957.
Since 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013.