By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos

Vogts is pleased with the World Cup qualifying draw

The Super Eagles are drawn with South Africa, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea in Group 4.

Vogts says that Nigeria have learned many lessons from their failure to qualify for last year's World Cup finals in Germany.

"It's a good group for us and we will take advantage of that," he told BBC Sport.

Despite being pitted against the 2010 World Cup hosts, Vogts said: "It doesn't bother me to play South Africa.

"What I know is that we have to beat them very clearly and qualify.

"We respect the teams in our group and I know they respect us too."

Nigeria will renew their rivaly with Sierra Leone, who emerged 1-0 winners in Freetown six years ago when the two teams met in a 2002 World Cup qualifier.

But Vogts is not overly concerned about the presence of the Leone Stars this time around.

"We don't worry about what happened but rather what we can do right," he said.

"We now have the chance to prove ourselves again and this is going to be the real test of our character."

Nations Cup priority

Allowing star players like Okocha to arrive late is now a thing of the past

While fans are talking about the implications of the draw, Vogts is concentrating on January's Nations Cup finals.

"My focus is on the Nations Cup.

"After the competition, we'll think about the World Cup and how to qualify."

Vogts has ordered his players to report for their Nations Cup training camp a fortnight before the start of the tournament.

"There will be no exceptions. All players must be there on time," Vogts said.