By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Abuja The umbrella body of the retired players of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team called United Ex-Super Falcons has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for once again splashing a mouthwatering sum of dollars, flats and national honours on 2025 AfroBasket champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria, Prompt News reports. They have also congratulated the players and technical crew ...
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WAFCON: Extend FG largesse to us, Ex-Super Falcons captain, Mates tell Tinubu
**Applaud his unprecedented rewards to team By Harry Awurumibe, who was in Morocco Four-time CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) winner and former captain of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons, Kikelomo Florence Ajayi has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for honouring the victorious Super Falcons players who won the 10th WAFCON title last Saturday in Morocco with ...
Read More »Unsung Heroes And Heroines Of Nigeria’s 10th WAFCON Title Win
By Harry Awurumibe who was in Morocco When the history of Nigeria’s Super Falcons CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 10th title win in far away Rabat, Morocco, will be written, few individuals who worked behind-the-scene to make sure the ‘Mission X’ propounded by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ahead of the biggest women’s football competition in Africa was ...
Read More »SWAN to NSC, Others: Sports journalists deserve better attention, recognition for years of hard work, dedication
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called on the National Sports Commission (NSC), and other stakeholders to give long-overdue recognition, support, and reward to Nigerian sports journalists who have, for decades, contributed significantly to the growth and development of sports in the country, often at great personal cost. In a statement released on Tuesday ...
Read More »Mission X Accomplished: Abuja residents to see Women AFCON trophy on Monday
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and environs will have a rare view of the Women Africa Cup of Nations trophy – the most coveted diadem in African women football – when the Super Falcons arrive in Nigeria on Monday. The victorious contingent is scheduled to touch down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by noon on Monday and ...
Read More »How FG Delegation Celebrated Super Falcons 10th WAFCON Win in Rabat
From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Despite being in the minority, Nigeria made her presence felt at Olympics Stadium Rabat venue of the final match between hosts Atlas Lionesses of Morocco and Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the 13th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 as the federal government delegation and Nigerians residing in Morocco went wide in celebration after ...
Read More »Super Falcons, Madugu 90 Minutes Away From WAFCON Cup History
From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons are just one match away from making history as the champions of Africa for the 10th time in the history of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) if they beat host country Morocco in the epic final of WAFCON 2024 today at Olympic Stadium Rabat, Morocco. This is ...
Read More »Man on the Cusp of History: Justin Madugu, Super Falcons Interim Coach
From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Today in Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, one man will carry the weight of over 200 million Nigerians at home and diaspora on his “small” head as he will be seen pacing up and down the technical area of Olympic Stadium Rabat, the venue of the 13th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ...
Read More »Falcons’ camp agog over Tinubu’s payment of allowances, bonuses approval ahead of WAFCON 2024 final
From Harry Awurumibe, Rabat The Rihab Hotel Rabat camp of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons is agog again after players and officials received the cheering news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has graciously approved the full payment of the delayed allowances and match bonuses of the team ahead of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 ...
Read More »WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons visit injured South African player
From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca In the spirit of sportsmanship, Super Falcons’ players on Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to the Banyana Banyana’s Gabriela De Jesus Thomas Salgado, who suffered a horrific leg injury during the tension-soaked semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on Tuesday afternoon, Prompt News reports. Salgado who was seriously ...
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