{"id":10057,"date":"2026-11-05T14:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/2026-u-17-wwc-tinubu-hails-flamingos-over-historic-qualification-for-final\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:47:35","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-tinubu-hails-flamingos-over-historic-qualification-for-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/2026-u-17-wwc-tinubu-hails-flamingos-over-historic-qualification-for-final\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Tinubu Hails Flamingos Over Historic Qualification For Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their impressive victory over Brazil in Wednesday\u2019s semi-final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The President described the team\u2019s qualification for the final as a remarkable feat, noting that their achievement has brought immense pride and joy to millions of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>He also commended the coaching crew and everyone whose dedication, hard work and support contributed to the team\u2019s impressive performance throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-motsepe-congratulates-flamingos-on-historic-final-feat\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Motsepe Congratulates Flamingos On  Historic Final Feat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the Flamingos prepare to face Japan in the final, President Tinubu urged the players to remain focused, confident and determined, assuring them of the prayers, goodwill and unwavering support of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage you to approach the final with the same fighting spirit and belief that have brought you this far. I have confidence in your ability to make history by winning the coveted world title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on all Nigerians to rally behind these young ambassadors of our nation, whose achievements continue to showcase Nigeria\u2019s sporting excellence and inspire a new generation of girls to pursue their dreams without limitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Nigeria is proud of you. Go for the trophy, Flamingos!\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their impressive victory over Brazil in Wednesday\u2019s semi-final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}