{"id":12210,"date":"2026-11-08T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/landmark-achievement-tinubu-congratulates-flamingos-on-historic-u-17-womens-world-cup-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:00:51","slug":"landmark-achievement-tinubu-congratulates-flamingos-on-historic-u-17-womens-world-cup-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/landmark-achievement-tinubu-congratulates-flamingos-on-historic-u-17-womens-world-cup-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark Achievement &#8211;Tinubu Congratulates Flamingos On Historic U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their 2\u20131 victory against Japan in the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup final in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu lauded the squad\u2019s resilience after receiving the news upon his return from political engagements in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-umejiaku-reacts-to-flamingos-victory-over-japan\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Umejiaku Reacts to Flamingos\u2019 Victory Over Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat wonderful news to return home to! Our young girls have conquered the world and given Nigerians everywhere another reason to celebrate our great country,\u201d President Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our gallant Flamingos, I say congratulations. You have shown courage, discipline, determination, and the Nigerian spirit of never giving up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President noted that he had monitored the team\u2019s progression in Morocco, recalling that the players pledged to bring the trophy home following their semi-final victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, you have kept that promise. You believed in yourselves, fought for one another, and carried our nation\u2019s flag to the very top of the world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/umejiaku-awarded-golden-ball-as-fifa-unveils-u-17-womens-world-cup-individual-winners\/\">Umejiaku Awarded Golden Ball As FIFA Unveils U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup Individual Winners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu highlighted the landmark nature of the victory for African women\u2019s football, expressing confidence that it would inspire millions of young Nigerian girls to pursue their aspirations. He reserved praise for goalscorers Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku, while commending the entire squad, head coach Akeem Busari, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and the National Sports Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration was echoed within the First Family, as First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu was seen passionately cheering on the Flamingos from her residence during the closing stages of the final in Rabat.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to Nigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their 2\u20131 victory against Japan in the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12210","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\/12210","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=12210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}