{"id":12235,"date":"2026-11-08T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/peter-obi-congratulates-flamingos-on-u-17-womens-world-cup-triumph\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:01:35","slug":"peter-obi-congratulates-flamingos-on-u-17-womens-world-cup-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/peter-obi-congratulates-flamingos-on-u-17-womens-world-cup-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi congratulates Flamingos on U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Peter-Obi-congratulates-Flamingos-on-U-17-Womens-World-Cup-triumph.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Peter Obi congratulates Flamingos on U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Peter-Obi-congratulates-Flamingos-on-U-17-Womens-World-Cup-triumph.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Flamingoes-scaled-e1794088605731-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Flamingoes-scaled-e1794088605731-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Flamingoes-scaled-e1794088605731-1536x803.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Flamingoes-scaled-e1794088605731.jpeg 1967w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated the Nigeria U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their triumph at the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obi praised the players for their talent, resilience, hard work and dedication, saying their achievement had brought immense joy and pride to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a congratulatory message posted on his X handle on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor commended the team for representing the country proudly on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the players had earned a special place in the hearts of Nigerians through their outstanding performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for raising our flag high and bringing immense joy to our nation. Your remarkable talent, resilience, hard work and dedication have earned you a special place in the hearts of Nigerians,\u201d Obi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the team\u2019s accomplishment demonstrated the potential of Nigerian youths and their ability to excel through determination and commitment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have made our nation proud, and we truly appreciate your outstanding efforts. Congratulations, champions!\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obi concluded his message with his familiar expression of optimism about Nigeria\u2019s future, saying, \u201cA new Nigeria is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/peter-obi-congratulates-flamingos-on-u-17-womens-world-cup-triumph\/\">Peter Obi congratulates Flamingos on U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated the Nigeria U-17 women\u2019s national football team, the Flamingos, following their triumph at the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12235","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=12235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}