{"id":12387,"date":"2026-11-08T11:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/nff-dedicates-flamingos-u-17-world-cup-victory-to-tinubu-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:16:08","slug":"nff-dedicates-flamingos-u-17-world-cup-victory-to-tinubu-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/nff-dedicates-flamingos-u-17-world-cup-victory-to-tinubu-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"NFF dedicates Flamingos\u2019 U-17 World Cup victory to Tinubu &#8211; Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dedicated the Flamingos\u2019 historic FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, acknowledging his continued support for the country\u2019s national teams.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, the NFF\u2019s acting General Secretary, said the victory reflected the President\u2019s commitment to Nigerian football and his encouragement of the national teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory has been made possible by the support and special love shown to all the national teams at every point in time by His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. The Father of the Nation has continued to be a father for all, and we are grateful for his love and encouragement all the time,\u201d Ikpeme said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Flamingos\u2019 historic triumph on Saturday night, President Tinubu directed the National Sports Commission (NSC) to settle the outstanding bonuses and allowances owed to the players and officials.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks a historic milestone for Nigeria, making the country the first African nation to win the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement also establishes Nigeria as the only African country to have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s male U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have won the competition a record five times, in 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 and 2015<\/p>\n<div class=\"bday-read-also\">\n<h4>Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-author-bio\" readability=\"7.6279069767442\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/NFF-dedicates-Flamingos-U-17-World-Cup-victory-to-Tinubu-Businessday-NG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee23b3126f1c5dc21b6738f361bff36ef0bc68e6c602d54f5fc2bc191e84d838?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo bday-author-bio__avatar\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10.488372093023\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businessday.ng\/author\/anthony-nlebem\/\">Anthony Nlebem<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head of Sports at BusinessDay Media, a seasoned Digital Content Producer, and FIFA\/CAF Accredited Journalist with over a decade of sports reporting.Has a deep understanding of the Nigerian and global sports landscape and skills in delivering comprehensive and insightful sports content.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-google-badges\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=businessday.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/NFF-dedicates-Flamingos-U-17-World-Cup-victory-to-Tinubu-Businessday-NG-1.jpg\" alt=\"Add BusinessDay as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbUoxYzJsdVpYTnpaR0Y1TG01bktBQVAB?hl=en-NG&amp;gl=NG&amp;ceid=NG%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/NFF-dedicates-Flamingos-U-17-World-Cup-victory-to-Tinubu-Businessday-NG-2.jpg\" alt=\"Follow BusinessDay on Google News\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Businessday NG<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dedicated the Flamingos\u2019 historic FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, acknowledging his continued support for the country\u2019s national teams.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387","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=12387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}