{"id":13017,"date":"2026-11-09T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/flamingos-touch-down-in-abuja-set-for-trophy-parade\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:19:14","slug":"flamingos-touch-down-in-abuja-set-for-trophy-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/flamingos-touch-down-in-abuja-set-for-trophy-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamingos Touch Down In Abuja, Set For Trophy Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos, have arrived in Abuja following their triumphant campaign at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Akeem Busari-led side emerged champions after defeating Japan 2-1 in the final, played last Saturday at Pitch 3 of the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The players and their officials departed Rabat in the early hours of Monday aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight, which landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 5:50 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-infantino-applauds-flamingos-title-triumph\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Infantino Applauds Flamingos\u2019 Title Triumph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team is expected to embark on a trophy parade later in the day, taking their celebrations to major streets across the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The roadshow will begin around Eagle Square and the Federal Secretariat in the Central Business District before proceeding through Julius Berger Roundabout and Wuse Market. The procession will then move towards Maitama, Asokoro and Apo districts.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the official reception in honour of the world champions will take place at a later date due to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s busy schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu is currently engaged in campaign activities ahead of next year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos, have arrived in Abuja following their triumphant campaign at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup. The Akeem Busari-led side emerged champions after defeating Japan 2-1 in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13017","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=13017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}