{"id":16871,"date":"2026-11-13T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/i-was-thinking-about-my-mother-flamingos-star-umejiaku-reflects-on-world-cup-triumph-presidential-reward\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:00:58","slug":"i-was-thinking-about-my-mother-flamingos-star-umejiaku-reflects-on-world-cup-triumph-presidential-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/i-was-thinking-about-my-mother-flamingos-star-umejiaku-reflects-on-world-cup-triumph-presidential-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Was Thinking About My Mother&#8221; \u2014 Flamingos Star Umejiaku Reflects On World Cup Triumph, Presidential Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria U-17 star Oluebube Umejiaku has disclosed that her mother was the very first person on her mind following the Flamingos\u2019 historic 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph and President Bola Tinubu\u2019s financial reward to the victorious team.<\/p>\n<p>Umejiaku made this known during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/11\/13\/2026-fifa-u-17-world-cup-best-player-award-was-my-first-in-life-flamingos-oluebube-umejiaku\/\">Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief<\/a> on Friday, where she also revealed that the adidas Golden Ball she claimed in Morocco is the first individual trophy of her life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2027-u-23-afconq-ozebagbe-confident-as-olympic-eagles-face-dr-congo-in-lubumbashi\/\">2027 U-23 AFCONQ: Ozebagbe Confident As Olympic Eagles Face DR Congo In Lubumbashi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very excited, and I give God all the glory because every day, I pray for it. That was my first award in life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the squad\u2019s reception at the State House, where First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu hosted the players on behalf of the President, Umejiaku described the occasion as a proud moment for the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great honour because everybody wanted to meet the President. We were very happy; we wanted to meet the President,\u201d she noted. \u201cWhen we got there, the President was not around; we were happy to meet the First Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what immediately crossed her mind when the President announced the cash reward for the champions, the forward offered a candid response: \u201cI was thinking about my mother; normally, I know that I don\u2019t have access to the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2027q-were-here-to-compete-tanzania-coach-gamondi-declares-ahead-super-eagles-showdown\/\">AFCON 2027Q: \u2018We\u2019re Here To Compete\u2019 \u2013 Tanzania Coach Gamondi Declares Ahead Super Eagles Showdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the next phase of her career, Umejiaku stated her ambition to invest in her future, graduate to the senior national team, and secure a move abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the special grace of God, I will like to see myself play for the Super Falcons and play for international clubs,\u201d the striker said. \u201cI will like to go far in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria U-17 star Oluebube Umejiaku has disclosed that her mother was the very first person on her mind following the Flamingos\u2019 historic 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup triumph and&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-16871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16871","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=16871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}