{"id":6983,"date":"2026-11-02T22:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/tinubu-fulfils-wafcon-pledge-as-super-falcons-players-receive-100000-each\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:18:30","slug":"tinubu-fulfils-wafcon-pledge-as-super-falcons-players-receive-100000-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/tinubu-fulfils-wafcon-pledge-as-super-falcons-players-receive-100000-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu fulfils WAFCON pledge, as Super Falcons players receive $100,000 each"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Tinubu-fulfils-WAFCON-pledge-as-Super-Falcons-players-receive-100000-each.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tinubu fulfils WAFCON pledge, as Super Falcons players receive $100,000 each\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Tinubu-fulfils-WAFCON-pledge-as-Super-Falcons-players-receive-100000-each.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUPER-FALCONS-WAFCON-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUPER-FALCONS-WAFCON-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUPER-FALCONS-WAFCON-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUPER-FALCONS-WAFCON-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Government has fulfilled President Bola Tinubu\u2019s reward pledge to the Super Falcons following their historic 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Sports Commission (NSC) announced that the players, coaches and officials of the team had received their cash rewards in naira equivalent of $100,000 for each player and $50,000 for officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cash payments form part of the presidential reward package announced after the Super Falcons defeated their opponents to clinch their record-extending 10th WAFCON title.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Tinubu-fulfils-WAFCON-pledge-as-Super-Falcons-players-receive-100000-each-1.jpg\" alt=\"\ud83d\uddde\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> \ud835\ude4b\ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude4e\ud835\ude4e \ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude4e\ud835\ude40<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government, through the National Sports Commission (NSC), has fulfilled President <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/officialABAT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@officialABAT<\/a> Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR\u2019s  reward pledge to the Super Falcons <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NGSuper_Falcons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NGSuper_Falcons<\/a>, with players, coaches and officials receiving their cash awards\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eGRfmA40HP\">pic.twitter.com\/eGRfmA40HP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Sports Commission (@NatSportsComm) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NatSportsComm\/status\/2117359142461464604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the cash rewards, each of the players and officials had earlier received a three-bedroom flat in Abuja and the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission celebrated the fulfilment of the presidential pledge, describing the timely disbursement of the rewards as recognition of the team\u2019s contribution to Nigerian sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria secured its 10th WAFCON title in July 2025 after defeating hosts Morocco 3-2 in the final, coming from two goals down to complete a remarkable comeback and maintain its dominance in African women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory further extended the Super Falcons\u2019 record as the most successful team in the history of the continental women\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/tinubu-fulfils-wafcon-pledge-as-super-falcons-players-receive-100000-each\/\">Tinubu fulfils WAFCON pledge, as Super Falcons players receive $100,000 each<\/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 Federal Government has fulfilled President Bola Tinubu\u2019s reward pledge to the Super Falcons following their historic 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title victory. The National Sports Commission&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","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\/6983","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=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}