{"id":58125,"date":"2024-12-17T07:10:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58125"},"modified":"2024-12-17T07:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:10:22","slug":"tinubu-hails-lookman-nnadozie-super-falcons-on-caf-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/17\/tinubu-hails-lookman-nnadozie-super-falcons-on-caf-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Hails Lookman, Nnadozie, Super Falcons on CAF Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman for winning the 2024 CAF Men\u2019s African Footballer of the Year Award, Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for being named Women\u2019s Goalkeeper of the Year, and the Super Falcons for clinching the Women\u2019s National Team of the Year Award.<br \/>\nThe awards were announced on Monday at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s in Marrakech, Morocco.<br \/>\nPresident Tinubu described the honorees as worthy ambassadors who have showcased Nigeria\u2019s talent and brought honor to the nation.<br \/>\nHe expressed confidence that the recognition would inspire upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams with dedication.<br \/>\n\u201cThese athletes embody the Nigerian Spirit, showcasing our resilience and excellence. Let no one write us off. I am incredibly proud of them,\u201d Tinubu stated.<br \/>\nHe commended their determination, discipline, and confidence, aligning them with his administration\u2019s vision of nurturing and rewarding talent.<br \/>\n\u201cThank you for making Nigeria proud and keeping our flag flying. You will win even more in the future,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman for winning the 2024 CAF Men\u2019s African Footballer of the Year Award, Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for being named Women\u2019s Goalkeeper of the Year, and the Super Falcons for clinching the Women\u2019s National Team of the Year Award. The awards were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58127,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58125\/revisions\/58127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}