{"id":67428,"date":"2025-06-05T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67428"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:10:02","slug":"nff-supports-stanley-nwabali-with-n20-million-for-parents-burial-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/05\/nff-supports-stanley-nwabali-with-n20-million-for-parents-burial-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"NFF Supports Stanley Nwabali with N20 Million for Parents&#8217; Burial Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Football Federation has extended its support to Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali with a N20 million donation to assist with the burial ceremony of his late parents.<\/p>\n<p>Nwabali lost his father recently, and his mother passed away just months later, leaving the goalkeeper in deep mourning.<\/p>\n<p>The federation had earlier expressed its condolences following the death of Nwabali&#8217;s father. NFF President Mohammed Sanusi described the loss of a parent as a moment of profound sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of Nwabali&#8217;s mother, the NFF again offered its sympathies and encouraged the goalkeeper to remain strong in the face of his personal grief.<\/p>\n<p>Due to these successive losses, Nwabali was granted leave and excused from joining the Super Eagles on their scheduled trip to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The NFF&#8217;s financial contribution is seen as a gesture of solidarity and compassion, recognizing the emotional toll the player is facing.<\/p>\n<p>This support underscores the federation&#8217;s commitment to the welfare of its players beyond the football pitch.<\/p>\n<p>By assisting Nwabali during this difficult period, the NFF has demonstrated genuine concern for the personal well-being of one of Nigeria\u2019s most celebrated goalkeepers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Nigeria Football Federation has extended its support to Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali with a N20 million donation to assist with the burial ceremony of his late parents. Nwabali lost his father recently, and his mother passed away just months later, leaving the goalkeeper in deep mourning. The federation had earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67428","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67430,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67428\/revisions\/67430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}