{"id":71470,"date":"2025-07-27T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71470"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:49:16","slug":"remi-tinubu-celebrates-super-falcons-stunning-wafcon-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/27\/remi-tinubu-celebrates-super-falcons-stunning-wafcon-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Remi Tinubu Celebrates Super Falcons\u2019 Stunning WAFCON Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Fakande Oluwamayowa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, has hailed the Super Falcons for their dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over host nation Morocco to claim their record 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian team, trailing by two goals at halftime, stunned fans with a second-half resurgence that secured a historic win and reinforced their dominance in African women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n<p>Describing them as the \u201cQueens of African Football,\u201d Tinubu praised the players for their resilience, spirit, and for lifting the pride of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour resounding 3-2 victory is not just another trophy; it is a testament to your hard work, consistency, and the indomitable Nigerian spirit,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cOn behalf of Nigerian women and the entire nation, I thank you for making us proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that the Super Falcons had inspired millions of Nigerians and Africans, and that their names were now \u201cwritten in gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s latest WAFCON triumph cements their status as the most successful team in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fakande Oluwamayowa &nbsp; First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, has hailed the Super Falcons for their dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over host nation Morocco to claim their record 10th Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. The Nigerian team, trailing by two goals at halftime, stunned fans with a second-half resurgence that secured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71470","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=71470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71472,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71470\/revisions\/71472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}