{"id":71601,"date":"2025-07-28T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71601"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:33:03","slug":"president-tinubu-hosts-triumphant-super-falcons-at-state-house-after-wafcon-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/28\/president-tinubu-hosts-triumphant-super-falcons-at-state-house-after-wafcon-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"President Tinubu Hosts Triumphant Super Falcons at State House After WAFCON Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_e3cd9f03be061a3a\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>By Salihu Mohammed<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-172 citation-end-172\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently receiving Nigeria&#8217;s triumphant Super Falcons at the State House in Abuja, following their landmark victory on Saturday in the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final held in Rabat, Morocco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-171\">The victorious Nigerian team, led by Captain <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-171\">Rasheedat Ajibade<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-171\"> and head coach <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-171\">Justin Madugu<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-171\">, arrived at the Presidential Villa at <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-171\">4:35 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-171 citation-end-171\">, to a warm and enthusiastic reception.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-170 citation-end-170\">Upon their arrival at the forecourt of the State House, the team was ushered in to be personally welcomed by President Tinubu, who is celebrating the champions for securing the nation\u2019s record 10th WAFCON title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-169 citation-end-169\">This reception fulfills President Tinubu\u2019s pledge made during a post-match video call on Sunday.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-168 citation-end-168\">In that call, he had congratulated the team on their stellar performance and assured them that he eagerly looked forward to receiving them and the coveted trophy in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the earlier call, President Tinubu expressed his immense pride: \u201cI am very, very proud of you. The entire nation is proud of you. You have lifted our spirits. You are a pride to your generation, and we are all very happy.\u201d He further added, \u201cYou will be celebrated, and I look forward to receiving the trophy in Abuja.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-167\">The Super Falcons had staged a stunning comeback to defeat hosts Morocco with a thrilling <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-167\">3-2 victory<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-167 citation-end-167\"> in Rabat, cementing their legacy as Africa\u2019s most successful women\u2019s football team.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Salihu Mohammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently receiving Nigeria&#8217;s triumphant Super Falcons at the State House in Abuja, following their landmark victory on Saturday in the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final held in Rabat, Morocco. The victorious Nigerian team, led by Captain Rasheedat Ajibade and head coach Justin Madugu, arrived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[526,59,1666],"class_list":["post-71601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bola-ahmed-tinubu","tag-featured","tag-wafcon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71601","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=71601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71603,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71601\/revisions\/71603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}