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President Bola Tinubu will host the victorious Super Falcons and officials of the Nigerian female football team at the State House in Abuja on Monday.
The Super Falcons are expected to arrive Nigeria from Morocco later on Sunday night.
It is expected that the players and their officials would be rewarded handsomely by the President.
Tinubu, it would be recalled, approved the payment of the team’s outstanding bonuses and allowances on the eve of the Saturday’s final with hosts Atlas Lionesses of Morocco.
The Super Falcons rallied from two goals down to beat the North Africans 3-2 in the game.
It was the 10th time they will be winning the WAFCON title.
Nigeria claimed a tenth title as they beat host-nation Morocco 3-2 in the final of the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
The match was played at Olympic Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, where the home side had claimed a two-goal lead at half-time.
Trailing 2-0 at half-time in front of a partisan Moroccan crowd, the Super Falcons showed their pedigree and resilience, clawing their way back into the match with a display of clinical finishing and sheer determination to cement their status as queens of African football.
Goals from Esther Okoronkwo, Folashade Ijamilusi, and a late winner by Joe Echegini overturned Morocco’s strong first-half lead, stunning the Atlas Lionesses who were hoping to clinch their first-ever continental title on home soil.
The final had all the ingredients of a classic: a host nation looking to crown a golden generation with history, and Africa’s most successful women’s side eager to reaffirm their dominance.
