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FG releases N471.8 million for payment of Super Falcons and Super Eagles

tvceadmin — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:00:39 +0000

The Federal Government, following orders from President Buhari, today released the sum of N471.8 million to pay the Super Falcons and Super Eagles following their AWCON 2016 win and 2018 World cup qualifiers respectively.

What almost turned to a national embarrassment after the Falcons players protested in Abuja on Wednesday following their 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations win in Yaounde, has now been resolved as the office of the Accountant General of the Federation released the mandate to Central Bank of Nigeria for payment of naira equivalent of US$1,173,820.00 at N305/$ to Nigeria Football Federation.

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, approved the payment, which is a sum of N358 million for the Super Falcons while the sum of N113.8 million has also been released by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation for the Super Eagles. The players will be paid today, Friday.

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Cameroon concede Falcons superiority

tvceadmin — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:04:59 +0000

Cameroon coach Enow Ngachu on Sunday conceded that Nigeria were superior in Saturday’s African Women’s Cup of Nations final at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

The Super Falcons won the encounter 1-0 courtesy of France-based forward Desire Oparanozie’s late strike to rule the elite women’s tournament for the eighth time (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2016).

Nigeria claimed their fourth title in South Africa in 2004 after humiliating the Indomitable Lionesses 5-0 in the final – and returned 10 years later to win their seventh title after beating their bitter rivals 2-0 in the Namibia 2014 final at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek.

Ngachu, who watched helplessly from the dugout as the Falcons disgraced his team to win the title in Namibia, had vowed the Lionesses would emerge triumphant on home soil on Saturday.

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Cameroon will be tough, Okon warns Falcons

tvceadmin — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:28:37 +0000

Former Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon, has said the team should expect a physical battle in Saturday’s 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations final at the Ahidjo Ahmadou Stadium, Yaounde, against hosts Cameroon.

Nigeria are seeking their eighth title at the expense of the Indomitable Lionesses, who have yet to win the tournament. The Falcons defeated the Central Africans to win the title in 2004 and 2014.

Okon told our correspondent on Thursday, “What will be on the mind of the Cameroonians is revenge. The Falcons have beaten them twice before and they will like to put a stop to it,” he said.

“The match will be very tough and it will take one moment of brilliance from any the two teams to win it. Since the competition began, the Falcons have seemed to struggle against other opponents except the Malians, who they beat convincingly.

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Bayana talk tough ahead of Falcons clash

tvceadmin — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:30:48 +0000

South Africa striker Andisiwe Mgcoyi insists Bayana Bayana will not be intimidated by the Super Falcons when they clash in thesemifinal of the Cameroon 2016 African Women’s Nations Cup in Limbe on Tuesday.

Nigeria on Saturday pounded debutants Kenya 4-0 in their Cameroon 2016 Group B last game to win the group and set up a semifinal showdown with South Africa, who massacred Egypt 5-0 in their Group A last fixture to place second behind hosts Cameroon in the group.

South Africa, who have yet to win the tournament since its inception in Abeokuta in 1998, have met seven-time champions Nigeria on 21 occasions with the Falcons winning 14 times. Bayana won three times‚ while both sides settled for draws in four encounters. The Falcons beat their Southern African rivals 2-0 to win their second consecutive title in Boksburg, Southern Africa, in 2000.

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Oshoala says Falcons not under pressure for tenth title

tvceadmin — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:15:19 +0000

Arsenal Ladies forward Asisat Oshoala says Super Falcons are not under any pressure to win a tenth African Women’s Cup of Nations title as the 2016 edition kicks off in Cameroon in November.
The Super Falcons won a record ninth title in Windhoek, Namibia in 2014, the year Oshoala was named African Women’s Footballer of the Year.

The 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals holds from November 19th to December 3rd in Cameroon and oshoala is confident nigeria will put up good display.

Nigeria will play Ghana, Kenya and Mali in Group B.

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