{"id":4966,"date":"2023-12-28T19:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2023-12-28T19:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:03:52","slug":"president-tinubu-and-first-lady-oluremi-tinubu-host-super-falcons-star-asisat-oshoala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/president-tinubu-and-first-lady-oluremi-tinubu-host-super-falcons-star-asisat-oshoala\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT TINUBU AND FIRST LADY OLUREMI TINUBU HOST SUPER FALCONS STAR ASISAT OSHOALA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR and the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON have played host to Azizat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker and 2023 CAF Women&#8217;s Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu and the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu congratulated the Barcelona Femeni star on winning the best African female footballer of the year for a record sixth time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4967 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4-300x196.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4-1024x670.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4-768x503.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4-640x419.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/42899340-15eb-4f9f-a4f9-a4a3278b1ad4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The President noted that Azizat and her team mates hold today and the future while urging them to continue to make the nation proud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What our ladies have achieved in football, is commendable. Keep rising and demonstrating the best of the Nigerian character\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President and the First Lady assured Oshoala of the nation&#8217;s continued support for her and other Nigerian women striving for excellence in their chosen paths.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists Azizat Oshoala noted that she was first recognized publicly as a footballer at the Muniru Muse Football competition organized by the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu while she was at the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I want to appreciate the President and the First Lady for giving me the opportunity to present the award to them. During the last World Cup, we had a couple of issues, and they intervened and have been very supportive to the girls, even after the competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She assured that she will continue to do her best and be a worthy ambassador of the country in her chosen field.<\/p>\n<p>SIGNED<br \/>\nBusola Kukoyi<br \/>\nSA Media to the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria<br \/>\n28th December, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR and the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON have played host to Azizat Oshoala, Super<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4969,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions\/4969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}