FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Nigeria Walloped Namibia

The Nigerian U-17 female national team AKA flamingos has whopped the Namibian queens in a 4-0 match encounter, in the first leg of the ongoing FIFA women’s world cup qualifier in Abuja.

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Goals were scored early by the Nigerian team while Namibia could not pull one in as all their efforts were wasted.

Rasheedat Ajibade, Cynthia Aku and Peace Efih grabbed the advantage and scored goals against the visiting team, Namibia.

The first goal was netted by Ajibade at the 13th minute while Aku scored the second at the 37th minute, Efih however made it 3-0 while Ajibade scored her second goals and the last for the match at the 67th  minute of the encounter.

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The return leg will be played in a fortnight at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia‎.

The teams are playing for the FIFA world cup qualifier which will take place in Jordan.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally picked a date to host the successful Golden Eaglets and Dream team who won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the U-23 Africa Nations Cup respectively.

Speaking to reporters after the 2015 Glo-CAF awards in Abuja, the sports minister Solomon Dalung said the federal government has a comprehensive package for the successful teams led by coaches Emmanuel Amuneke and Samson Siasia.

The minister however stopped short of naming what reward packages are available to the teams and their coaches.

The teams will be rewarded alongside other athletes who made the country proud in other sports.

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