The Secretary General of the NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, dropped the hint in a statement made available on Monday.
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Both teams finished with 10 players after Ghana’s captain Portia Boakye was dismissed for a second bookable offence, and minutes after, Nigeria’s left back Glory Ogbonna was expelled by Ivorian referee Zomadre Sonia Kore.
The Super Falcons had on Wednesday recorded a resounding two-nil victory over the Black Queens in Lagos.
Uchenna Kanu struck both goals for the hosts before the break in Lagos, the first with a header, second from a corner.
Nigeria and Ghana clashed in the Final match of the inaugural edition of Women Africa Cup of Nations in 1998, which the Falcons won 2-0. However, both strong stallions in the African women football race-course have been drawn to play each other for one slot at the next edition to be held in the summer of 2022 in the Kingdom of Morocco.
The former captain of the Edo Queens, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, however, said she intends to see out her contract with Umea Ik, as her main focus now was to help Umea Ik to grow as a club.
The South Africans beat Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the final match of the tournament on Tuesday evening in Lagos, Nigeria
Scuttled by the global coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc worldwide since the beginning of year 2020, the third edition of the showpiece event was planned on a smaller scale but blossomed and became magnified as the night wore on.
The coach admitted that the goals did not come early during the match because of the high-intensity game by the Malians, whom he knew little or nothing about.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament is holding at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium with six teams participating.
In an interview on Thursday, Uche, who led the Falcons at the 2011 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, said the invitational tournament with the theme Playing For Good under the Futured Assured Programme of the Aisha Buhari Foundation, is a project capable of taking the Nigerian girl-child and the women folks generally to greater heights in all endeavours of life.
The coach accused the NFF of always giving preferential treatment to foreign coaches, especially in the area of welfare.
The former Edo Queens defence marshal was in the Falcons squad that undertook an 8-day training camp in the Austrian capital, Vienna in July as part of the intense preparations for the forthcoming football show piece.
The Female Eagles will compete in the six-nation tournament organised in honour of the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, with its theme Playing for Good. The nine-day competition will see the Malians slug it out with hosts and reigning African champions Nigeria and Morocco in Group A, with matches scheduled for Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan.
With 1614.33 points, the Randy Waldrum girls stayed at 38th spot in the world and are number one in Africa.
Nigeria and Morocco will square up in the opening match of the tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on Monday, 13th September.
The Falcons were in a train when the man, whose face was not seen in the video, rose and started speaking
Ogbonna, who signed for the Swedish Club side last week, said it had always been her dream and her father’s.
Oshoala, also the Captain of the senior national female football team, Super Falcons, spoke at the 59th Inter-House Sports Competition of Queen’s College
According to reports, the husband of the Super Falcons ex-captain passed away at a private hospital in Awka, the Anambra State capital