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Nigeria: Unpaid Bonus - We Didn't Know Falcons Would Win - FG
Daily Trust, 9 December 2016
The Federal Government yesterday gave a new insight into its inability to pay the allowances of the Super Falcons, saying that it did not expect that the team would win the 2016… Read more »
Nigeria's Super Falcons Not Reaping What They've Sown
The Super Falcons say they are still awaiting the allowances promised to them by the football federation and say they will ask President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene.
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Nigeria: What Govt Did Not Expect
Daily Trust, 12 December 2016
So many Nigerians were scoffing and sneering at his remarks that Minister of Youths and Sports Solomon Dalung was forced to recant them but I am not one of those critics. What… Read more »
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Nigeria: Unpaid Super Falcons Withhold Nations Cup Trophy in Protest
Premium Times, 8 December 2016
The Nigeria national women's football team, the Super Falcons, are still holding on to the Africa Women's Nations Cup won last weekend in Cameroon in protest against the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt - Recession Stalls Payment of Falcons' Allowances
Daily Trust, 8 December 2016
The Federal Government yesterday blamed the biting recession for the delay in the payment of the allowances of the victorious Super Falcons. Read more »
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Nigeria: NFF Seeks Government Bailout to Pay Falcons
Daily Trust, 6 December 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has applied for a bailout from government to enable them pay off the Super Falcons, who won their 8th African Women Cup of Nations title last… Read more »
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Nigeria: Super Falcons Threaten to Take Protest to Presidential Villa
Guardian, 6 December 2016
Players and officials of the victorious Super Falcons have threatened to take their protest to the doorsteps of President Muhammad Buhari if the Sports Ministry and the Nigeria… Read more »
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Nigeria: Victorious Super Falcons Return
Premium Times, 4 December 2016
The Nigeria women's football team, Super Falcons, are back from Cameroon where they emerged victorious in the 2016 Africa Women's Nations Cup, AWCON. Read more »
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Nigeria/Cameroon: For the 8th Time, Falcons Win African Women's Cup
This Day, 4 December 2016
Nigeria's female football team, the Super Falcons, yesterday defeated hosts Cameroon 1-0 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde to successfully defend their Africa Women Cup of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Victorious Falcons Return, Take Protest to Abuja
Guardian, 5 December 2016
Players may protest unpaid allowances Read more »
