Archive | November 8, 2015

U-17 World Cup Final: President Buhari calls the Golden Eaglets….

nt Buhari in pep talk with Nigerian Under 17 Golden Eaglet team who are to play Mali in the Under 17 World Cup Finals in Chile tomorrow from his residence in Statehouse on 7th Nov 2015

Nigeria’s leader, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), fondly called PMB by Nigerians, on Saturday had a live telephone conversation with players and officials of the U-17 National Team, Golden Eaglets, ahead of their Final Match against Mali at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015. The live conversation was at the instance of NFF President Amaju Pinnick. PMB, who was Military Head of State 30 years ago when Nigeria won the inaugural FIFA cadet World Cup in China, and actually gave the team the sobriquet ‘Golden Eaglets,’ tasked the players to win the Cup again and make the country proud.

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