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Akpabio redeems N100m pledge to Flamingos, hails World Cup triumph

Verified: 5 outlets have reported this story since Nov 10, 5 of them from Nigeria.

📍 Abuja, NG·🕐 21h ago·5 outlets

By Henry Umoru, Abuja President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday redeemed the Senate’s N100 million reward pledge to Nigeria’s victorious U-17 women’s national football team, the Flamingos, during a reception at the National Assembly in Abuja. Akpabio, who described the players as the pride of Africa and the world, personally presented the cash…

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The story so far · 11 reports · ✓ Verified Nov 10, 4:02 PM UTC

5 outlets from Nigeria, where the story is: BusinessDay Nigeria, Daily Trust, Premium Times Nigeria and 2 more · how we count

  1. Nov 10, 2:59 PM UTCFirst report
    Senate donates N100m to Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, Flamingosvanguardngr.com ↗
  2. Nov 10, 4:02 PM UTC+1 h
    U-17 Women’s World Cup: Senate donates N100m to Flamingospunchng.com ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 10, 4:02 PM UTC · +1 h
  4. Nov 10, 6:03 PM UTC+3 h
    Senate rewards Flamingos with N100m after historic World Cup triumphbusinessday.ng ↗
  5. Nov 11, 4:24 PM UTC+25 h
    Naira rain as Tinubu splashes N100m each on Flamingos after World Cup winbusinessday.ng (again) ↗
  6. Nov 11, 4:52 PM UTC+26 h
    Tinubu rewards Flamingos with ₦100m each after historic U-17 World Cup triumphpremiumtimesng.com (again) ↗
  7. Nov 11, 6:28 PM UTC+27 h· you’re reading this
    Akpabio redeems N100m pledge to Flamingos, hails World Cup triumphvanguardngr.com (again) ↗
  8. Nov 11, 7:37 PM UTC+29 h
    Akpabio hands Flamingos N100m reward, links World Cup triumph to APC’s 2027 victorybusinessday.ng (again) ↗
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[Claude] Both reports cover Nigeria's U-17 Women's World Cup victory and the cash rewards that followed, with Report 2 describing Tinubu's N100m-per-player gift and Report 1 Akpabio's Senate pledge redemption;

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