The victory of the Super Falcons at the tenth African Women Championship has been greeted with joy across the country.
The Falcons clinched their eighth title of the competition which has held ten times.
Desire Oparanozie scored the winner in the 90th minute against host nation Cameroon
President Muhammadu Buhari and former president Goodluck Jonathan have both sent congratulatory messages to the Falcons via their official Twitter accounts.
See messages below:
A very sweet and well-deserved victory for the Super Falcons, African champions for the 8th time. Congratulations to the Team, & to Nigeria pic.twitter.com/nMhRhcNw8a
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) December 4, 2016
I congratulate the Super Falcons on their impressive victory at the 10th edition of the Women's African Cup of Nations. Forever proud of you
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) December 4, 2016
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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