President Bola Tinubu has honored individual players of the Super Eagles with a Member of the Order of the Niger (M.O.N) title… for their impressive display at the just concluded AFCON 2023 tournament held in Ivory Coast.
The Nigerian team were received at the State House on Tuesday where they were conferred with the titles. Aside from the title, the players were given a flat each and a plot of land in the FCT
Recall that Nigeria finished in second place at the competition; losing to the hosts Ivory Coast who emerged champions. All the team members and officials were in attendance including Alex Iwobi, who had faced cyber-attacks over the loss to Ivory Coast