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Omo this is what we called a woman of confidence and determination. I am impressed by by all her efforts and achievements. God bless you Lady.

Reading many of @naptu2's thread is a history lesson in itself. Very detailed and informative.

Hemanwel:
Baba naptu2, I hope oga Seun is paying you for the great thing you're doing on his forum? If not, you need to get your craft monetized. You are exceptionally good in what you do, sir! Whenever I read your thread, I learn a whole lot! God bless you, sir!

Gbamsulotely

Wow I quite remember this lady back in the early 2000s how time fly man don really old oh.

@naptu2, another request from me.

Can you do a piece on the pioneer promoters of female football in Nigeria?

Notable names (I have left out administrators except Gina Yeseibo) include:

Simbiat Abiola - Simbiat Abiola Babes (or was it Kankanfo Babes?)
Princess Bola Jegede - Jegede Babes
Alhaja Ayo Omidiran - Omidiran Babes
Eddington Kujebola -Ufuoma Babes
Gina Yeseibo - Former Board Member of the Nigeria Football Association.
Larry Eze - Larry Angels
Ian Neilsen - National Marketing Manager of 7Up Bottling Company
Maryam Abacha - Donated the first WAFCON trophy
Aisha Falode - Sports Journalist
Henrietta Ukaigwe - Sports Journalist

The pioneering efforts of these people and others not mentioned is what we are reaping now.

We should remember them at a time like this.

johnie:
@naptu2, another request from me.

Can you do a piece on the pioneer promoters of female football in Nigeria?

Notable names (I have left out administrators except Gina Yeseibo) include:

Simbiat Abiola - Simbiat Abiola Babes
Princess Bola Jegede - Jegede Babes
Alhaja Ayo Omidiran - Omidiran Babes
Eddington Kujebola -Ufuoma Babes
Gina Yeseibo - Former Board Member of the Nigeria Football Association.
Larry Eze - Larry Angels
Ian Neilsen - National Marketing Manager of 7Up Bottling Company
Maryam Abacha - Donated the first WAFCON trophy
Aisha Falode - Sports Journalist
Henrietta Ukaigwe - Sports Journalist

The pioneering efforts of these people and other not mentioned is what we are reaping now.

We should remember them at a time like this.

+💯

I hope I'll be able to ceeate such a thread in the future. I've already created posts about Larry Eze and Princess Jegede.

Hemanwel:
Baba naptu2, I hope oga Seun is paying you for the great thing you're doing on his forum? If not, you need to get your craft monetized. You are exceptionally good in what you do, sir! Whenever I read your thread, I learn a whole lot! God bless you, sir!

That guy is too much abeg the baba really have depth I do wonder sometimes how he do manages to get his catalogue of very accurate information both current and past he post in this forum.

I like this nnadozie girl.. very chilled girl. Once met her at zenith bank in owerri. She walked up to me coz it was raining and said "guy make I enter your umbrella na" she offered to drop Me off afterwards

Hemanwel:
Baba naptu2, I hope oga Seun is paying you for the great thing you're doing on his forum? If not, you need to get your craft monetized. You are exceptionally good in what you do, sir! Whenever I read your thread, I learn a whole lot! God bless you, sir!

He reminds me of the monika ‘Explorers.’ I wonder where that man is! I hope he is fine. This other monika ‘Hungerbad’, heard he is late.

So, many others I can’t remember their usernames on this forum. The good old days of Nairaland.

Seun, you let tribalists and politics killed your Forum. Nairaland, a once great forum. Loot at Quora for instance!

Good job Naptu.

StoryHaven:
See what Aging did to a pretty woman. If her photos of old were not shared you won't know she once had a beautiful body and face.
God bless her.

Na em make I dey laugh all dis girls wey think say dem go hot forever...
Na when dem reach 30 dem dey start to humble... One is seriously pushing for me to marry her.. when I discovered her age I said no wonder. She is already 30... But when she was under 25 I know that many men came for her but she was doing Shakara then.. but see her desperation now...
Most woemen no dey ever get sensé especially the pretty ones.. my post has nothing to do with our legendary Goal keeper, she is a champ and a legend..

I am extremely happy for her.

She is one of those that suffered for what the Echeginis, Oshoalas and Alozies are enjoying today .

God put her reward in a fixed deposit for her.

Now is the time to make withdrawals.

' She was pregnant ahead of the 2000 Olympics but she didn't know. It was FIFA's medical officials that told her that she was four months pregnant'

Great woman with great talent.

But FOUR months pregnant and did not know? .............

naptu2:
Anne Agumanu-Chiejine

She was 17 years old when she was selected as Super Falcons' first choice goalkeeper ahead of the first Women's World Cup in China in 1991. She was Super Falcons' first choice keeper from 1991 till 2000. She was African champion in 1991, 1995, 1998 and 2000.

She was pregnant ahead of the 2000 Olympics but she didn't know. It was FIFA's medical officials that told her that she was four months pregnant. She chose to play at the tournament anyway. She also kept for Nigeria at the 2000 Women's African Nations Cup while five months pregnant.

South African fans became angry after Stella Mbachu scored Nigeria's second goal in the final of the 2000 Women's African Nations Cup in South Africa. They threw objects onto the pitch and stoned Anne Agumanu-Chiejine. She went to the referee to complain, but the referee sent her back to her goal. The fans then threw a large rock and Anne picked up the rock and ran to show it to the referee. I could read her lips and she was shouting, "See! See"! The referee then called off the match. Riot police came into the stadium to chase the fans away and the rioting fans destroyed journalists' cars and part of the stadium (they showed a little girl in the stands and the fear on her face was heartbreaking).

Anne was also a hairdresser. She owned a salon and she often did her teammates' hair in the national team (she dyed Mercy Akide's hair green and white and gave Florence Omagbemi a flame thrower orange tint). She's very famous for wearing a bandana while keeping and many young girls emulated her style.

It was thought that Anne Chiejine had retired in the early 2000s and she was appointed as the welfare officer for the Flamengos (the women's under 17 national team), but she returned in 2004 and was second choice goalkeeper to Precious Dede.

Anne played for CN Okoli, Flying Babes, Kakanfo Queens, Jegede Babes, Rivers Angels, Flying Angels, Larry Angels and Pelican Stars, all in Nigeria. She was invited for trials by Arsenal Ladies football club, but the British High Commission did not issue her a visa and she lost the opportunity.

Anne Chiejine retired in 2005, earned her coaching licenses and badges and was Nigeria's goalkeeper coach at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was also the Super Falcons' goalkeeper coach when they won the WAFCON in 2016 and she also coached the Romanian club CS Negrea Resita.

Anne was so good that, in 1999 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) mistakenly listed her twice in the top ten of their list of African Women’s Players of the Century. Her maiden name, Ann Agumanu, got 7 votes, and Ann Chiejine, her married name, got 14 votes.  She ideally should have shared first place with another Nigerian icon, Eucharia Uche, with her total of 21, according to the rules.

She was the Super Falcons' goalkeeper coach at the recently concluded WAFCON in Morocco.


Photo 4) Squatting (L-R) Florence Omagbemi, Anne Mukoro, Anne Agumanu, Adaku Okoroafor, Diana Esther Nwaiwu.

Standing (L-R) Omo-Love Branch, Nkiru Okosieme, Rita Nwadike, Eucharia Uche, Phoebe, Ebimiekumo, Mavis Ogun

I think this was the 1991 World Cup team.

She Deserves All The Accolades 👍🙏🏆⚽.
God Bless Her real good.
Welldone Madam.👏
•If it were in Saner Climes,the Country will Continue To Build On Her Experiences For Life,as She Has Seen All!
The Super Falcons deserved all they got,as this Country always try to Forget their Heroes unrewarded.
Thank God, President Tinubu has changed that Now.
Besides, Federal and States Govt-should equally looks at :
- the Soldiers At War - Against the Insurgents - their General Remuneration/ Pension/ Gratuities Should Be Upward Reviews, Immediately.
- the Plight of Teachers,
- Other Workers, even the Courts In Nigeria,for what is good for Gander is good for the Grease!

This is a yammieee leggha we will give permanent residency in Lagos.

Not the other ones.

Strictly by merit.

SEGLIZ:
she even played one of the tournament with pregnancy.

yes, with pregnancy. she was pregnant at the tournament, not until after the tourney it was disclosed.

the team strategy then was, the entire team rally round to protect her majorly the defence, they would need to work extra hard she doesn't take much heat from the opponents attacking line-up, which worked out well for the team.

the up picture up there where she has a bandana on taking shoot was the tourney.

Ann reminds me of Vitor Baya of Portugal... looks and Goalkeeping
My problem is that l don't know which one each had better

Toneyo:
He reminds me of the monika ‘Explorers.’ I wonder where that man is! I hope he is fine. This other monika ‘Hungerbad’, heard he is late.

So, many others I can’t remember their usernames on this forum. The good old days of Nairaland.

Seun, you let tribalists and politics killed your Forum. Nairaland, a once great forum. Loot at Quora for instance!

Good job Naptu.

Are you serious?? HungerBad is dead?? Oh no! May his soul rest in peace!

Yeah, Explorers. Another great guy on the forum! There's one moniker like that too 'Calotti'. She calls herself calotti the halotti. She used to portray herself a foreign-based hoo.kup lady.

Wow! Nairaland yaff tey! Lolss[/b]

Mrexcell:
That guy is too much abeg the baba really have depth I do wonder sometimes how he do manages to get his catalogue of very accurate information both current and past he post in this forum.

It was one of his threads I read, that made me to know so much about UAC and their franchises.

It was his thread that I learnt about how Dangote began the process of building his refinery, including how he acquired the land where the investment sits on.

Egbon naptu2 should be one of the people on oga Seun's payroll. He adds so much value on the forum.

Hemanwel:
It was one of his thread I read, that made me to know so much about UAC and their franchises.

It was his thread that I learnt about how Dangote began the process of building his refinery, including how he acquired the land where the investment sits on.

Egbon naptu2 should be one of the people on oga Seun's payroll. He adds so much value on the forum.

Very true he really needs to find a way to monetize his craft somehow.

That player that was looking left in the group photo, what was she looking at, or what was she thinking, looks lost, I thank God for their lives

See how good she looks at 51, dear kings these are the kind of women you should go for. Not the ones that will eat eat eat eat eat once the food is free, get fat anyhow and on top of that bringing nothing to the table other than chaos, nagging, finances-draining and peace-sapping situations.

SonofElElyonRet:
Why should the chief coach get same $50,000 as other members of the coaching crew Makes zero sense!!!

will you go and add more to the coach?

Tope2024:
will you go and add more to the coach?

Will you just walk on by and not mention me with your ridiculous question?

AdolfHitlerxXx:
This is a yammieee leggha we will give permanent residency in Lagos.

Not the other ones.

Strictly by merit.

cc: Seun
cc: Obinoscopy
cc: Nlfpmod
Rule 19
Rule 21
Rule 15
Rule 2
End ethnic bigotry!!!!

She followed the step of captain fluorence omagbemi in 2016

naptu2:
Here's the story of Super Falcons goalkeeping


It started with Anne Agumanu (Anne Agumanu-Chiejine) from 1991 till 2000. I remember when she kept while pregnant, I remember 2000 Nations Cup final when we beat South Africa in South Africa (the South African fans kept throwing rocks at her and they were rioting in the stands, so the referee had to end the match before time and award it to us). She was the undisputed number 1 for almost 10 years. Anne Agumanu-Chiejine is now the Super Falcons goalkeeper trainer.

Then came Precious Dede. She was our first choice goalkeeper from 2001 till 2014. She was our goalkeeper coach during the Thomas Dennerby era and she folllowed him to India and is now the goalkeeper coach of the Indian junior national side.

Then came Tochukwu Oluehi. She shared the number 1 spot with Alaba Jonathan, Ibubeleye Whyte and Christy Bulus from 2015 till 2019.

Then came Chiamaka Nnadozie. She took over the number 1 spot from Tochukwu Oluehi (who is now our second choice keeper) and has held it since then.

Precious Dede was our longest serving keeper. I was very worried about who would succeed her until Chiamaka came along.

Chiamaka has surpassed my expectations and significantly raised the standard.

It may be early days but who are we grooming to meet up to the high standard?

I look forward to seeing the following and more:

Faith Omilana


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Nn1wVCwDE?

Sukurat Bakare

https://www.instagram.com/grazef6productions/reel/DAvvCHnIX7n/

Anderline Mgbechi:

She won the 2025 Nigeria Women's Football League's Best Goalkeeper Award but also scored the decisive penalty to clinch the League title for Rivers Angels .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga0hR3Gjlo

johnie:
Precious Dede was our longest serving keeper. I was very worried about who would succeed her until Chiamaka came along.

Chiamaka has surpassed my expectations and significantly raised the standard.

It may be early days but who are we grooming to meet up to the high standard?

I look forward to seeing the following and more:

Faith Omilana


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Nn1wVCwDE?

Sukurat Bakare

https://www.instagram.com/grazef6productions/reel/DAvvCHnIX7n/

Anderline Mgbechi:

She won the 2025 Nigeria Women's Football League's Best Goalkeeper Award but also scored the decisive penalty to clinch the League title for Rivers Angels .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga0hR3Gjlo

There were 3 players from that 2018 U-20 World Cup that I was sure would succeed in the Super Falcons. 2 of them have achieved that success, but the third is yet to make it.

I was sure that Chiamaka Nnadozie would succeed Tochukwu Oluehi in goal and that has happened.

I felt that Rasheedat Ajibade would succeed Asisat Oshoala on the right flank and that has happened.

I felt that Anam Imo would succeed Desire Oparanozie as center-forward, but that has not happened.

naptu2:
There were 3 players from that 2018 U-20 World Cup that I was sure would succeed in the Super Falcons. 2 of them have achieved that success, but the third is yet to make it.

I was sure that Chiamaka Nnadozie would succeed Tochukwu Oluehi in goal and that has happened.

I felt that Rasheedat Ajibade would succeed Asisat Oshoala on the right flank and that has happened.

I felt that Anam Imo would succeed Desire Oparanozie as center-forward, but that has not happened.

I totally agree with you and am very happy with the progress made by Chiamaka and Rasheedat.

Ijamilusi was a team mate of Christy Ucheibe, Rasheedat and Chiamaka at the 2016 U-17 World Cup but did not make the 2018 U-20 team.

I am glad she has now been able to find a place in the Falcons and hope she can now go abroad. Her combination with Esther Okoronkwo in the 2025 WAFCON were very super. She also won two penalties in the tourney - one against Zambia and the one leading to the equaliser against Morocco.

A number of people were not happy that Gift Monday (another member of the 2018 U-20 cohort) did not make it to Morocco but having now won the tourney, may pardon the coach.

This was his explanation before the tournament for not taking her:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ouOc3Xmfw

I am happy with the transition to the Falcons made by Tosin Demehin, Deborah Abiodun, Sukurat Oladipo from the 2022 U-20 cohort.

Other players coming through the ranks to look out for include Esther Onyenezide, Rofiat Imuran, Opeyemi Ajakaiye, Janet Akekoromowei and Flourish Sabastine.

I eagerly looking forward to the 2025 U-17 World Cup holding in Morocco starting in October this year.

The Flamingoes really have to be at their very best given that the recent feat achieved by the Falcons.

The fact that the tournament will be hosted by Morocco and also that they have France and Canada in their group will not make the task easy.

These clips from the qualifiers show their potential:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmGrFn5EO8




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=detJ2EaIE8M

johnie:
Precious Dede was our longest serving keeper. I was very worried about who would succeed her until Chiamaka came along.

Chiamaka has surpassed my expectations and significantly raised the standard.

It may be early days but who are we grooming to meet up to the high standard?

I look forward to seeing the following and more:

Faith Omilana


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Nn1wVCwDE?

Sukurat Bakare

https://www.instagram.com/grazef6productions/reel/DAvvCHnIX7n/

Those punches by Faith and Sukurat in the clips above may seem routine but not making such cost Nigeria the WAFU B U20 Men's Cup just last week when our keeper, Harcourt, who had been good all through the tournament fumbled the ball in the air.

Watch from 5:38


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyshpgqjfQ

It is good when you have a goal keeper who has good timing and is bold.