{
  "id": 19172285,
  "title": "Kalu hails Flamingos, seeks honour for Enyimba",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/kalu-hails-flamingos-seeks-honour-for-enyimba",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T15:50:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/kalu-hails-flamingos-seeks-honour-for-enyimba/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Abia State Governor and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has congratulated Nigeria’s national U-17 Women’s football team, the Flamingos, on their historic victory at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, calling for the team to be recognized by the Federal Government. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Kalu also appealed to President Bola Tinubu to give the historic Enyimba International Football Club of Aba the recognition it deserves for its back-to-back CAF Champions League victories in 2003 and 2004, making it the first Nigerian club to achieve this feat. Kalu's administration had previously honored the team after their victories, but he regrets that the Federal Government did not do the same.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}