{"id":16214,"date":"2019-10-01T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16214"},"modified":"2019-10-01T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:14:11","slug":"happy-independence-day-football-world-celebrates-nigeria-at-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/happy-independence-day-football-world-celebrates-nigeria-at-59","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Happy Independence Day&#8217; &#8211; Football world celebrates Nigeria at 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League clubs Everton, Arsenal and Italian Serie A side Roma joined Nigerians in celebrating their 59th Independence Day anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria gained independence from Britain on October 1, 1960 and has enjoyed tremendous success in the game across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Some clubs with key Nigerian players went on to send their best wishes on social media. Past and present Super Eagles stars also took to Twitter to share their messages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chei! Abeg comot for road! <\/p>\n<p>Today, Nigeria celebrates independence! ??<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to you, Naija Gooners ??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NigeriaAt59?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NigeriaAt59<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UwvG1AUj5i\">pic.twitter.com\/UwvG1AUj5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1179013488909438978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?? | Happy Independence Day, Nigeria! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4CyLDE4hEM\">pic.twitter.com\/4CyLDE4hEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1178947932873199616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Independence Day NIGERIA ????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSYMerAkNV\">pic.twitter.com\/oSYMerAkNV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Odion Jude Ighalo (@ighalojude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighalojude\/status\/1178969497400688640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League clubs Everton, Arsenal and Italian Serie A side Roma joined Nigerians in celebrating their 59th Independence Day anniversary. 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