{"id":171546,"date":"2025-07-28T23:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wafcon-final-not-watched-due-to-high-blood-pressure"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:25:17","slug":"wafcon-final-not-watched-due-to-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wafcon-final-not-watched-due-to-high-blood-pressure","title":{"rendered":"Wafcon Final Not Watched Due to High Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has admitted he could not watch the final of the 2004 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations because he was scared of developing high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu revealed this while hosting the Super Falcons at Aso Villa on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I did not want to watch the match. I didn\u2019t want high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut people came into my room and turned on my TV to that channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it was 2-0, I got very restless and very offended. But I was still there watching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was impressed by the indomitable spirit of resilience, determination and courage of the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria came back from two goals down to defeat hosts Morocco 3-2 in the final played on Sunday in Rabat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has admitted he could not watch the final of the 2004 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations because he was scared of developing high blood pressure. Tinubu revealed this while hosting the Super Falcons at Aso Villa on Monday evening. \u201cHonestly, I did not want to watch the match. 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