{"id":8211,"date":"2018-03-03T20:19:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T03:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=8211"},"modified":"2018-03-03T20:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T03:19:53","slug":"nigerian-legends-vs-barcelona-legends-in-honour-of-aisha-buhari","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/nigerian-legends-vs-barcelona-legends-in-honour-of-aisha-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian legends vs\u00a0Barcelona legends in honour of Aisha Buhari..See Details"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigerian football legends will take on Spanish club Barcelona legends in a charity match, organised to honour the work of Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari.<\/div>\n
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The match dubbed \u2018Clash of Legends\u2019 will feature stars like Nigeria\u2019s Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Netherland\u2019s Edgar Davids who played for Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The competition organized by National Centre for Women Development (NCWD<\/span>) in conjunction with the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF<\/span>) is scheduled for 10th March at the National Stadium, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The match is being organised to support the charity work of Mrs Buhari\u2019s foundation Future Assured Programme.<\/p>\n

The Director General, NCWD<\/span> Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta at a press briefing on the programme, yesterday, said NCWD<\/span> and UNICEF<\/span> having recognised the laudable project of the first lady is hosting the two-day programme in her support for the work she is doing especially for the Nigerian child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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High point our 2 day events: gala night on Friday March 9 and the Clash of Legends football for Saturday March 10, will be award to be given @aishambuhari by@UNICEF_Nigeria would be outstanding. HE will receive the Legend of Children award for her great advocacy pic.twitter.com\/5Ef5JqTzOF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mary Ekpere-Eta (@MaryEkpere) March 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n