Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations-winning band accept been adored with civic honours, banknote and acreage ability presented by Admiral Goodluck Jonathan.
The Super Eagles aerial the bays in South Africa on Sunday afterwards assault Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final.
Twenty two players accustomed the honour of Affiliate of the Order of the Niger (MON) while drillmaster Stephen Keshi was fabricated Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and his administration and aggregation captain Joseph Yobo became Officer of the Niger (OON).
In addition, anniversary aggregation affiliate accustomed a artifice of acreage from the Nigerian government.
The admiral aswell appear a banknote allowance of 10m naira ($62,500) to Keshi and 5m naira ($31,250 ) to anniversary of the players.
Speaking at the event, Admiral Jonathan said: "We acknowledge you for authoritative us proud, we aggregate actuality to bless you our attentive Super Eagles.
"It was a able-bodied adapted victory, you adapted all the accolades and praise, your achievement reminds us that dreams can in fact appear true.
"When we couldn't authorize for the 2012 copy of the competition, the accepted consequence was that football had absent its battle. When you able for this edition, the majority didn't accord you a adventitious but with determination, you won.
"We acknowledge Keshi for a acceptable job, you accept my backing. The next ambition is for you to authorize for the World Cup in Brazil. You have to not abort and we will abutment you to do well."
The admiral aswell emphasised that the government is bent to advance action in the country.
Other aggregation admiral will accept 2 naira ($12,700) each.
Top industrialists in the country aswell donated addition $2m to the team, according to the president.
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