Author: Pius Ayinor
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Badagry Grammar School Bags CAF Football Initiative
By our reporter The First Phase of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) School Development Programme concluded in Lagos State, with Badagry Grammar School being the last beneficiary. This initiative, supported by CAF and implemented through the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is aimed at fostering football development among pupils and equipping them with the essential…
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Police Conference funds not diverted, says conference organiser, Shina Philips
By Editor Lenders Consult International Limited has stated that the company and its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Shina Philips, did not divert funds meant for the organisation of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers. The company stated this on Saturday, March 14 in response to a report published on March 3, 2026,…
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Super Eagles legend, Henry Nwosu, is dead
●Segun Odegbami mourns teammate By Pius Ayinor The Nigerian sports community has again been thrown into mourning following the death of former Super Eagles midfielder Henry Nwosu. The skilled attacker was a member of the team that won Nigeria’s first Africa Cup of Nations in 1980 in Lagos. He was 62 years old. The former…
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How landmark XE Jet Partnership has pushed D’Tigress up to global heights
Nigeria basketball specialist, Pius Ayinor, sheds light on the new XE Jet and D’Tigress partnership Africa’s most celebrated women’s national basketball team, Nigeria’s D’Tigress have over the past decade emerged as a global force in women’s basketball, winning multiple African championships and elevating Nigeria’s international reputation in the sport. They took it to the highest…
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63% poverty is Tinubu’s scorecard – ADC
By Editor The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described recent reports that Nigeria’s poverty rate has risen to 63% after the removal of petrol subsidy as the real scorecard of President Bola Tinubu and a consequence of his ill-defined neoliberal economic policies. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the…
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Tinubu’s plea goes unheeded on Ebonyi’s river of blood (1)
Tunde Odesola Sometimes, words create accidental rhyme where meaning does not. Etymologically, ‘Moses’ and ‘Osmosis’ are not related, even though they sound similar, and both bear a sense of ‘passing through’. Osmosis, a Greek word, literally suggests water passing through a boundary, just as Moses, the Anglicised version of Moshe, a Hebrew name, means “to…
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D’Tigress will do better against Philippines, says Coach Rena
By Pius Ayinor D’Tigress on Thursday, lost to South Korea in their second game of the FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers ongoing in Lyon-Villeurbanne, France. It is one defeat Coach Rena Wakama has said would push them to a better outing in their next match against the Philippines on Saturday. The Korean loss at 77-60…
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Handball Federation mourns national handball player Dorothy Elijah
By our reporter The President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Jibril Saidu Ojih, is leading the handball family in mourning as he has expressed deep sorrow over the death of national handball player Dorothy Elijah. In a condolence message, Ojih described the late Elijah as a committed and talented player whose contributions to…
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South Korea defeats Nigeria 77-60 in FIBA World Cup qualifiers
By Pius Ayinor Korea secured a 77-60 win over Nigeria in a Group A game of the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament on Thursday. The match was played at the Astroballe in Villeurbanne. D’Tigress made the first two points through Sarah Ogoke. It was quite a competitive opening quarter; Korea seized control and never looked…
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Bam Adebayo reveals what Michael Jordan told him after dropping 83 points
By Editor Bam Adebayo scored 83 points – the second-highest number in an NBA game – as the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 150-129. The centre said it was a “special moment” when he passed Kobe Bryant’s 81-point tally, set in 2006. Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 100 points has stood since 1962. Adebayo scored…