Author: Pius Ayinor

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Pius Ayinor Back-to-back African basketball champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria, are worried about their ability to successfully defend their title in Abidjan when the 2025 Afrobasket takes the tip-off on July 25. We can confirm that the National Sports Commission began the ticket purchase and distribution for the players called to camp on Wednesday, July 16.…

House Committee on Sports pledges support for Sam Okwaraji U16 Football tournament

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Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports have thrown their weight behind the forthcoming maiden Sam Okwaraji National U-16 football championship for secondary schools in the country. The committee made the pledge recently when they received members of the organizing committee of the championship at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. Welcoming the delegation,…

Nigeria reclaims title at 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships

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Nigeria’s men’s team reclaimed their crown at the 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships on Thursday, July 17, with a commanding victory over Côte d’Ivoire in the final. Earlier in the tournament, the Nigerian women’s team, led by Ajoke Ojomu, continued their regional dominance with a flawless run, defeating Benin Republic, Ghana, and Guinea to…

Nigeria vs Zambia: Super Falcons are mentally and tactically ready

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Head Coach Justine Madugu assured fans on Thursday that Nigeria’s Super Falcons are mentally, psychologically and tactically ready to confront Zambia’s Copper Queens in Friday’s high octane Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash in Casablanca. Nine-time champions Nigeria and emerging power Zambia clash at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium from 5pm Morocco time (same as…

Reaching semifinals, first step of my success – Success Oyibu

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It is the first international outing for sprint sensation in Team Nigeria at the Confederation of Africa Athletics, (CAA), U18/U20 Championship, Success Oyibu, but she has her sights set on success. On Monday, she said qualifying for the semifinals of the youth event is the first stage of her success plan at the championship. She…

WAFCON: Super Falcons and Zambia in dreadful quarter-final battle

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Casablanca will be hot on Friday as the Nigeria and Zambia senior women’s national teams square off in one of the most anticipated Women’s Africa Cup of Nations matches in the competition’s history. Nine-time champions Nigeria spent the better part of the ‘90s and the last decade riding roughshod over continental opposition, but the terrain-walk…

Ex-Super Eagles Coach, Sinclair is dead

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The family and some of his former players have confirmed the death of Coach Monday Sinclair. The family wrote, “With total submission to the will of God, the Sinclair family announces the passing of our father, Coach Monday Sinclair, who passed away at about 3:15 p.m. this afternoon. We pray that God grants his soul…

Wikki Tourists fined ₦3.75m for riotous conduct in NNL Super 8 final

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The Nigeria National League (NNL) has slammed Wikki Tourists FC with heavy fines totaling ₦3.75 million following a series of disruptive and violent incidents during their Match No. 13 encounter with Warri Wolves FC in the just ended 2024/2025 Super 8 promotion playoffs. The heated fixture took place on July 12, 2025, at the Stephen…

Aisha and Buhari were divorced before his death – Kperogi

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Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari was laid to rest in Daura, have some details previously hidden from the public emerged concerning his personal life with his wife, Aisha. USA-based Nigerian professor and popular columnist, Farooq Kperogi on his Facebook page on Wednesday, wrote that Buhari and Aisha were already divorced before…

Gov Abidoun’s assistant welcomes African athletes to Abeokuta

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