Author: Pius Ayinor
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Ardova Handball: Rima Strikers cut COAS Shooters 39-25 in Lagos
Rima Strikers of Sokoto were in top form on Day 7 of the Ardova Handball Premier League 2025 Phase 2, beating COAS Shooters 39-25 at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos. Rima took control early, leading 19-11 at halftime. The Caliphate team continued to dominate after the break, scoring freely and defending well to…
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World Cup Qualifiers: Udeze’s 30points is highest in Window 1 of the African Qualifiers
Rwanda went into Sunday’s Group C World Cup qualifier against Nigeria aiming to beat them for the first time in five games, but Morris Udeze had other ideas. With Rwanda leading by three (61–58) and just four seconds remaining, Prince Muhizi fouled Udeze, who converted a two-handed dunk followed by a free throw. Udeze’s free-throw…
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Sports Centre Awareness Forum honours sport icons, Popoola, Yusuff Ali, others
Members of the Sports Centre Awareness Forum and eminent personalities from far and near converged on Saturday at the Lagos Business Club, Ikeja, for the group’s fifth Annual Lecture and Award Party. The group, led by ace sports journalist and event planner, Tayo Adeyemo, on the occasion, honoured individuals with excellent track records and lasting…
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We will build more ‘Dynamites’ from WESPAC 2025 success for Nigeria Scrabble – Khaleel Adedeji
The 2025 World English-Language Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) ended in Accra Ghana with some pomp and pageantry as Africa witnessed it’s second hosting of the global championship. Khaleel Adedeji the newly elected Technical Director of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation widely referred as Dynamite coordinated the championships as 28 countries participated in the Main and…
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Tinubu’s Ambassadorial nomination mere political settlement – ADC
●Says Yakubu’s appointment further undermines INEC’s credibility The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu’s latest ambassadorial appointments, describing the list as a settlement list of political IOUs. The party took particular exception to the nomination of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying…
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World Cup Failure: NFF, Tech Committee to meet with Coach Chelle on Monday
Pius Ayinor The Executive Board Members of the Nigeria Football Federation and the Technical Committee members are scheduled to have a deep meeting with the Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle on Monday, December 1 in Abuja. A member of the NFF hierarchy who confirmed the meeting to Extrasportnigeria.com said the face-to-face roundtable discussion had become…
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Tinubu nominates Reno Omokri, Mahmud Yakubu, Ajimobi’s widow, Fani-Kayode, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, others as ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has sent another batch of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, days after the first set of names was forwarded to the Chamber. The new nominations were contained in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement…
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PANASA adds two new badges, redefines Scrabble honour in Africa
The Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA) has raised the banner with the unveiling of its 2025 Player Awards, introducing two brand-new badges that instantly up the stakes for Africa’s top word warriors. PANASA has reworked the honours system, and rolled out the Elite Veteran (EV) badge, reserved for battle-tested giants who consistently cracked the Top…
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Renewed Hope Basketball Tournament: Hoops &Read face Cantonment Braves in final
After five days of intense and highly competitive basketball contests involving 18 teams two have emerged to battle for the top prize money. The teams are representing the political wards of the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the Renewed Hope Basketball Tournament ongoing at the Police College, Ikeja Basketball Court. The tournament which is the first…
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Champions League: Rivers United fall 2-1 to RS Berkane in late defeat
Rivers United were left shocked and weeping at the Goodswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday night after RS Berkane scored twice deep into stoppage time to snatch a dramatic 2–1 victory in their CAF Champions League game. The loss became the second within a week for the Nigerian representatives in Group A. What looked…
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