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Nigeria reclaims title at 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships
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…
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Aisha and Buhari were divorced before his death – Kperogi
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…
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AFCON winner Ifeanyi Onyedika set to extend fabulous record with President Federation Cup
For those still trying to discover the muse of Abakaliki FC, the little-known Club from Ebonyi State that has reached the men’s final of this year’s President Federation Cup, they need not look farther than Head Coach Ifeanyi Onyedika. Onyedika’s team will take on the more exposed Kwara United side. The Kwara team features in…
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Governors Sanwo-Olu, Abdulrazaq for President Federation Cup final
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is expected to be the special guest of honour at Saturday’s President Federation Cup grand finale at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos in which Cup holders Rivers Angels will confront Nasarawa Amazons in the women’s final, before Abakaliki FC take on Kwara United in the men’s final. A colourful…
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How my husband rapes me – 14-yr-old wife cries out
A 14-year-old girl from Gombe State (name withheld), who was forced into an early-child-marriage in Taraba State, has told the world the challenges she faced in the forced marriage with her wealthy husband. The teenager narrated her ordeal to Arewa Punch Gombe, cried out that she was forcefully married off through the support and consent…
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Gateway Games: Team Ogun sweeps gold in doubles’ masters, female, opens
Team Ogun on Monday dominated the Scrabble Doubles Event at the 22nd National Sports Festival as they snatched gold medals in the Masters, Female and Opens categories while Team FCT earned top medal in the Intermediate class after 15 rounds. The potent pair of current African champion Oluwatimilehin Doko and Abdulmumin Jimoh who represented the…
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Excitement, joy for D’Tigress homecoming Abuja tournament
Pius Ayinor Excitement is high as the Nigerian national women’s team, D’Tigress, and the Nigeria Basketball Federation gear up for what will be one of the best basketball events ever held in Nigeria, Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com reports. For the first time, the multiple award-winning D’Tigress will play on the national soil after winning five back-to-back Afrobasket championships…
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Porbeni wants all Olympic sport to feature in National Sports Festival
The President of the Rowing, Canoeing, and Sailing Federation in Nigeria, Rear Admiral Festus Porbeni has expressed his desire to promote the Federation further. The federation which has over 40 Gold medals in the Olympics and Nigeria is ranked 8th in the world, and the Admiral feels the sport is treated with levity in Nigeria.…
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NDDC creating equal opportunities through NDSF – Iyaye
Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) as an intervention project of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was designed to include all youths in the region irrespective of gender and physical abilities. Alabo Boma Iyaye, the Executive Director Finance and Administration explained the intent behind the design while appearing on the ARISE television Morning Show and…
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Nigeria Pitch Awards: Osihmen, Lookman, Troost-Ekong chase King of the Pitch award
The organizers of the annual glamorous Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced the final nominees for the 2024 edition. In the release made to the media on Thursday in Lagos. The foremost King of the Pitch award has Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray S.K), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta BC) and William Troost-Ekong (Al-kholood FC). For the Queen of the…
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