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AfroBasket: D’Tigers feast on champions Tunisia 87-66, await Lions of Cameroon
Nigeria put in a masterful display to go 2-0 in Group B of the 2025 AfroBasket men’s game when they obliterated reigning champions Tunisia 87-66 on Friday afternoon at the Pavilhao Multusos de Luanda. The next for Nigeria is against rivals Cameroon on Sunday evening. NBA Josh Okogie lit the arena up and helped Nigeria’s…
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AFN announces 26-man contingent to Senior Athletics Championships in Ghana
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN) has released the names of 26 athletes to represent the country at the forthcoming Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Region II Senior Athletics Championships holding next Monday, 18th and Tuesday, 19th August, 2025 in Accra, Ghana. The contingent will compete in 20 events including 100m (men and women), 200m…
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IyeOgé, Africa’s first AI-integrated luxury e-Commerce platform, launches
A seismic shift is underway in the global fashion landscape, and it is beginning in Africa. This September, IyeOgé (pronounced ee-yeh-oh-geh), the continent’s first AI-integrated luxury fashion e-commerce platform, will officially launch, poised to redefine how the world engages with African design, craftsmanship, and culture. Blending cutting-edge technology with the richness of African heritage, IyeOgé is…
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Aka tips Team Nigeria to dominate African Youth Scrabble Championship
The President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, has assured Nigerians that Team Nigeria will dominate at the second edition of the Africa Youth Scrabble Championship (AYSC). He said, “The goal is for us to dominate as we have been doing in the adult scrabble. The goal is for us to show…
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FG drops charges against Ibom Air passenger, Emmanson, cuts KWAM 1’s ban
The Nigerian aviation ministry has announced pardon for Comfort Emmanson and Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, (KWAM 1) over separate incidents involving them with two airlines. K1 tried to stop a ValueJet aircraft from taking off while Emmanson was involved in a fight with Ibom Airline officials. Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo, in a press statement announced that…
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NPFL Youth League: Remo Stars Daniel Arierhi emerges Top Scorer in Ikenne
*El Kanemi beat Nasarawa 2-1 in Kano Remo Stars emerged champions of the Ikenne Centre of the 2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Youth League with their striker, Daniel Arierhi topping the scorers log with four goals from five matches. For the young Stars, it was a near maximum outing as they won all their…
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CHAN: Eagles must beat Sudan to avoid going home
Nigeria’s bounce-back-ability on the football field will again be subjected to a stern test when the home-based men’s national team take on Sudan in a must-win 8th Africa Nations Championship Group D encounter in Zanzibar on Tuesday. Title-holders Senegal scored with their only shot on goal with only a quarter-hour left in the two teams’ clash…
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Ibom Air identifies unruly lady as Comfort, places ban on her
Ibom Air has revealed the identity of the lady involved in the fight inside their aircraft on Sunday just as the airline has placed flight restriction on her, Extrasportsnigeria.wordpress.com reports. The airline gave a detailed account of the incident through a press statement made available to the media on Monday, August 11. The full statement…
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Nigeria’s para-powerlifters set sights on gold in Chile
A strong contingent of Nigerian para-powerlifters will depart the country on Monday to compete at the highly anticipated Para-Powerlifting World Cup in Santiago, Chile. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the tournament is slated for August 11 to 18. Nigeria will be represented by 10 athletes across different weight categories, all poised to assert…
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Scrabble Federation names Olojoku as Team Nigeria Youth captain
The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) has named Sufyan Olojoku as captain of Team Nigeria to the Pan African Youth Scrabble Championship, in Kenya. NSF made this known in a statement signed by its spokesperson Maxwell Kumoye, on Friday, in Lagos. The statement details that Olojoku was selected to lead the team because of his calm…
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