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Nigerian players set for WTT Contender Lagos
Fresh off a strong performance at the recently concluded ITTF Africa West Regional Championships, Nigerian table tennis players are full of confidence as they prepare for the WTT Contender Lagos, which serves off on Tuesday, July 22, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Matthew Kuti and Ajoke Ojomu emerged as singles champions, with Nigerian athletes…
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CAA U18/20: Success Oyibu wins silver, as Nigeria dominates women’s sprints
The 3rd edition of the Confederation of Africa Athletics, (CAA), U18/20 Athletics Championship, underway in Abeokuta, capital South-West, Nigeria, has lived up to the expectations and hype in all ramifications. Many promising athletes are proving their worth and one such achiever is Nigerian sprint specialist, Success Oyibu. The 17 year old was instrumental in helping…
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Desperate Tinubu Government exploits Buhari’s death to whitewash battered image – ADC
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called out President Tinubu’s government for what it describes as a cynical and opportunistic attempt to exploit the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gains. In a statement signed by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party criticised the choreographed Federal Executive Council (FEC)…
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House Committee on Sports pledges support for Sam Okwaraji U16 Football tournament
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,…
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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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WAFCON: Super Falcons and Zambia in dreadful quarter-final battle
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…
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Wikki Tourists fined ₦3.75m for riotous conduct in NNL Super 8 final
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…
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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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Former President Buhari buried in Daura
It was a solemn moment as the lifeless body of the 82-year-old former President Muhammadu Buhari was brought out of a casket draped in sparkling green-white-green Nigerian colours, and lowered into the earth at exactly 5:50pm in the presence of grieving children, family members, and associates. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today led a gathering of…
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Ayra Starr, Kawhi join Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa Festival 2025
Nigerian pop sensation Ayra Starr has just been announced as a performer at the Giant of Africa Festival’s Closing Concert on August 2. She joins a powerhouse lineup that includes Afrobeats stars Kizz Daniel and Timaya. Additionally, local Rwandan artist Alyn Sano is now set to perform at the festival’s inaugural Threads of Africa Fashion…
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