Tag: news
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NYG: Queen Vee Chess Club hails Adamawa IDP chess kids
Pius Ayinor Vivian Ibrahim, the founder of Chess in IDP Camps Initiatives by QueenVee Chess Academy has praised young chess players from the Adamawa State IDP camps featuring in the ongoing National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. The young lady credited for introducing the game of chess to the IDP kids in the northeastern…
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NYG: Team Bayelsa eyes top-bracket finish
The Director of Sports Bayelsa State Sports Council, Sir Braveman Wodi, says he is confident the state will finish in a respectable position in the ongoing 8th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. Wodi said so on Monday in an interview with journalists in Asaba. He said that Team Bayelsa started their quest in…
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We need funding to make Betharbel School work better for IDPs – Monisola Aiyekusehin
Pius Ayinor The Director of the Betharbel Free Elementary School for the IDPs in Durumi, Abuja, Monisola Aiyekueshin has spoken on the importance of education in the life of all humans. She said her utmost belief in getting everyone educated encouraged her to establish a free school for kids in the Internally Displaced People’s camp…
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Kenyan Airways delays Nigeria’s U18 teams’ return to Lagos
Pius Ayinor Nigeria’s Under-18 men’s and women’s basketball teams the J’Tigers and J’Tigress will no longer return to the country Monday morning as previously announced. Their return has been delayed due to a delay caused by their carrier, Kenyan Airways, Extrasportsnigeria.wordpress.com reports. The Head of the Nigerian Delegation to the Afrobasket U18 championship just concluded…
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Webber gifts Anthony Village youths shoes, shares basketball dreams with them
Pius Ayinor Opeyemi Babalola, the Chief Executive Officer of Webber Hoops and Courts has reemphasized his dream of pushing the game of basketball to every neighbourhood of Nigeria. The structural engineer best known in the sports circle as Webber shared canvas shoes and his goals with the youths as the Anthony Village Ballers 3×3 Face-off…
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Colombia 2024: Falconets eliminated by Japan
Japan defeated Nigeria 2-1 in the Round of 16 at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Colombia on Friday morning, ending the journey of the Falconets. A goal in each half, first by Miyu Matsunaga and then by Maya Hijikata, meant that Olushola Shobowale’s goal one minute into time-added-on was too little too…
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Rwanda vs Nigeria: Our objective is the three points – Eguavoen
Coach Augustine Eguavoen has stated that he intends to continue along the win-and-smile path when Nigeria confronts Rwanda at the Amahoro National Stadium, Kigali Tuesday afternoon. He said on Monday in Kigali, “We play to win all the time, because Nigerians expect their team to win all the time. And because we have a team…
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Dambe Warriors League partners with Ministry of Arts and Culture for traditional martial art
The Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa says the collaboration with the Dambe Warriors League (DWL) will promote Nigeria’s traditional martial art sport known as Dambe and give it international exposure. The minister made this known when the co-founders and executives of Dambe Warriors League paid her a courtesy…
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