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Rivers Hoopers, Lagos Legends battle for trophy as NBBF Final-4 rounds off in Port Harcourt
The pursuit of the Nigeria Premier Basketball League championship/Basketball Africa League ticket will round off in Port Harcourt on Sunday, with the last tip-off for the NPBL Final Four taking place. Defending champions Rivers Hoopers and Lagos Legend will play the last march of the Playoffs and this match will determine the champions of the…
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Ahead FC clinch Maiden CACATIN Cup
Ahead FC defeated Elite Talents 2-0 to win the Maiden CACATIN Cup. In a thrilling final played at the Abesan Youth Centre, Ahead scored one goal in each half through Joseph Kennedy and Chidozie Akachukwu respectively to the silence the vociferous Elite supporters. Elite dominated play but were poor in front of goal. Afolarin Micheal…
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Nigeria Premier Basketball League Final-4 tips off in Port Harcourt
The Nigeria Premier Basketball League Final Eight produced fireworks, and now, the stakes are higher, the pressure is mounting, the passion is endless, and the talent is overflowing as the final four take centre stage. With defending champions Rivers Hoopers, Gboko City Chiefs, Lagos Legends, and Nigeria Customs all vying for the coveted championship and,…
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Life jail for Kanu: South-East leaders seek political solution
In a dramatic proceeding that lasted for over seven hours, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment following his conviction on all seven counts of terrorism charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. But in a…
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Lagos’ Akanbi, Ayedun, Olaribigbe Shine in Nigeria’s 2025 World Scrabble Championship success
Nigeria rose to the peak of the world as the team was crowned the Best Scrabble-playing country among 27 countries in Accra, Ghana. The country which last won the title in India 2019, did ignited the playing hall of The Palm by Eagles Hotel with their blistering word-power play and prowess on the number-and-word game.…
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ADC condemns Kwara church killing, warns that “Christian Genocide” becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
●We are dismayed by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Tuggar’s statement The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has condemned the killing and abduction of worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, warning that the “Christian genocide” narrative, previously dismissed, is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy under the Tinubu administration. In a statement signed by Mallam Bolaji…
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Attack on PDP Headquarters, assault on democracy – ADC
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned what it describes as a “disturbing and dangerous assault on democracy” following the violent attack on the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja by armed men under the command of senior officials of the ruling party, warning that the country’s democracy is under…
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World Scrabble: Team Nigeria return home triumphantly
Team Nigeria touched down in Lagos on Monday, carrying not just luggage, but a statement, exciting declaration that the new kings of world scrabble wear green and white. Twenty players. Seven officials. One united fire. And together, they dethroned the United States in the team event in Accra to emerge World Scrabble Champions, outclassing 27…
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NFF begs Tinubu and Nigerians for forgiveness over Super Eagles’ World Cup failure
The Nigeria Football Federation has apologized to President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government, and Nigerians in general following the failure of the national football team, the Super Eagles, to qualify for the 2026 World Cup despite getting a second chance through the playoffs. DR Congo defeated Nigeria 4-3 via a penalty shootout late on Sunday…
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Scrabble: Team Nigeria dethrone USA to become world champions
●Canada’s Adam Logan wins the individual diadem In a history-bending performance that electrified Accra, Team Nigeria ripped the Best Country crown away from the United States, storming to the summit of the 2025 WESPAC World Scrabble Championship and rewriting African Scrabble history in the process. From Day One to Day Four, the 15-man Nigerian squad…
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