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Women poised for dynamic leadership roles in Nigeria’s sports governance
By Admin The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), in a strategic partnership with Olympic Solidarity, has successfully concluded a transformative three-day advanced gender-inclusive governance course in Abuja. This has marked a significant milestone in the country’s sports administration landscape. Held at the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria, from March…
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Afaramai and Samuel win CBN Junior Tennis Championship star titles
By Editor Heman Afaramai from the Ikeja Police College Tennis Club and Gloria Samuel from the LekMak Tennis Academy in Ado Ekiti won the Boys 16s and Girls 16s titles at the grand finale of the 2026 CBN Junior Tennis Championship, which ended at the Ikoyi Club on Saturday. Afaramai, who started with a convincing…
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Why court ordered forfeiture of $13m linked to businesswoman Achimugu
By Editor The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, March 25, ordered the final forfeiture of $13 million linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu and her company, Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd, to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had taken the firm before the court over the ownership of the…
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Nigeria vs Iran: Bassey out, Ndidi arrives in Turkey to complete squad
By Editor The coming into town of team captain Wilfred Ndidi on Wednesday afternoon drew the curtain on expected arrivals in the abode of the Super Eagles in Antalya, Turkey, ahead of two international friendly matches against Iran and Jordan. All 22 expected players joined the team’s first training on Wednesday evening, after it was…
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Nigeria basketball pays lovely tribute to D’Tigress captain Ogoke
Sarah Ogoke signs off from D’Tigress in a blaze of glory By Editor The captain of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, Sarah Ogoke, just announced her retirement from the national team she had led to a record fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title. The announcement brought teammates, officials, and team management to tears, just…
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Iran vs Nigeria: Coach Chelle invites Ndidi, Iwobi, Lookman
By our reporter Head Coach Eric Chelle has picked team captain Wilfred Ndidi, midfield ace Alex Iwobi, and forward Ademola Lookman in a list of 23 players for this month’s international friendly matches against Iran and Jordan, which have now been moved from the Jordanian capital, Amman, to the city of Antalya in Turkey. The…
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Wahid Oshodi becomes Africa’s first director on World Table Tennis Board
By Editor Nigeria’s Wahid Oshodi has made history with his appointment to the board of World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The announcement came during the ITTF Executive Board meeting on March 1, 2026, at WTT Headquarters in Singapore. Following portfolio allocations, ITTF President Petra Sörling and…
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Super Eagles legend, Henry Nwosu, is dead
●Segun Odegbami mourns teammate By Pius Ayinor The Nigerian sports community has again been thrown into mourning following the death of former Super Eagles midfielder Henry Nwosu. The skilled attacker was a member of the team that won Nigeria’s first Africa Cup of Nations in 1980 in Lagos. He was 62 years old. The former…
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Tinubu’s plea goes unheeded on Ebonyi’s river of blood (1)
Tunde Odesola Sometimes, words create accidental rhyme where meaning does not. Etymologically, ‘Moses’ and ‘Osmosis’ are not related, even though they sound similar, and both bear a sense of ‘passing through’. Osmosis, a Greek word, literally suggests water passing through a boundary, just as Moses, the Anglicised version of Moshe, a Hebrew name, means “to…
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House of Representatives mourns passing of Sir Chamberlain Dunkwu
By our reporter The House of Representatives says it has received with profound sadness the news of the passing of Sir Chamberlain Nnamdi Dunkwu, Deputy Chief of Staff (Legislative) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dunkwu passed away in the early hours of Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the age of 54. He…
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