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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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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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African athletics: I’m ready to make Nigeria proud, says Success
A dedicated member of Team Nigeria to the forthcoming 3rd edition of the Confederation of the African Athletics, (CAA) U-18/U-20 Championships, Success Oyibu, is very confident in her and Nigeria’s readiness for the event. Speaking for herself, young Success Uyibu says she will do everything within her power to make Nigeria proud at the championships,…
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Siasia says Mikel offered him €50,000 bribe as agent Shittu denies it
Former U23 national team coach, Samson Siasia, is in the news again after alleging that the ex-Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi offered him €50,000 to be part of Nigeria’s squad for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. But Mikel’s agent John Shittu says the coach has apologized to him over the statement as he…
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French handball star Pauletta Foppa pledges grassroots support for Nigeria
French international handball star Pauletta Foppa has expressed her commitment to contributing to the development and growth of handball in Nigeria. Foppa, who is one of the top players in the French national handball team and also stars for Brest Bretagne Handball in the Women’s Handball League (LFH Division 1 Féminine), has Nigerian heritage through…
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FA charge Chelsea’s Mudryk with doping offences
Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association with violating its anti-doping rules after failing a drugs test and could now face up to a four-year ban. The Ukraine international, 24, was provisionally suspended by the FA in December after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test”. Players found to have…
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Ogbe Senior Secondary School visits Patroness, Sports Director, Chikere
Ogbe Senior Secondary School, Benin on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Director, Sports Development and Operations, Edo State Sports Commission, Mrs. Sabina Chikere, at her office in Benin City. The delegation led by their Principal of Ogbe Senior Secondary School, Mrs. Augustina Itohanmwen, paid the visit to appreciate Chikere for her continued…
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Nigeria secures Italian coach for 2025 African Fencing Championships
An Italian coach will arrive in Lagos this June to work with the Nigerian team ahead of the 2025 African Senior Fencing Championships, which will take place from June 25 to 29 in Lagos. The deal is a part of the strategic four-year partnership between the Nigerian Fencing Federation (NFF) and the Italian Fencing Federation…
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Lekki Scrabble Classic is a springboard for ASC Rwanda 2024
Pius Ayinor Lekki Scrabble Club President Samuel Anikoh has highlighted the strategic role this year’s edition of the Lekki Scrabble Classics will play in the success of players eyeing a good outing at Africa’s premier championship in Rwanda. The African Scrabble Championship (ASC), the biennial ‘battle board’ of the continent, will witness the convergence of…
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