Lagos, Abuja, teams dominate grand finale of GTCO/NPA polo tourney
The GTCO/NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament came to a thrilling end at the weekend with Lagos, Abuja, and Kaduna teams stealing the show.
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Purple House wins CMS Grammar School inter-house event
After a very competitive, but colourful event, Oluwole House (Purple) won the 2025 CMS Grammar School yearly inter-house competition held at the school grounds, on Thursday. To come out tops, Oluwole House amassed 10 gold, 12 silver, and three bronze medals, while Kale House (White) came second with six gold, six silver, and four gold medals, with Babington Macauley House (Orange), taking the third spot with five gold, five silver and four bronze medals.
NSCDC calls whistleblower allegations against NCDMB ‘fabricated lies’
A civil society organisation, Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition, NSCDC, has condemned the George Uboh Whistleblowers Network for invoking the Freedom of Information Act and the Fiscal Responsibility Act to request documents on alleged financial mismanagement in the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB.
Profil Emil Audero: Putra Lombok yang Akan Jadi Saingan Maarten Paes
Timnas Indonesia akan mendapat tambahan amunisi di pos penjaga gawang. Emil Audero, kiper keturunan Lombok, akan menjadi saingan Maarten Paes di bawah mistar skuad Garuda.
Bakole insists on Ajagba fight despite brutal knockout by Parker
Martin Bakole’s trainer, Billy Nelson, has been assured that the Congolese heavyweight’s scheduled fight with Efe Ajagba will still go ahead despite the 33-year-old suffering a second-round stoppage defeat to Joseph Parker on Saturday night, reports Ring Magazine.
Ofili’s 60m record thrills NSC organ
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D’Tigers qualify for 2025 Afrobasket as Group B teams sail through
Nigeria has joined the three other countries in Group B of the 2025 Afrobasket qualifiers, Cape Verde, Libya, and Uganda, in qualifying for this year’s final championship slated for Angola even before yesterday’s final round of games in Libya. Nigeria won two games and lost three to garner seven points, same with Uganda, which was adjudged good enough to see the D’Tigers through even if they lost yesterday’s final game against Cape Verde. Yesterday’s final qualification games in Libya were just to fulfill the fixtures as all four sides from Group B will be in Angola. D’Tigers defeated Libya in their opening game and also beat Uganda to atone for the three losses they recorded in the first qualifying window, but former champions, Morocco and Central African Republic (CAR) were not that lucky as they failed to make the grade in groups A and D respectively. Among the teams that will be in Angola are the hosts (Angola), Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria. Also, in the race are Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Madagascar, Mali, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cape Verde, and Libya. The Afrobasket championship will be held in Luanda, Angola, from August 12 to 25, 2025.
Ubani, Mbonu-Ezeoke to anchor Newstap-SWAN awards
Veteran journalist and Group Sports Editor of Vanguard Newspapers, Tony Ubani, ace television presenter with Super Sports, Chisom Mbonu-Ezeoke, and Media Officer of CAF (women football), Oluchi “Tobex” Tobechukwu, have been chosen by the organisers of the maiden Newstap/ SWAN Five Star Sports Award as anchors for the event. The award organisers in a statement signed by the Editor of Newstap Communications, Ifeanyi Eduzor, and the Secretary General of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ikenna Okonkwo, said that the comperes were chosen because of their experience in handling such high-profile events, noting that with them as anchor persons, there will be no dull moment throughout the duration of the award night. The Newstap/SWAN Five Star Sports Award was instituted to honour five eminent Nigerians and corporate bodies who have contributed immensely to the development of sports in the country. Those to be honoured this year include the Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia; GTI Assets Management and Trust Limited, President of Remo Stars, Kunle Soname, Chairman of Benue State Football Association, who is also the only founder of two women clubs in Nigeria – Naija Ratels, and Benue Queens, Paul Edeh and the Chief Executive Officer of Africa’s leading stadiums construction outfit, Monimichelle Sports Facilities Limited, Chief Ebi Egbe. The event comes up on March 7, 2025, at the Bamboo Hall of the prestigious Eko Club, off Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos.