Navy celebrates 2023 Premier Volleyball League champions, CNS Spikers

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) volleyball squad with top officials of the Nigerian Navy during the reception for the Nigeria Premier League champions in Abuja.

The Naval headquarters during the week in Abuja rolled out the drums in celebration of the Chief of Naval Staff Volleyball team, who won the 2023 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League.

The CNS Spikers beat Nigeria Correctional Service 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17) in the final match to record a 100 per cent winning record in the men’s match.

CNS Spikers won the competition with a total of 24 points, Nigeria Correctional Service finished second with 18 points, while Kwara United surprisingly placed third position with a cumulative point of seven.

UCEM of Enugu, also with seven points, came fourth, while G-Ranks Spikers placed fifth place with a total of four points in the men’s National Division 1 League.

Presenting the winning team to the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, chairman of the Nigerian Navy Volleyball Association, Commodore M. A. Muye, said the CNS Spikers came into existence in 2021 following the approval from NHQ for the team to participate in the Nigeria Volleyball League to restore Nigerian Navy’s lost glory in sports.

According to him, “The team embarked on vigorous training in preparation for competitions at local, national and international levels with the aim of restoring the NN back on the global map of volleyball.

“We wish to sincerely acknowledge and appreciate the Chief of Naval Staff for his magnanimity of giving us the privilege to bring into the service some of these players courtesy of CNS Spikers Volleyball Club. As at today, we still have few of them at the NNBTS undergoing training.

“It is gratifying to say that the CNS Spikers have