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D’Tigress receive ‘adopt a sport’ initiative’s N41.1 million largesse

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Nigeria’s national women basketball team, D’Tigress, have finally received $100,000 dollars (N41.1 million) as their share of the ‘Adopt-A-Sport initiative’ payment.

Newsmen recalled that the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development had raised $230,000 dollars (N 94.4 million) from four banks, to boost the preparations of the nation’s basketball teams (Men and Women) ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

A statement from the ministry on Friday said banking documents from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed that each of the 12 D’ Tigress players to the last Olympic Games in Tokyo had received $9,500 dollars (N 3.9 million) each.

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“A number of the players have acknowledged receipt of these monies, while many of them have not confirmed, but documents show effective transfers.

“Checks with the CBN also revealed that the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF)’s domiciliary account had been debited to reflect payments to the D’Tigress players, while the balance of the $130,000 dollars (N 53.4 million) remains for the men basketball players.

“The cheques also reveal that the processes for these payments commenced on October 14, about the same time the Ministry had assured the team that the fulfilment of the monetary obligations to them was in the works,” the statement said.

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Newsmen report that AfroBasket champions, the D’Tigress, had on October 13 protested over their unpaid wages and allowances.

They also expressed their grievances over what they described as ‘unfair treatment’ meted out to them by the Federal government and the NBBF, after their victory at the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Women’s Championship in Cameroon.

Some members of the team, who took to the social media platform, Twitter, said their efforts in winning the championship for the fifth time were never appreciated.

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Super Eagles job: Amuneke, Siasia, Okpala, 9 others beat NFF deadline

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Super Eagles job: Amuneke, Siasia, Okpala, 9 others beat NFF deadline

No fewer than 12 coaches yesterday beat the deadline for submission of application letters to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF for the vacant post of head coach of the senior men’s national team of Nigeria, Super Eagles which was advertised last week.

The federation had five days ago declared the position of the Super Eagles head coach vacant following the expiration of the contract of former gaffer Jose Peseiro at the end of February.

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In an advertisement on its website calling for applications, the NFF stated the prospective Super Eagles coach “must have proven experience at the elite level of football.”

Among the applications received by the NFF are those from former head coach of Tanzania senior men’s team, Taifa Stars and ex-coach of 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning team, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, Emmanuel Amuneke, Finidi George who was Peseiro’s assistant coach and former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh.

Others who filed their applications before the deadline are, Samson Siasia, former Super Eagles head coach whose FIFA ban will soon be lifted and Sylvanus Okpala, ex-Super Eagles assistant coach under late Stephen Keshi and Michael Nsien, ex- USA U-16 team coach of Nigerian descent.

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“Our wives”- Asisat Oshoala subtly mocks Cameroon following Anthony Joshua’s win against Ngannou

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“Our wives”- Asisat Oshoala subtly mocks Cameroon following Anthony Joshua’s win against Ngannou

Asisat Oshoala’s response to Anthony Joshua’s latest bout against Francis Ngannou has gone viral.

In a Twitter tweet, Asisat criticized Cameroon for their recent losses to Nigeria in several sports.

Since Nigeria’s victory against Cameroon in the 2023 AFCON second round, Asisat Oshoala said, the country has suffered consecutive defeats.

The knockout of Francis Ngannou marks Cameroon’s third defeat at the hands of Nigeria.

In another tweet, Asisat Oshoala said that Anthony Joshua utilized unique combat voodoo to attack Francis Ngannou, which is why he collapsed like a mango tree.

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Asisat Oshoala was a member of Nigeria’s women’s squad that defeated Cameroon in the 2024 Olympics qualifications a few weeks ago.

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Many Nigerians didn’t believe he would win – Do2dtun on Anthony Joshua’s victory over Francis Ngannou

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Many Nigerians didn’t believe he would win – Do2dtun on Anthony Joshua’s victory over Francis Ngannou

Popular media personality Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode, aka Do2tun, has claimed that many Nigerians didn’t believe Nigerian-British boxer, Anthony Joshua was going to defeat former Franco-Cameroonian UFC star, Francis Ngannou, in their boxing bout on Friday.

Joshua knocked out the former UFC heavyweight champion in the second round of the bout in Saudi Arabia.

Nigerians thronged to social media to celebrate Joshua’s victory over Ngannou with the Federal Government also sending a congratulatory message to him via social media.

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However, reacting via his X handle, Do2tun insisted that most Nigerians didn’t support Joshua initially.

He wrote, “Be honest, so many Nigerians didn’t believe Anthony would win this fight. I did. I said to my friends, ‘Boxing is technical & just cos Francis knocked out Fury who I still think hasn’t fought a good contender doesn’t mean he will beat Anthony.’ We need to do better.”

Sharing a screenshot of his tweet on his Instagram page, Do2tun opined that Anthony Joshua was right not to have mentioned Nigeria in his victory speech where he acknowledged Britain, Cameroon and Saudi Arabia.

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The OAP wrote, “Success has a lot of family members.

“Failure is an orphan. Such is life but I’ll rather choose one with my full chest.
Let’s stay one place. He [Anthony Joshua] didn’t shout us out but do we truly deserve it?

“Tonnes even bet against him.. chai Naija for show.”

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