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The President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod has donated 5 softballs each to the 36 States of the Federation including the FCT. The donation of 185 volleyball softballs was made by Nimrod to celebrate his birthday with volleyball stakeholders in Nigeria on Sunday. Nimrod stated that the balls are solely for developmental programs in the various states and will be distributed by the Zonal Representatives of the NVBF. He said, "I am humbled by the widespread good wishes and prayers in marking my birthday from friends (home and abroad) including families that took their time in sending goodwill messages. "I am truly overwhelmed and to reciprocate this recognition, I am donating 5 soft volleyballs to the 36 states and the FCT for young kids development program in our beloved sport.  "The balls are to be collected by the Zonal Representatives of the board and to be shared to the respective states in each zone, with the hope they will be given to active...

Security firm, Bemil Nigeria has partnered with the Nigerian Fencing Federation to provide employment opportunities and a secured future for the Nigerian youth. With over 30 years of experience, Bemil Nigeria has a reputation for providing high-quality, professional security services to its clients and according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria's youth unemployment rate was at an all-time high of 42.5% in Q2 2020. This means that almost half of Nigeria's young population is currently unemployed, a situation that poses a significant challenge to the country's economic development and social stability.  Mr. Jide Martins, the Chief Operating Officer of Bemil believes investing In Nigerian youth is an essential seed to securing Nigeria’s Future. As part of our social corporate reach we partnered with Feed Nigeria, as a grassroots initiative that was derived from the Nigerian Fencing Federation. Fencing is a defense and combat sport, which incorporates swo...

Nigeria’s number 1 badminton player, Anuoluwa Opeyori has won his third African title in a space of five years to assert himself as Africa’s undisputable champion.  Anuoluwa Opeyori, Africa’s undisputable Badminton champions  His latest victory came in South Africa at the weekend as he beat Mauritius Julien Paul 18-21, 21-13, 21-18 to win the gold medal of the Men’s singles of the All Africa Senior Championships. It was not an easy feat as the Nigerian delegation was psychologically drained even before the championship owing to non-issuance of travel visa to four of the ten-man team.  With his latest win, Opeyori has added to earlier titles won in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 2019 and Kampala, Uganda in 2022.  He had also won the Men’s Singles title at the African Games in Morocco in 2019 to make it four titles in five years! His spirit was initially dampened following the inability of  four of his teammates to obtain entry visa into South Africa for the competitio...

Nigeria a nd 50 other countries including host United States of America will be featuring at the 18th edition of the annual Homeless World Cup tournament. The Sacramento 2023 event will be delivered by the Homeless World Cup Foundation in coordination with California State University, Sacramento and the Homeless World Cup’s US partner – Street Soccer USA. The Street Soccer tournament will take place from 08 July to 15 July 2023 with a welcome event on the evening of Friday 07 July, then the opening parade and games will start Saturday 08 July. Team Nigeria poses for photograph at Homeless world cup match In a letter to Team Nigeria Director, Mr Yomi Kuku, Zoë Hopkins International Partnerships Manager Homeless World Cup Foundation expressed delight at welcoming Nigeria to Sacramento, California and further expressing gratitude for the important and life-changing work “that you are doing in your country to end homelessness and social exclusion”. Yomi Kuku, Team Nigeria Director . Nige...

Nigeria Nationwide League One side Ladegbuwa FC are intensifying preparation for this year's edition of Viareggio Youth campootball Tournament in Italy. The Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament also known as Coppa Carnevale, is a youth association football tournament held annually in the commune of Viareggio, Italy and it's considered as one of the most important youth football tournaments in the world. Ladegbuwa FC will be competing in the 2023 NLO season and would be hoping to better their last season's debut performance in the league. In preparation for the new season the team management are planning to expose the players to series of football events to keep them in good shape and afford them an opportunity to horn their skills. Sporting Director of the club, Wale Joseph said this is one of many activities lined up for the team this year. "We have a crop of young players who are rookies and need all the exposure available to enhance their football knowledge and g...

Versatile defender Benjamin Victor has been voted Ladegbuwa FC  player of the month for the month of November.  Benjamin won the award with the highest number of votes cast  beating Thomas Omotosho and Uchenna Ekenna to the prize money award. The defender has been in sensational form in recent time and was also in contention for the award during the month of October, losing to Oriyomi Biliaminu. The award comes with a cash prize of ₦5,000 and was presented by the club secretary, Folami Salami. Folami emphasis the need to encourage young players for their  hard work and excellent performance which he believes would encourage them to attain their height "I will like to congratulate Benjamin for his emergence as the Player of the Month for the period of November. The POTM award initiative was meant to create healthy competition among the players and I can attest to the fact that it's reflecting positively on the performance of our players. "Young players need to be enco...

Biliaminu Oriyomi has emerged as Ladegbuwa FC Player of the Month for October 2022. The player becomes the first player to win the award as this is the first edition in the club's history. The mercurial midfielder was on top of his game during the month of October with three appearances backed with exceptional performances in each of the games. He amassed 70% of votes,  pipping Benjamin Victor and Tosin Adekoya to the prize. The award comes with a prize gift of N5,000 which was presented to the player by the club's Marketing Director, Adebayo Kujore.  Adebayo emphasized that this is a new initiative by the club management to motivate and inspire players to perform better. Kujore said "This initiative was borne out of desire to encourage our players to perform better. Aside from their weekly allowance and other remuneration being given to all players we felt the need to reward individual players with exceptional performance.  "At Ladegbuwa FC there is always a reward f...