Day: August 4, 2025

D’Tigress Win Fifth Straight Afrobasket Title

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Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, have made history by winning their fifth straight FIBA Women’s Afrobasket title, defeating Senegal 81-72 in a fiercely contested final on Sunday night in Kigali. The victory at the BK Arena cements D’Tigress’ dominance on the continent, as they become the first team in African women’s basketball history to win five Afrobasket championships in a row — 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and now 2025. Led by standout performances from Amy Okonkwo and Sarah Ogoke, the Nigerian side overcame a slow start to outplay the…

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Unpaid Benefits: Retired Soldiers Barricade Finance Ministry

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Scores of retired military personnel on Monday barricaded the entrance to the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, protesting the non-payment of their pensions and other outstanding entitlements. The aggrieved ex-servicemen, many of them elderly and visibly distressed, gathered as early as 7:00 a.m., blocking access to the ministry’s headquarters and halting official activities for several hours. They displayed placards with inscriptions such as “Pay us our dues,” “We served Nigeria, don’t abandon us,” and “Years after retirement, still no pension.” The protest caused gridlock along key routes in the…

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Edo Hotelier Dies, 20 Escape Death as Building Collapses

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Tragedy struck in Edo State on Saturday following the collapse of a hotel building in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area, leading to the death of the hotel owner and injuries to several others. The deceased, identified as Mr. Sylvester Igbineweka, popularly known as “Don Sylvester,” was reportedly supervising ongoing renovation work on the building when the structure suddenly gave way. Eyewitnesses said about 20 persons, including workers and guests, narrowly escaped death as they managed to flee or were rescued from the rubble shortly after the incident occurred around…

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