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Akpabio hails D’Tigress for FIBA 2025 triumph

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2025

…Says Nigerian women are pacesetters The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated the nation’s female basketball team, the D’Tigress for winning the FIBA 2025 Women’s AfroBasket competition for a historic seventh time. Speaking through

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D’Tigress Clinch Fifth Straight Women’s AfroBasket Title with Victory over Mali

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2025

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, secured their place in history on Sunday by winning the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Côte d’Ivoire. They triumphed over Mali with a commanding 78-64 victory in the final. This marks Nigeria’s fifth consecutive AfroBasket title, making them the first nation ever to achieve such a feat. The […]

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Fintiri Honours Super Falcons Coach Justine Madugu with House, N50 Million for WAFCON Victory

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2025

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State honoured Coach Justine Madugu of the Super Falcons with a three-bedroom bungalow and a cash reward of fifty million naira for leading the Nigerian women’s national football team to victory at the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Coach Madugu, from Numan Local Government Area, […]

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LASUED Emerges Champion of Lagos Campus Beach Soccer 2025

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2025

It was a thrilling and fun-filled Saturday, July 26, as football enthusiasts trooped to Atican Beach, Lekki, in large numbers to enjoy the beautiful game at the Lagos Campus Beach Soccer 2025. After hours of intense competition on the scorching sandy beach, accompanied by electrifying music from DJ Bright, the Lagos State University of Education […]

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Tinubu honours Super Falcons

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all 24 players and the 11-member technical team of Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team, the Super Falcons, following their historic victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. At the presidential reception held in their honour, President Tinubu awarded each

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Abiodun Hails Super Falcons’ Historic Comeback and 10th WAFCON Triumph

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2025

Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Super Falcons of Nigeria for their extraordinary comeback and record-setting victory at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). On Saturday, the Super Falcons stunned the continent by defeating host nation Morocco 3–2, overturning a 2–0 deficit at halftime to clinch their 10th […]