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  • Asaba 2018: Team Nigeria finish third

    Asaba 2018: Team Nigeria finish third

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Team Nigeria grabbed three gold medals to increase their gold medal tally to nine on the last day of the 2018 Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba, Delta state. The women 4×400 team comprising Folashade Abugan, Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon-George and Abike Egbeniyi won Nigeria’s last gold. Glory Nathaniel and Blessing Grace Anigbata also won…

  • Asaba 2018: Okagbare leads Nigeria to 4x100m gold, Brume retains title

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    Bayo Millz
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    African women’s 200m record holder Blessing Okagbare ran through her injury as she led the Nigerian women’s 4x100m relay team to gold at the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba, Delta State, on Friday. The team retained the quartet that won bronze at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Joy Udo-Gabriel ran the first…

  • Asaba 2018: Athletes commend Nigerians for hospitality

    Asaba 2018: Athletes commend Nigerians for hospitality

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    Bayo Millz
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    Some members of the various contingent to the ongoing 2018 Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba have commended the hospitality extended to them by Nigerians, saying “Nigerians are very good people”. The South African 100m silver medalist in the women’s category, Rikennete Steenkamp, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Asaba that…

  • Asaba 2018: African contingent stranded in Lagos

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The contingent from various African countries billed for the African Senior Athletics Championships are stranded in Lagos due to flight to Asaba, venue of the competition being unavailable. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ones who managed to reach Asaba had spent at least a night in Lagos and many without their luggage.…

  • ASAC 2018: Delta ready to host – Okowa

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday reaffirmed the state’s readiness to host the 21st Africa Senior Athletics Championship (ASAC) tagged “Asaba 2018’’. The competition will hold from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5. Okowa, just back from a two-week vacation, gave the assurance while inspecting ongoing work at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, venue of…

  • Asaba 2018: Delta hopes to spend N4bn on logistics

    Asaba 2018: Delta hopes to spend N4bn on logistics

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Delta Government says it hopes to spend about N4 billion in the hosting of the 21st African Senior Athletics Championships aimed at boosting the tourism potential of the state. The championships are scheduled to hold between Aug. 1 and Aug.5, in Asaba. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, who made the disclosure at a fundraising dinner on Thursday…

  • Asaba 2018 athletics championship gets over N500m support

    Asaba 2018 athletics championship gets over N500m support

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    More than N500 million was realised at a fundraising dinner for the forthcoming African Senior Athletics Championship billed to take place in Asaba from August 1 to August 5th, 2018. TheNewsGuru reports Zenith Bank Plc led the donors at the event with the sum of N300 million while Bube Dan gave N20 million, Levant Construction…

  • Asaba 2018: Dalong inspects Stephen Keshi stadium

    Asaba 2018: Dalong inspects Stephen Keshi stadium

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has said the facilities at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba are of high standard capable of hosting world tournaments. Barr. Dalung made the statement on Thursday in a chat with newsmen shortly after inspecting facilities at the stadium which will host the 2018 edition of African…