No fewer than 56 grassroots football teams will compete for honours as the 10th edition of the Taiwo Afolabi U-17 Football Tournament which will kick off on Saturday, February 14, 2026, in Lagos. The tournament, organised by the Lagos State Grassroots Soccer Association (LSGSA) and sponsored by SIFAX Group, is played in honour of Dr…
The Controller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to personnel welfare and community partnership with the commissioning of the Wale Adeniyi Sports Arena (WASA), a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of the Western Marine Command. Addressing officers, community leaders, youth representatives, and other stakeholders at the event, the CGC…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Rising Golfers challenge 2025 took place in Lakowe Golf Course in Lagos over the weekend and a retired GM from the NNPC, Luke Anele, playing off handicap 21, emerged winner with a +4 net score. Assistant Director at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Wilson Egberipou playing off handicap 16…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command Football Club and Badagry United Football Club played a Novelty Match on Wednesday at the Customs Barracks Seme to welcome Controller Ben ORAMALUGO PhD as the new Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service Seme Area Command . Ben took the mantle of leadership on the 12th…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Knights of St. John International will lead other dignitaries to a golf tournament at the Ikoyi Club 1938, to celebrate the Vicar General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Monsignor John Aniagwu, who recently turned 80 years. The Golf Kitty which is an invitational, and comes up on Thursday 18th…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Chairman of the famous Ikoyi Club 1938 Alhaji Tafa Zibiri-Aliu, is set to lead other dignitaries to a golf tournament at the Club to celebrate the former Permanent Secretary and Secretary of Petroleum Chief Philip Asiodu (CON, CFR), who turned 90 years recently. The Golf Kitty which is an invitational,…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos SIFAX Group, one of the major sponsors of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club (NFSC) to the recently-concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Cote d’ Ivoire, has said the desire to see the country lift the continental trophy for the fourth time and forging unity across the country was the…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Enugu. Ifeadigo Age Grade, a newly inaugurated vibrant Age Grade in Otokwu Mmaku is set to play an entertainment friendly football match with Ezinwanne Age Grade during this Yuletide season. The match is slated to kick off by 4pm on December 31, 2023 at Otokwu-Mmaku Football stadium in Awgu LGA of Enugu…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Nigeria Customs Service basketball club demonstrated their prowess, securing a commendable 57-46 victory over Universite de Douala in a thrilling African Women’s Basketball League 2023 Zone III Qualification match held in Alexandria, Egypt. Under the guidance of Coach Abdulrahman Mohamed, the Nigeria team seized control early, clinching the first and…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Enugu Barring last minutes hitches, all is set for Otokwu-Mmaku, a prominent community in Awgu LGA of Enugu state to commence its own Annual Inter-village Football Competition scheduled to begin on Sunday, December 17, 2023. This is even as the community has pulled out of the age-long Mmaku Unity Cup Football Competition…
