Court sentences 23-year-old man to life imprisonment over defilement (Guardian) A Lagos Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sentenced a 23-year-old security guard, Blessing Okon to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old student. Trial Justice Abiola Soladoye convicted Okon yesterday…
Quadri, Omotayo drop in ITTF ranking, Edem remains best-ranked Nigerian female
Nigeria’s duo of Aruna Quadri and Olajide Omotayo have dropped in the April 2020 ranking released on Thursday by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). In spite of this however, Quadri still maintains his status as the highest-rated African player…
Nigeria, 35 others for Olympic qualifiers (Nation)
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed Nigeria and 35 other nations for the 2020 World Team Olympic Qualifying Tournament holding in Gondomar, Portugal from January 22 to 26. Team Nigeria beat the November 22 deadline for the registration…
Quadri ends 2019 as Africa’s best on ITTF rankings (Nation)
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has ended the year as the most ranked African player finishing on the 20th spot in the global International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings for 2019. According to the December 2019 ranking released yesterday by the world…
ITTF Challenge to get bigger next year, says Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed excitement over the emergence of first Nigerian to win the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Seamaster Challenge, assuring that the state government would support the tournament in a bigger edition in 2019.…