Author: PositiveNaija

D’Tigress Emerge 2017 FIBA Afrobasket Champions

The Nigeria Senior Women’s Basketball team, D’Tigress, have been crowned African champions following their 65-48 win over Senegal in the final of the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket Championships.

Trailing by six points from the first quarter, the Nigerians fought back to win the second quarter 21-10 points.

D’Tigress remained sturdy as they extended their lead by winning the third quarter 15-7 points and the fourth quarter 17-13 points.

Point guard, Osaretin Ekhator, emerged top performer for Nigeria with 13 points, seven rebounds and two assists.

Following the victory of the Coach Sam Vincent-tutored team, Nigeria also qualified for the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain next year.

D’Tigress, last won the biennial championship in 2003.

Margaret Binga Is First Female Nigeria Taekwondo Federation President [2017]

Margaret Binga has been sworn in as the President, Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF).

Margaret Binga is the second ever Female President of a Sports Federation and the first ever Female President of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation.

The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung on Wednesday also inaugurated the board of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation with a charge to revive its federation’s grassroots development initiative.

Binga is Nigeria’s only two-time African Taekwondo Champion and a World Taekwondo Federation Class 2 International Referee.

Nationally, she was undefeated for 18 years and won 45 National Gold Medals in that period.

Landmark University Appoints Azubuike Ezenwoke As Registrar [2017]

The Board of Regents, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, has appointed 32-year old Dr. Azubuike Ezenwoke as the new Registrar of the University. This makes Dr. Azubuike Ezenwoke arguably the youngest university Registrar in Africa.

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Nigeria Wins 16th African Karate Federations Zone 3 Championships

Team Nigeria has won the 16th Union of African Karate Federations Zone 3 Championships in Cotonou by winning seven medals.

Team Nigeria won two gold, two silver, and four bronze at the Championships that took place between 6th and 13th August 2017.

According to Godspower Ede, media aide to the President of the Karate Federation of Nigeria:

“The national karate team made up of six athletes – four boys and two girls, put up a superlative performance to win two gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the championship.”

Ede commended the President of the Karate Federation of Nigeria, Silas Agara, for making sure Nigeria participated in the championships after four years absence.

Tioluwani Comfort Emerge University of Wales 2017 Best Graduating Student

Tioluwani Comfort has emerged the 2017 best graduating student with distinction in Law (LLM) at University of Wales, United Kingdom. She is a graduate of the University of Abuja where she got her first degree in law.

According to Tioluwani Comfort:

“I attribute my success to the Lord Jesus Christ because nobody receives anything on earth except it be given to him from heaven because in all fairness, I never expected that I would graduate with a distinction in LLM Law let alone graduate as the best student. Romans 9:16: “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

I cannot claim that I read a lot but I can claim that I prayed a lot to achieve this. Thus I attribute this success to Jesus, who is the lifter of my head. The prayers of my parents also went a long way to make this happen. It symbolises the fact that Jesus still answers prayers. Also, faith in God with hard work pays.”

Hakkunde Wins IndieFEST Film Award of Merit [2017]

Asurf Oluseyi has won a prestigious Award of Merit from the IndieFEST Film Awards for his debut feature film, Hakkunde.

Hakkunde is an intriguing story of a long-time unemployed graduate; Akande, faced with life’s pressures, he decides to relocate to Kaduna from Lagos when an opportunity presents itself.

His expectation is however cut short and Akande must make a decision to either learn to survive in a faraway land or return back to failure.

According to Asurf Oluseyi:

“I’m super excited about the news as this is the first award to the title, and connecting to juries out of Nigeria shows the power of story telling.

“The movie stemmed from my personal experiences and it is a universal entity that must be discussed and creating this movie is my own attempt to help solve this universal problem from my own understanding of it, and this award is a big motivation to do better next time.”

The movie features Frank Donga, Ali Nuhu, Maryam Booth, Ibrahim Daddy, Isa Bello Ja, Rahama Sadau and Hadiza Soja.

Shot in Kaduna and Lagos, Nigeria, Hakkunde is produced and directed by Oluseyi and was written by Oluseyi, Tomi Adesina and Gift Imafidon.

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