Nduka Ugbade would have been the first Nigerian to play in all the FIFA world cup categories from the age-grades to the senior level after leading the victorious Golden Eaglets side at the 1985 world cup to playing in two U20 world cup for Nigeria but was dropped from the USA 1994 world cup squad.
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April 2, 2020
President of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation Mohammed Yaya has stated that the Federation is at this point awaiting updates from the African continental body on a new date for the African Weightlifting championship in Mauritius initially slated for the 13th of April which also serves as qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics after the competition was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yaya speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said now that the Tokyo 2021 have a new date, then the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation will also be expecting new timeline from the continental body so as to also give timeline on action plan for programs of the Federation as well as the qualifiers for the Olympics.
“We’re supposed to do our qualifiers this April in Mauritius on the 13th but it has been postponed. So that is African championship which serves as African qualifiers.
Now that they have fixed the new date of the Olympics, we will be we waiting for the new date of the qualifiers but there is hope that we are going to qualify.”
Plateau united captain Elisha Golbe has stated that he is a bit scared and worried about what his team’s shape and form will look like after the Covid-19 pandemic has halted a run of form that saw the team go 10 games unbeaten before the break and in poll position on the NPFL table.
Golbe speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the pandemic would have it own effect on the team and everyone but wouldn’t want to see this derail the strength and shape of the team that has been so strong and good so far this season.
D’tigress Star Evelyn Akhator has stated that Nigeria wouldn’t have been ready for the Olympic games had the International Olympics Committee agreed with the host nation to go ahead with an hosting plan for 2020 amidst the scare and worry of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Akhator speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the pandemic has taken the game out of everyone because a lot of the players are already out of shape been out of the game staying safe and that it wouldn’t be logical to even come out of such pandemic to start playing and practicing as everyone will have to start from square one afresh.”
“The thing was in as much as we are very excited to participate in the Olympic games, let’s say the Covid-19 plague ends this month we are still not ready, we see not ready to play because we are not in basketball shape.
”We can’t just come back and start practicing immediately we have to start from square one and start practicing.”
Ahmedu hopes NBBF maintains its Tokyo Olympics programs as a plus for Olympics preparation
written by Oyedele Adeyinka
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s women basketball national team Peter Ahmedu has stated that he hopes the Nigeria Basketball Federation will keep the programs earmarked for women national basketball team in tact as a plus post Covid-19 pandemic so as to gather the national team and use it as opportunity to have more training programs together despite the postponement.
Ahmedu speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the postponement of the Olympics has certainly handed the Federation more time to plan and the team more time and room to scout for players who haven’t benn part of the team before to also be part of the Olympic team.
“We hope that all preparations towards the Olympics 2021 will not be changed but we hope that with the more expansion of time and date, that will also give us more rooms to be able to have training programs, get more Nigerian players who have not been seen before. It’s going to be a long preparation.”
With total surrender and thanks to God for the blessing of longevity and a life well lived,we announce the passing due to natural causes of our mother, Ma Felicia Ewere Otiti Izamoje (1931-2020),aged 89 years.
She is survived by Mrs Mabel Momodu,Pastor (Mrs) Patricia Ozowe,Dr Innocent Izamoje,Dr Larry Izamoje,Mrs Joy Oghenebruke,Mr Festus Izamoje,Mr Sylvester Izamoje , Chief( Mrs) Faith Akudihor, grand ,great grand children ,in-laws , relatives ,church members and friends.
Burial arrangements will be announced later.
signed:Mrs Mabel Momodu ( for the family)
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