₦airaland Forum

When you talk about bona fide stars in the National Basketball Association, we can pick at least 15 to 20 of them, half of them are on this damn roster, there's no excuse to lose to Nigeria, some dude Gabe Nnamdi who goes by Gabe Vincent for the Miami Heat, Caleb Agada, or Namu. . .however the hell you pronounce his name, you give up 60 points on 3s! Excuse me! You can do better than that. And oh, by the way, let's also look at Greg Popovich, cos he's a 5-time champion, one of the elite coaches this game has ever seen! He hasn't looked the same since Tim Duncan retired. A little bit different now. So let's look at everything

This is exactly what needed to said about TEAM USA!!! pic.twitter.com/duH385AlwR

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 12, 2021

[BREAKING] Basketball: Nigeria win again, beat Argentina 94-71

Kelvin Ekerete
12 July 2021

D’Tigers continued their preparation for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a dominating 94-71 win over fourth ranked Argentina in an exhibition in Las Vegas on Monday.

Both teams were physical in their approach but it was the Argentines who led 19-17 at the end of the first quarter.

D’Tigers returned with more zeal in the second quarter, outscoring the South Americans 26-14 to take a 10-point lead into halftime 43-33.

At the start of the second quarter, Ekpe Udoh had a block before going on to score the first points of the quarter, while Precious Achiuwa had the highest rebounds in the second quarter.

Jahil Okafor, who missed out on the team’s win over the United States on Sunday, scored eight points and five rebounds at half time. He finished the game with 15 points and seven rebounds.

Nicolás Laprovíttola led the Argentines in scoring in the first half with eight points.

D’Tigers kept their foot on the gas in the third quarter, taking a 19-point lead to finish the quarter 74-55

The team consolidated their effort in the final quarter finishing the game 94-71.

The result and performance from the team will leave head coach Mike Brown with a selection headache as he is expected to name his final 12-man roster July 17 before the team depart for Tokyo.

Nigeria are in Group B along with Australia, Italy and Germany and play their opening game against the Aussies July 25 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Unlike the game against the US, where they scored 60 points from the three point line, D’Tigers scored more field goals against the Argentines.

NUJ, NGE, NPAN begin ‘Information Blackout’ campaign against anti-media bills

Published 2 hours ago on July 12, 2021
By Dachen Isaac

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) have started a campaign tagged “Information Blackout,” to protest against two anti-media bills before the National Assembly.

The two bills are the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act Amendment Bill, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act Amendment Bill.

The campaign which took off on Monday and carried on the front cover of all major newspapers in the country, is sponsored by the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) which is the umbrella body of the NUJ, NGE and NPAN.

According to the groups, the Nigerian government and the various lawmakers want to use the bills to cage media practice in the country, and control the access and level of information made available to Nigerians.

The organisation had also objected to the bill during a public hearing on Thursday, July 8, organised by the House Committee on Information, Culture, Ethics and Values, and have now asked the lawmakers to drop the bills because of a pending court case.

It also stated that the bill, though on the surface seems targeted at the media, it is actually aimed at the “society’s right to know and be heard.”

The group added that Section 3 of the proposed bill would make the Nigerian media a department of the Federal Ministry of Information.

“A professional code of professional conduct for the media should never be subject of the approval of the ministry or any other political authority,” the group said in a communique.

“The provision of section 3 (d) constitutes a potential threat to press freedom and media survival as it does not provide for judicial intervention before highly punitive measures are handed down by the council and indeed could be used as a political weapon against the media.

“It is a matter that has been pending in court since 1999 but the first decisive ruling in the matter came in 2010 when the high court ruled that 17 out of the 39 clauses in the bill were unconstitutional.

“The federal government appealed and got a ruling in December 2010. That ruling was again appealed by the NPO and it is pending at the Supreme Court.

“Section 33 (3) and (4) does not give room for retraction and apology where a fake news is mistakenly published but recommends a blanket sanction of up to 10 million naira or closure for a period of one year or both,” the communique added.

Newspaper Headlines: Journalists take stand against controversial media bills

July 12, 2021. 07:55
by Ayodele Oluwafemi

A message from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) about the adverse effects of the controversial media bills in the national assembly dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

In the NBA he’s known as “Vincent”

For Nigeria, he’s known as “Nnamdi”@iamgabevincent2 explains why he wears Nnamdi on his jersey.

(via @MiamiHEAT) pic.twitter.com/IQCvwS4mlA

— D’Tigers | Nigeria Basketball (@NigeriaBasket) July 11, 2021

sneedpahpaz:
This list is fake... Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker are busy with the NBA Finals with Game 3 coming up in hours... How can they be part of the said lineup?