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The battle for bronze was one to remember! 🔥🏀

Relive the action as Nigeria Customs battled past Aso Sky Queens 51–38 to secure third place in the 2026 Zenith Bank NBBF Women’s Basketball League Finals.

What a contest! 👏🏾#ZenithBankNBBF #ZBWBL2026 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/aBpxgd6fd9

— Zenith Bank (@ZenithBank) October 3, 2026

MFM pocket N7.5m Zenith League prize

Muthmainah Ishola
October 5, 2026


It was a naira rain for the top finishers of the 2026 NBBF/Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League as champions MFM pocketed N7.5m after edging First Bank 66-64 in an overtime thriller in Lagos on Saturday.

First Bank received N5m as runners-up, while Nigeria Customs settled for N3m after defeating Savannah Conference rivals ASO Queens 51-38 in the third-place match.

MFM claimed their third title in four years after surviving a late scare from record champions First Bank, who forced the game into overtime before the champions held their nerve to secure the two-point victory.

The final lived up to expectations as both sides battled fiercely, with MFM eventually emerging with the title and the biggest share of the prize money.

Speaking at the final, Zenith Bank Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dame Adaora Umeoji, OON, represented by Executive Director Adamu Lawani, described all the participating teams as winners while reaffirming the bank’s commitment to the development of

women’s basketball.

“All of you already inspire every young girl watching from the stands tonight,” Lawani said.

“Zenith Bank remains committed to the game. We’ll be here next season and the seasons after.”

He congratulated MFM on their victory and praised First Bank for pushing the champions to the limit.

Individual performers were also rewarded with cash prizes, with MFM’s Ioumabo Pius emerging as the biggest beneficiary.

Pius, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, received N2m in total.

She first earned N500,000 for making the Tournament Top Five before receiving another N500,000 from Zenith Bank for winning the MVP award. Dam Foundations and Xejet added N500,000 each to her earnings.

Other players in the Tournament Top Five were Favour Anari of ASO Queens, Nwaado Hemban of MFM, Nkem Akaraiwe of Nigeria Customs and Marilyn Ofidibe of First Bank.

Zenith Bank has supported the women’s basketball league for 20 years and reiterated its commitment to its continued development.

7.5 million Naira to MFM winners of the Zenith Bank Women’s basketball league #ZenithBankNBBF pic.twitter.com/7v9BE2OUMV

— Oyiga Micheal (@Nsukka_okpa) October 3, 2026

Umuoba-Anam/Aguleri Crisis: Passionate Appeal for Peace.

I am deeply pained by the reports of hostilities between the good people of Umuoba-Anam and Aguleri in Anambra East LGA of Anambra State.

Hostilities of the kind we are witnessing between the two communities achieve nothing but destruction. At a time when people are already finding it increasingly difficult to survive, adding the devastation of conflict is like adding fuel to the fire.

I appeal to both communities to immediately cease hostilities and embrace peace. No grievance, however serious, is worth the loss of lives, the destruction of homes and livelihoods, or the pain inflicted on families.

Let us choose dialogue over violence, reconciliation over revenge, and peace over destruction. There is always a better way to resolve our differences.

May God grant wisdom to our leaders and peace to Umuoba-Anam and Aguleri.

Nigeria will be OK. -PO

The 15 years old girl grape by 3 boys in hotel finally speaks out that her female frd called her that they shoud go out & when they got to hotel room she now left her alone with boys the boys told her to undress that they pay hed friend 10,000 naira@MrWakajugbe @i_charliebobo https://t.co/wKhRvGExBm pic.twitter.com/Oive0Gmw5A

— Jeffrey okoro (@Jeffreyokoro1) September 25, 2026

Ishilove:
When Naptu2 posts with complete, journalistic objectivity, you people say he has been bought over because he refuses to join in the emotional nonsense social media people display. If he had chosen to be a professional journalist, he would have been one of the very few unbiased ones around. Enough of all this rubbish

3 October 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LABOUR PARTY YOUTH LEADERS PROPOSES ALLIGNMENT WITH APC, TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TINUBU’S RE-ELECTION WITH CITY BOY MOVEMENT AND TINUBU SUPPORT GROUP.

Abuja, Nigeria – The Youth Wing of the Labour Party has initiated discussions on a proposed political alignment with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Renewed Hope Movement, the City Boy Movement and Tinubu Support Groups to declare support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.

The proposal emerged during a virtual meeting held on 2nd October, 2026 at 8:30 pm involving the Labour Party National Youth Leader, Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, members of the National Youth Leadership, National Zonal Youth Leaders and State Youth Leaders, where participants deliberated on the party's political direction given the prolonged crisis and the future of youth participation in national governance ahead of the 2027 general elections.

During the meeting, several youth leaders expressed concerns about what they described as inadequate recognition, total negligence, lack of engagements and no support for the youth constituency during and after the 2023 general elections where they laboured in vain for a presidential candidate who lacked the skills to consolidate. They emphasized the need for a political platform and leader that would provide greater opportunities for youth participation, leadership development, economic empowerment, and inclusion in national decision-making.

The meeting also featured discussions on the policies and programmes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration, particularly in the areas of human capital development, youth empowerment, economic reforms, infrastructure, healthcare, education, security, agriculture and workers' welfare. Participants expressed varying views on these issues and the potential implications for Nigeria's sustainable development.

Following extensive deliberations, the youth leaders called on the National Youth Leader, Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, to commence with immediate effect consultations with relevant stakeholders within the APC, the Renewed Hope Movement, the City Boy Movement and the Tinubu Support Group to explore the prospects of a political alignment and possible collaboration ahead of the 2027 elections.

The participants also expressed confidence in Prince Kennedy Ahanotu's leadership and mandated him to facilitate the proposed alignments while emphasizing the importance of broad-based consultations and consensus-building among the youth leadership.

The meeting further proposed a physical gathering of Labour Party youth leaders in Abuja, on a mutually agreed date, to review the outcome of the consultations and determine the next steps regarding the proposed political re-alignment.

The proposed engagement represents an ongoing dialogue within the Labour Party's youth constituency on political participation, strategic partnerships, and the role of young Nigerians in shaping the country's political and developmental future.

Signed:

Comrade Ken Omusi
Edo State Youth Leader

For ALL in Attendance

Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, 5 National Zonal Youth Leaders and 32 State Youth Leaders.
Labour Party, Nigeria

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From Nigeria
Didn't have a chance
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