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Players of the Nigeria U-18 boys’ basketball team have been denied visas to the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket.

by the South African Consulate at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

This decision has jeopardised Nigeria’s trip to the biennial tournament starting in South Africa on Tuesday (today), with Nigeria billed to face Egypt in Pretoria later in the day.

The players, who trained and camped in Abuja on return from Abidjan, are in total shock, tears, and pain as they watch their dreams of being at the FIBA World Championship fade on account of the South Africans denying them entry.


The Vice Chairman of the Youth Development Committee of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Ugo Udezue, who is already in Pretoria with the first team, was shocked when he was alerted on the development. He sees the development as a total sabotage.
He said, “First of all, it’s rather unfortunate that an African country needs a visa to travel to another African country. Secondly, this is against the spirit of sportsmanship. These kids have sacrificed too much for a visa consular officer to deny them the opportunity to represent Nigeria globally.”

The act of refusing the team visas seems like a deliberate attempt to stop the Junior D’Tigers, as the South African Embassy in Lagos cleared the girls to travel, and they are already in Pretoria and set for their opening match against Egypt on Tuesday.


The girls were camped in Lagos on their return from Ivory Coast, where both teams finished as winners of the FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers.

The NBBF sent the names of the boys and girls in a single letter to the embassy.

It was learnt that the NBBF has already complained to FIBA Africa, the South African hosts, and Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. The calls made by South African officials from Pretoria have made little or no impact.

Fake news

Some people from the church that werent comfortable with his involvement in the church leadership election snitched on him and must have prevailed on immigration to deport him

Everywhere. In South Africa.. na dem
In Malaysia... na dem
In Vietnam.. na dem

They have damaged Nigeria name so bad.

Kill these bastards. No jail. No prosecution. Catch them in the act convincingly and kill them on the spot
Enough of these bastards damaging our reputation

Are these the best girls Nigeria could get for a whole Miss Universe beauty pageant?
Gosh we are now a laughing stock to the world.
Is it that real beautiful girls worth contesting didnt turn up? Or they boycotted cos of the low prize money of N10M which is a mere R112,000 while miss South Africa got a whopping R1M which is approximately N90M

I dont like shaming women but honestly 90% of them are NOT beauty pageant worthy of a country with 200m people that definitely has very beautiful ladies in high proportion

EreluRoz:
This woman and clout, she should focus more on working and giving the government a good name.

All these APC (Tinubu) physically and LP(Obi) at heart people smh

U are senseless. What is wrong in condemning the girl's actions? Is it not women affairs as her duty? Ode

Useless post

5 Key Points and Takeaways

1. Harris introduced herself to America.
This was, by far, the most important speech of Harris’ political career, and it was in front of the biggest audience she’s ever spoken to — not the crowd of thousands in person in the audience, but the crowd of millions watching at home and those taking it in in the coming days.


2. She and Democrats inverted a lot of Republican messaging.
Harris and Democrats flipped the script in this convention on a lot of GOP attacks against them. They appealed to “common sense,” a small-c conservative value, reclaimed who and what qualifies as blue collar, stood up for veterans and redefined “freedom.”

Instead of a “radical” California liberal, Harris painted herself as a regular, blue-collar kid, who understands the needs of people and the value of hard work and discipline.


3. 3. Harris showed she was disciplined.
One of the most important jobs of a candidate in a presidential acceptance speech is to allow people to actually visualize him or her as president.

That’s especially true for someone who hasn’t had much a lot of time in front of the voters.

Agree or not with the direction Harris wants to take the country, she did that Thursday night. She looked the part, stuck to the script, didn’t ramble or meander, and mostly stuck to the facts. She laid out a vision for the future of the country, one that stands in stark contrast to what Trump wants to do.


4 4. She tried to stake a claim to the “change” mantle?
Harris has provided Democrats with enthusiasm they didn’t have before President Biden dropped out, and part of that comes from the change Harris brings. Another challenge for her Thursday night was to show she could grab firm hold of the change mantle. Change, after all, is one of the strongest motivators in politics.

Harris showed not only is she change from Trump, someone who has now been running or serving as president for almost a decade, but also from Biden. That was evident by the very different speeches they delivered this week. Biden’s was darker and more focused on defending democracy (as well as his achievements in office.



5. 5. Democrats are walking away thrilled with how the week went, but this is still a very close race.
The week was well produced; the campaign pulled off a high-wire act seamlessly marrying the convention with a packed Harris-Walz rally in Milwaukee at the very arena where the Republican National Convention was held; and it had big stars.

But most importantly, it showcased and introduced Harris in the best light possible. And all of that has Democrats over the moon.

Still, for what a solid rollout Harris has had and all her momentum, this remains a very close race. That’s why several Democrats this week urged the crowd against irrational exuberance and reminded onlookers of the work that still needs to be done.

“Yes, Kamala and Tim are doing great now,” Michelle Obama said. “We’re loving it.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/22/us/harris-dnc-election-news

What is speeches here?

Mumu mugus funding a religiuos scam lifestyle

Badmashiii:
You said 2012 and you mention head of state? I may be mistaken but that year we have goodluck johantan as our president.

Mistake. 1995.

Islamic Law?? What a useless course by a useless Fanatic Murderer ...

In 1995, Gideon Aksuma Akaluka, a young igbo trader, was allegedly accused of desecrating the Koran.
He was arrested after his wife allegedly used pages of the Koran as toilet paper for her baby.
WHICH WAS A FALSE ALLEGATION

“He was locked up by the police, a group of Muslim fundamentalists broke into the jail, beheaded Akaluka, and paraded his bodiless head around the streets of Kano.” 
The group of fundamentalists were headed by no one but present emir of Kano: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Then head of state, Sani Abacha ordered that the perpetrators be arrested and executed.
Only 8 of the 9 perpetrators were executed, the 9th killer, Sanusi was hidden away because Sanusi was born in Kano to a ruling class Fulani family of the Sullubawa clan. He grew up in the palace of his great-uncle Ado Bayero, where he was hidden while his co 8 killers were executed.
Till date, Sanusi has escaped the hands of the law

Islamic Law?? What a useless course by a useless Fanatic Murderer ...

In 2012 one Gideon Aksuma Akaluka, a young igbo trader, was allegedly accused of desecrating the Koran.
He was arrested after his wife allegedly used pages of the Koran as toilet paper for her baby.
WHICH WAS A FALSE ALLEGATION

“He was locked up by the police, a group of Muslim fundamentalists broke into the jail, beheaded Akaluka, and paraded his bodiless head around the streets of Kano.” 
The group of fundamentalists were headed by no one but present emir of Kano: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Obi can explain to them na. Loud mouth

Twins from Hell

Davido.. his grandma is Igbo

Obasanjo.. his father is Igbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqSvS2Nj_AE&pp=ygUGZGF2aWRv


ENJOY IT

Ojiofor:
What is so special about it?

U dont have inside eyes

For N3m??

Great guy. To hell with her.

thesicilian:
You don't get a lot of attention in real life, do you?

So u were seeking attention with ur junk talk

thesicilian:
You're here hailing him but he'll be the only one in jail for his poor anger management

Can U shut the fauck up

nolamicautos:
Why would I be scared of someone like you? You're just another mortal like me. Get out of here with that nonsense. I see right through you. You’re praying for bad things to happen to me? That says more about how poorly you were raised than anything else. You think I’m afraid of you? Not a chance.

JUST SAY AMEN.. U claim we must forgive..
U talk too much. May your child be ra*ped at 12yrs and may God give U the heart to forgive the rapist.
Say Amen or Shut the fauckk up!!

nolamicautos:
What a typical Nigerian response. You’re so Nigerian. Mr Prayer

U sound scared already.
May what this guy did to the 12yrs old girl happen to your daughter by God's grace and may God also give U the heart to forgive the rapist.
Say Amen.
Mr Typical European

nolamicautos:
A man has been imprisoned and has likely come to understand his mistakes. He's matured over time and deserves a chance to rebuild his life. There are many people around us who commit even greater crimes and have never been caught. We should embrace the practice of forgiveness. If you don't forgive others, God will not forgive you either.

U say this Bullshittt cos its not ur daughter. Should i pray it happens to your daughter?

There is no way in the world such people should be pardoned. He's not just a rapist that raped an adult. He's a Pedophile plus rapist.
Imagine the eternal trauma of the victim. A mere 12 yrs old. Imagine her family. ..
No way should he have been allowed into the Olympics. If he was black, he would have been blacklisted for life.
This is BS.

If u have daughters, u will understand

tiswell:
An average SW'er is filled with arrogance and pride with over bloated ego.
Dbanj is no different

Dont blame people for your Low self esteem and Inferiority complex.

See me smiling sheepishly like I win N100M lotto

This is DOPE 🔥

LordBiden:
Pls read carefully he was more specific about illegal migrants and those with criminal history.

That is just a smokescreen to undergroundly achive a different hateful motive. Trump is naturally hateful towards especially Latinos, Africans and Asians. He sees them as Parasites and Infidels. Forget all those junk smokescreen talk. Trump is HATEFUL.
There will be no processing of anyone, Trump will deport people randomly by racially profiling them.
U that is defending him will be profiled as a Nigerian and will find it hard to get visas or even turned back at point of entry for being Black, from Africa and Nigeria.
Stop defending evil

Who cares about Obama list? Mcheww
Everyone has his list so he should stop making it look like his shitty list is anything special.

Who Obama epp?

kay29000:
Peter (the one without dreads) wrote to his brother, Paul (the one with dreads). Peter is the one married to Lola.

The one that reported to EFCC? He's crazy. He wanted his brothers jailed

Who wrote this
I cant even differentiate them