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U21 African V/ball: Nigeria brushes off Gambia, records second win

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2 years ago

August 16, 2022

Nigeria defeated Gambia 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-15) to record their second consecutive win at the ongoing 2022 African U21 Men’s Nation Volleyball Championship in Tunisia.

In the first set, Nigeria won 7 service points (29%), 18 receivers’ points (82%), 1 ace, had 4 maximum points in a row, 4 service errors and 0 timeouts winning by 25-21 points. Nigeria had a better outing in the second set with 12 service points (48%), 13 receivers’ points (81%), 1 ace, had 4 maximum points in a row, 0 service errors and 0 timeouts winning by 25-16 points.

In the final set, Nigeria recorded 1 ace, 5 maximum points in a row, 1 service errors, 0 timeouts, 12 service points (50%) and 13 receivers’ points (81%) to win 25-15.

Nigeria’s Abdulquadri Jaiyeola recorded 19 points in the match against Gambia with 13 attacks, 3 blocks and 1 ace from service

Speaking after the match, head coach of Nigeria U21 Team, Sani Mohammed revealed that the team wants to finish top of the group and stand a better chance of qualifying for the semifinals.

Mohammed said the Gambian showed prospects before the game but Nigeria overpowered them in the second and third set.

He said, “This is a great result for the Nigeria U21 Men’s team; we want to secure all the available points in the group stage. I and the assistant coach, Suleiman Ajeigbe took our time to study the Gambians when they played against host Tunisia yesterday. The Gambian side are good but we are better.

“The goal is to finish first in Group A; Nigeria will either meet the Egyptian or Cameroonian U21 Men’s teams. Any of the teams that comes our way in the next round will be played with our last drop. The boys are ready to make Nigeria proud and get one of the available tickets to the 2023 FIVB World Championship.”

Nigeria will face Tunisia (host) on Wednesday by 6pm in their last group stage match.

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CSO Salutes Trump

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2 weeks ago

January 20, 2025

The Gleamer

A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.

Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.

“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.

“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.

The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.

He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.

According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.

Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.

Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening

About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.

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