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Olumide Oyedeji’s Gidi Giants set to battle at Louis Edem Basketball Invitational
Olumide Oyedeji’s Gidi Giants & Ghana Spintex Knight booked to Light up Louis Edem Basketball Invitational
Former Nigerian D’Tigers captain and NBA star Olumide Oyedeji’s basketball team, Gidi Giants and Ghanaian side Spintex Knight headline the elite teams registered to take part in the inaugural Louis Edem invitational basketball championship in February 2023.
The tournament which was initially set to feature 8 Nigerian Premier league teams will now feature 10 teams with the addition of Gidi Giants and Spindex and the tournament starts from 6th-11th of February 2023, still at the national stadium, Lagos.
Nigerian league champions and Basketball Africa League representatives Kwara Falcons alongside former champions Rivers Hoopers top the list of competing teams which includes Ebun Comets, Lagos Legends, Police Baton, Raptors, Hot Coal and Ogun Warlords, all battle ready for the 2 million naira grand prize and runners-up going home with 1 million Naira
Tournament organiser Louis Edem Ekpeyong disclosed he has been swamped with interest from top local & international teams since the tournament was announced in December hence the need to increase the number of participating teams from 8 to 10 teams.
” Since we made the announcement almost every top team in the country has signified interest. The enthusiasm to compete at my Dad’s memorial tournament has been overwhelming and It’s been really tough to decide.”
” However, after talking to my team we decide to extend the team entries to accommodate 10 teams and give all teams a minimum of 4 games in the preliminaries and we head straight to the semi-finals”.
The Two-time Nigerian basketball league most valuable player and former D’Tiger, who played for Kada Stars, Jigawa Rocks, Yelwa Hawks Bauchi, Union Bank basketball club, Kano Pillars, Bahrainian club Al Ittiad and Yarmook Club in Kuwait is hosting the championship in honour of his father who passed during the COVID pandemic in 2020
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CLTC DG Reaffirms FG’s Dedication to Nurturing Innovative, Productive Nigerian Youth
By Joel Ajayi
The Director-General of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), Ms. Rinsola Abiola, has reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to raising young Nigerians who are productive, innovative, and imbued with patriotism, service, and integrity.
She gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja in her goodwill message at the ongoing two-day Retreat on Presidential Priorities and Deliverables — 2025 Mid-Term Review, where she also commended the Ministry of Youth Development, led by Hon. Ayodele Olawande, for championing youth-focused initiatives under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Abiola, the retreat provides a unique opportunity to review and realign efforts to ensure that government policies and programmes translate into measurable impact in the lives of Nigerian youths.
“This retreat is both timely and strategic. It provides a platform to collectively review, align, and sharpen our focus on the priorities of Mr. President. More importantly, it allows us to deepen collaboration within the youth development sector to ensure that government policies deliver real change to our young people,” she said.
Highlighting the Centre’s achievements, Abiola disclosed that over 6,000 youths have been trained in value orientation and re-orientation in the just-concluded half-year period. She emphasized that the CLTC, with its long history of building citizenship values, leadership capacity, discipline, and volunteerism, remains steadfast in supporting the Ministry’s mandate and national priorities.
“We see ourselves as partners in this great task of nation-building. Our goal is to raise young Nigerians who are not only productive and innovative but also committed to the spirit of service, patriotism, and integrity,” she added.
Abiola urged stakeholders and participants at the retreat to bring forward actionable strategies that would strengthen coordination, eliminate bottlenecks, and accelerate delivery on presidential mandates.
She concluded by reaffirming CLTC’s readiness to collaborate with the Ministry and other agencies to advance youth development across Nigeria.
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