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Edo 2020: FCT To Participate In 25 Sports

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5 years ago

January 28, 2020

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will register in not fewer than 25 sports in the oncoming National Sports Festival in Edo state,

This was revealed during an exclusive interview with the Director of Sports Department, FCT, Chief Mrs. Dilichukwu Onyendinma.

Dilichukwu, speaking on how many sports the capital city will participate in, she said: “It depends on the funds and the strength available before we can decide how many games we are going to go with. But we won’t go with less than 25.

She went further by praising the FCT athletes who went to participate in the Edo 2020 North Central Elimination competition in Kwara state.

“We have qualified in four games where our strength lies as I told you before we left, we looked at the games that were air-marked for the zonal elimination, and our strength is in five and we try to make sure that five of the teams were there and luckily for us we are maintaining our champions status.

“While we went with those four was because, in the last festival, that was held in Abuja 2018, we won gold Medal in football, basketball, beach volley (male and female); we would have won in handball but there was a protest, for that reason we decided to defend those areas we have as our strength and you can see that our strength is still strong so we won in all those sports and we are also going to go to Edo in March to defend it and I believe that we would win all of them.

She revealed the four sports where the Team excelled by picking qualification tickets for Edo 2020.

Speaking on the teams that have qualified: “She said, we qualified for football, handball, cricket, Beach volley (male), but we failed to qualify for beach volley female.

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NSF: Oparaoji, Ekpeyong, Quadri Gear Up for Tough Quarterfinal Clashes in Abeokuta

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2 weeks ago

May 23, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The tennis courts at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Abeokuta are buzzing with intensity as the competition hits the quarterfinal stage in both the men’s and women’s singles events, following a gripping round of 16.

Men’s Singles Quarterfinals:

Abubakar Yusuf of FCT will square off against Rivers State’s Abua Canice. Yusuf booked his spot with a 4-0, 4-2 win over Ehigiamusoe Endurance of Edo, while Canice cruised past Azi David 4-1, 4-0.

Bayelsa’s Uche Oparaoji faces Adeleye Daniel of Ekiti in a clash of skill and strategy. Oparaoji outclassed Urenyang Nuhu of Taraba 4-1, 4-2, just as Adeleye powered past Kaduna’s Ibrahim Sulaiman with the same scoreline.

In one of the most anticipated ties, Danjuma Lucky (FCT) will lock horns with Bayelsa’s top seed David Ekpeyong. Danjuma came through a thrilling contest against Ekiti’s Abamu Matthew, rallying to win 1-4, 4-2, 10-5, while Ekpeyong dominated Taraba’s Rubi Toba 4-0, 4-2.

Home favourite Christopher Bulus of Ogun will battle Edo’s Michael Chima for a semifinal ticket. Bulus swept past Rivers’ Timibra Godsgift 4-1, 4-0, while Chima triumphed over Delta’s Iloputa Ikechukwu in a straight-set win.

Women’s Singles Quarterfinals:

Delta’s Barakat Quadri, fresh off a 4-1, 4-0 win over Rebecca Ekpeyong of Bayelsa, will face rising star Emmanuel Bright of the IJA (Invited Junior Athletes), who overcame Rivers’ Maxwell Timipre 4-2, 5-3.

Edo’s Omotayo Blessing will battle Akwa Ibom’s Udoffa Mary in what promises to be a fiery encounter. Omotayo brushed aside Ekiti’s Adeusi Jesutoyosi 4-0, 4-1, while Udoffa outplayed Moses Favour of Kaduna 5-3, 4-0.

Elsewhere, Ogunjobi Success of Ekiti will test her mettle against Aina Goodnews of IJA, and Akwa Ibom’s Etoro Bassey faces Ogun’s Yakubu Ohunene in a South-South vs South-West showdown.

With the quarterfinals locked in, tennis fans are in for a thrilling ride as the battle for medals intensifies under the Abeokuta sun.

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