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Nigeria Customs Service to conduct trials ahead of 2026 CAVB Club Championship

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1 year ago

July 7, 2025

Joel Ajayi

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Sports Unit is set to conduct open trials ahead of the 2025 CGC Volleyball Premier League and 2026 African Club Championships (men and women).

In a statement signed by Samuel Onikeku, head of sports NSC, the women’s trials is scheduled from 9th to 19th July at the Nigeria Customs Service Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in Gwagwalada, FCT.

Onikeku stated that the NCS aims to build on the positives recorded during the 2025 Women’s Club Championship held in Abuja.

He added that the men’s trials will take place immediately after the conclusion of the women’s trials.

The statement reads, “In a bid to strengthen the volleyball teams of the Service for podium performances at the next African Clubs Volleyball Championship, the Sports Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service is organizing a two-week selection trial for female volleyball players interested in representing the Service.

“This invitation is open to all female volleyball players in Nigeria, with transportation, accommodation, and feeding provided.

“The selection trials for men’s volleyball players will follow immediately after the women’s trials.”

Onikeku emphasized that the Service intends to improve its performance during the 2025 Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Volleyball Premier League as a sign of readiness.

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Drogba, Amuneke, Eguavoen Lead African Legends’ Arrival in Lagos

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1 day ago

November 7, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

With just one day to the much-anticipated Legends of Africa Football Game, Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba has arrived in Lagos, joining an impressive assembly of former African internationals already in the city ahead of Sunday’s star-studded encounter.

Drogba’s arrival further heightens anticipation for the game, which will bring together some of the continent’s most celebrated football figures at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.

Also in Lagos are Nigerian football greats Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Austin Eguavoen and Mutiu Adepoju, alongside other members of the legendary Super Eagles generations of 1994 and 1996.

The African contingent also features distinguished names including Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor, Senegal’s El-Hadji Diouf, Ghana’s Stephen Appiah and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song, among other former international stars.

The excitement will extend beyond the legends’ reunion, with popular Nigerian entertainers and celebrities preparing for a special Celebrity Match as part of the event. Yhemolee, Sheggz, Jeriq, Teddy A and Charles Okocha are among the personalities set to feature in the celebrity fixture, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

The Celebrity Match will form part of a wider programme of activities designed to give fans a full day of football, entertainment and celebration before the main legends’ fixture, which kicks off at 5pm. Gates open at 1:30pm.

Organized by Toptier Sports Management in collaboration with Afreximbank and CANEX as part of CANEX WKND 2026, the game will feature 15 Nigerian legends taking on 13 African icons in a celebration of the players whose achievements helped shape the history of football on the continent.

Beyond the match, the programme includes a football clinic involving 500 young players, entertainment and special recognition for the heroes of African football.

The Legends of Africa Football Game promises a memorable gathering of football royalty, bringing together generations of fans to celebrate the enduring legacy of the continent’s finest players.

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