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OFFA VC tops table standing at 2022 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League

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4 years ago

September 19, 2022

OFFA VC are currently leading the men’s table standing on Day 4 of the ongoing 2022 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League in Akure on Monday.

OFFA VC is the only club yet to taste defeating defending champions, Kano Pillars, Nigeria Police Force, Kwara United VC and Sunshine Spikers at the ongoing leading winning all their four matches with a total of 12 points. NSCDC is second position with 10 points winning three matches and lost one; NSCDC only defeat was from the hands of Nigeria Police Force.

Nigeria Customs Service currently occupied third place with 9 points after recording their first defeat from NSCDC out of four matches. Nigeria Correctional Service are fourth place with 6 points winning two games and recording two defeats. Nigeria Police Force who started the league on a high spirit are presently fifth position with two wins and two defeat with a total of 6 points.

In sixth position is COAS Spikers with 4 points from two wins and 2 losses while newly promoted Kwara United are seventh position with a total of 4 points from 1 win and 3 defeats.

Defending Champions, Kano Pillars have won just one game and recorded three defeats with a total of 3 points. Host Sunshine Spikers have three points winning 1 game and losing three while Kada Kings are rocking the bottom table losing three matches and recording one victory with a total of 3 points.

Matches resumes on Wednesday after two days of break at the ongoing 2022 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League.

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Tinubu, Fashola, Governors, UNESCO, Sports Leaders to Headline National Grassroots Sports Summit

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12 hours ago

October 29, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The stage is being set for a landmark gathering at the Presidential Villa as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, and leading figures from government, sports administration and international development feature in the proposed opening-day programme of the National Grassroots Sports Development Summit 2026.

In a statement signed by Thursday by the Chairperson Media Sub-com National Grassroot Sports Summit Dr. (Mrs.) Kehinde Ajayi stated that, the two-day Summit, scheduled for November 18–19, 2026, at the Banquet Hall, State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, is being organized by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Grassroots Sports Development, Hon. Adeyinka Anthony Adeboye.

With the theme “Creating a New Pathway for Sustainable Grassroots Sports Development,” the gathering seeks to produce practical solutions to Nigeria’s longstanding challenges in talent discovery, infrastructure, funding, coaching and athlete development.

The opening day, Wednesday, November 18, promises high-level engagement, with President Tinubu listed as Special Guest of Honour, while Fashola is scheduled to deliver a keynote address.

Also featuring in the Day One programme is Dr. Tayo Aduloju, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), whose organization has been engaged as technical partner to help translate discussions into a workable development roadmap.

Other personalities and institutions on the opening-day lineup include the Chairman and Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko and Hon. Bukola Olopade; the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum; the President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON); and the Head of Office and UNESCO Representative to Nigeria.

Also listed are Barrister Enitan Oshodi, President of the African Table Tennis Federation; the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee; and Dr. Musa Nakorji of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Research Department.

The involvement of these personalities reflects the Summit’s emphasis on connecting sports development with economic planning, education, grassroots governance, international cooperation and private-sector investment.

Adeboye described the gathering as an opportunity to move Nigerian sports beyond isolated achievements towards a coordinated national development system.

“The real question is not whether Nigeria has sporting talent.
We know we have talent in abundance. The question is how we build a system that discovers, nurtures and supports that talent consistently, from our communities and schools to the international stage,” he said.

He stressed that the participation of state governments, local councils, development institutions and sports administrators would be critical to producing lasting outcomes.

The Summit will continue on Thursday, November 19, with further stakeholder engagements aimed at developing actionable recommendations for sustainable grassroots sports development with preparations intensifying, organizers are confident that the gathering will provide a defining platform for strengthening the foundation of Nigerian sports and expanding opportunities for young people nationwide.

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