Abuja – Nigeria’s senior women national basketball Team, D Tigress, on Thursday beat Mozambique 85-51 in the 2020 FIBA Women Olympic Qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia. Nigeria are grouped alongside Mozambique, world champions U.S. and hosts Serbia. In the highly-entertaining game, all 12
Defending champions Nigeria’s D’Tigress, as well as Mali, Mozambique and Hosts Senegal have booked their places in the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIBA Women’s AfroBasket.The Nigerian ladies overpowered their Cameroon counterparts 106-39 on Tuesday in a one-sided tie. Four players scored 14 points apiece including captain Adaora Elonu, Aisha Balarabe, debutant Promise
Ukpono Ukpong The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its deeply felt grief and commiseration with the workers and people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Madagascar affected by the horrendous landfall of Cyclone Idai. In a statement signed by its Acting President, Comrade Najeem Yasin, the congress lamented the level of death and destruction caused […]
Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and torched dozens of homes early Tuesday in northern Mozambique, police said. The region, Cabo Delgado province which is expected to become the centre of the country’s nascent natural gas industry after several promising discoveries, has seen a number of deadly assaults on both security forces […]
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi was elected head of the ruling party Frelimo on Sunday, allaying fears his predecessor was planning to cling to power behind the scenes. Nyusi took over at the helm of the party from Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza, Frelimo spokesperson Damiao Jose told reporters, ending weeks of uncertainty. He was elected with