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Nigeria’s U-18, U-20 Women’s Handball Teams Hit Camp For IHF Tourney

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Nigeria’s Under 18 and 20 Women Handball teams have opened training camp in Lagos ahead of the IHF Trophy’s Women Zonal Phase slated between 20th and 24th of April in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The National Under 18 women’s team led by Coach John Uzor and the Under 20 women’s team led by Coach Adewunmi Agbola Shittu are at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos wherein they are undergoing intensive training for the competition which is the first hurdle in the IHF Women’s Trophy calendar for the year. The Under 20 team is made up of the Under 18 team that made Nigeria proud by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time ever in the history of the country. Some of the players are; Kehinde Babatunde of ASPAC HBC of Benin Republic and her twin sister Taiwo Babatunde who plays for Seasider Babes of Lagos, Esther Mathew of ADDIDJA HBC of Benin Republic and Rahima Bello who plays for KIRYATONO HBC of ISRAEL. Others are; the Samuel Sisters (Prudence and Precious), Chidera Ogbusimba, Amina Mohammed and Joy Peters all from RIMA Queens of Sokoto as well as Damilola Akinlade of Rivers Queens, Omole Joy of Rivers Queens, Taiwo Islamiat of Seasiders babes and Oluwalade Phoebe of Ekiti. For Coach Shittu, it is not a new experience as his present Under 20 Women’s team were the successful Under 18 team that he led to finish second in the IHF Women’s Trophy Intercontinental Phase in Tashkent, Uzbekistan last year, representing Africa following their success in the zonal and continental phase. Coach Shittu, however believed it is a different situation, saying this is the first Nigeria would be participating in the Junior category (Under 20) of the competition as it will be a new experience for the players. For Coach John Uzor, the Under 18 team wants to surpass the record set by their predessesors, stressing that the country would have the best players to do so. “We are entering into a big shoe worn by our elder sisters who are now in the Under 20 category and we must maintain and even surpass their standards. We have the best crops of players to overcome in Cote’d’Voire,” Coach John assured. The two teams must win the zonal phase in Abidjan to qualify for the continental phase later this year.

VDM Donates N20M to Bring Back Trafficked Girls From Ivory Coast

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Online human rights activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) has donated the sum of N20million to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to facilitate the return of young Nigerian women trafficked to Ivory Coast back to Nigeria. The Controversial activist, who in company of his lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju were at the NAPTIP office in Abuja on Thursday, made the disclosure of the donation on Friday. According to him, the donation was made to ensure the return of the girls back to the country and to also assist with their rehabiliation. “On behalf of the RATEL MOVEMENT, I donated the sum of 20million Naira to NAPTIP through the (MVOI) to help bring the trafficked children from Ivory Coast back to Nigeria and other victims of trafficking and to also help in their rehabilitation. “Furthermore, we urge the immigration to play their parts in protecting our children especially our girl child by securing the borders, their work should not be stop at printing international passports and seizing bags of rice at the borders in the name of contraband. “Help us, help our children,” he pleaded.