“The government decided to fulfil the promise made to the athletes because of the honour they brought to the state and to encourage them to do more.”
The director of Planning Monitoring and Information, Peter Nelson, says the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) will not go on break again.
The Super Eagles secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Cape Verde on Tuesday in Lagos to reach the final round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup finals.
Only one team will represent Nigeria in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
The Port Harcourt based team will meet the winner of the second semi final between Kano Pillars and Gombe Bulls in the final match.
South Africa say it would challenge the result of Sunday’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana due to its dissatisfaction with certain decisions made by the match officials.
The Keffi Ponys drew 4-4 with the Jos Malcolm Mines in the Keffi international polo tournament finals.
Croatia have secured their place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup after a 1 – 0 win against Russia on Sunday.
Kwara Falcons won the first and second quarters and the Nigeria Customs won the third and fourth to take the lead.
Playing off handicap 18 and recording a gross score of 87, Tiri returned an overall best nett of 69 to emerge the winner.
