According to a press statement issued in Jos and signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Ifeoma Ihezue, the ITF said the 5th phase, which is the first of the three phases to be implemented in 2016, will be flagged off on April 11, 2016 in Abia, Anambra, Adamawa, Borno, Plateau, Delta, Sokoto, Kwara, Ogun, Katsina, Rivers, Lagos and Kaduna States
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With this result, McLeod, who went on a two-week intensive training under the supervision of national junior tennis coach, Mohammed Ubale, in Kaduna ahead of the tournament will now be in the top 800
Four other umpires are under investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit, the London-based world ruling body for the sport said in a statement
Nigeria will battle for superiority in Group F against highly-rated India team led by veteran Sharath Achanta, who has always being a turn in the flesh of the Nigerian team as well as Aruna Quadri’s conqueror at the 2015 World Championship in China, Soumyajit Ghosh
The 10-year-old, known for her double forehand and double backhand, has been one of the standout performers in the 12-nation tournament having beaten her previous opponents from Ghana and Nigeria with the same score line to top her pool
Nigeria junior tennis head coach, Mohammed Ubale, informed that South Africa-based Adetayo Adetunji will be joining the team on Thursday as the host nation tightens preparations for the tournament it has won its last two editions: Abuja 2014 and Lome 2015
It was few days to the kick-off of the 2015 edition of the tournament in Cairo, Egypt that Nigeria made its withdrawal known to the world tennis ruling body
Nigeria junior tennis coach, Mohammed Ubale, disclosed that the camping will hold from January 2 to 8, after which the final list of 24 players will be selected for the championship, which will feature 12&U, 14&U and 16&U categories
The International Tennis Federation-approved competition, which enters its 15th edition this year, will be held from December 5 to 19 at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan
“Yes, the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship will hold this year. We have written to the ITF and any moment we will receive the confirmation of the dates,” she said
She said already an MoU has been entered into by the Dangote Groups of Company where over 4,000 youth have been trained in various skills acquisitions
The Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, Dr. Juliedt Onaeko, has debunked insinuations making the round that the Funds’…
The ITF Director-General, Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko, made this known at an interactive forum with stakeholders in Lagos on Monday
Chukas-Onaeko, at the official assumption of office on Monday at the ITF headquarters in Jos, Plateau State, said the partnership would drive the economy to create jobs in the organized private sector as well as develop competencies of youth to be to be self-reliant and self-employed