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BADMINTON: NIGERIA NAMES TEAM FOR ALL AFRICA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Eighteen players have been selected to represent Nigeria at the All Africa Senior Championships, which comes up from April 22-28 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The list made available by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) is made up of nine male and nine female players, while the three Senior national coaches will handle the team at the elite event.

The men’s team is made up of Nigeria number one Anuoluwapo Opeyori, Godwin Olofua, Eneojo Abah, Clement Krobakpo, Habeeb Bello, Aliyu Shehu, Gideon Babalola, Kayode Mope and Isaac Minaphee.

The women’s team has Dorcas Adesokan, Deborah Ukeh, Peace Orji, Chinenye Ebere, Amin Christopher, Sofiat Obanisola, Ramatu Yakubu, Zainab Alabi and Augustina Sunday.

The coaches are Benjamin Orakpo – head coach while George Shitta  and Susan Udeh Agboola are assistant coaches.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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