TEAM LAGOS EMERGES TOP AT 23RD NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL SOUTH WEST ELIMINATION. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
TEAM LAGOS EMERGES TOP AT 23RD NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL SOUTH WEST ELIMINATION Lagos State athletes proved their dominance in the South West by edging out regional competitors and emerging top in the five team events contested at the elimination series qualifier for the 23rd National Sports Festival later this year in Enugu. The elimination series featured team events in volleyball, basketball, football, beach volleyball, and cricket in male and female categories. While the team clinched only the female football ticket by topping their group, they showed dominance in three other sports by winning both the male and female tickets. Team Lagos took first position in the volleyball male and female categories. The male team defeated their counterparts from Ondo in the finals by 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, and 25-20, while the female team defeated Team Oyo by 25-18, 22-25, 28-26, 16-25, and 15-8. The Osun basketball team fell to the superior firepower of the Team Lagos male team in their last ...
Benedict Daswa a South African Principal,who died 25 years ago because for refusing to part in a witchcraft related ritual was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church today sunday,moving him a step closer to sainthood.He was murdered by his fellow villagers in 1990.He is now known as the first saint in South Africa.A Catholic priest during the live broadcast today in northern Limpopo province said ''While his executioners were killing him,Benedict was on his knees praying''.A letter from Pope Francis,read out by his envoy Cardinal Angelo Amato,declared Daswa would join the ranks of ''The Blessed,for his herioc witness to the gospel,even to the shedding of blood''.Daswa was killed after he refused to join villagers in consulting a traditional sorcerer about a lighting strike that burnt down several huts in Tshitanini,more than 500 km northeast of Johannesburg.Violence broke out after 43 year old late Daswa argued the thunder strike was caused by the weather,not witchcraft.More photos below.
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