People's Standard

  The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Sports, H. E. Comrade Philip Shaibu has congratulated the Nigeria D’Tigress for their superlative performance and victory over Mali. He said in his congratulating message that was personally signed by him and made available to journalists in Abuja that the Nigeria’s D’Tigress once again proved their dominance on the continent, defeating Mali to retain their crown in the final of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket Championship held in Ivory Coast. The NIS Boss who is the immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo state said the encounter started with the Nigerian ladies setting the tempo, but Mali fought back to edge the first quarter 26–21. D’Tigress responded strongly in the second quarter, leveling the score at 41–41 by halftime. The defending champions came alive in the third quarter, taking control of the game before sealing an impressive 78–64 victory after a fiercely contested final quarter. With this win, D’Tigress successfully defended their title, making it five consecutive AfroBasket triumphs — a historic feat in African women’s basketball. The excited NIS DG, applauded the technical crew, the Musa kida led Basketball federation and the National Sports Commission for their moral and financial support to the team .

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A clarion call has been made to the elites of the Nigerian society, to as a matter of urgency and need, use their endeavours and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the overall development of the Nigeria and her people, emphasising that they must “go beyond their comfort zones to create actions that better the society” The call was made by Dr Thomas Attah, a trained psychologist, business executive and development expert, at the at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA), held in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Addressing the gathering as a keynote speaker, on the theme, “Psychology in Action: Integrating Psychological Science, Policy, and Practice to Solve Societal Problems”, Attah, a doctorate holder in PhD holder in Social and Personality Psychology, at the premier University of Ibadan, further urged all to get committed to: “A vision of psychology that is not just academic, but active. Let us be the generation of psychologists who not only study the problems of our society but leverage our knowledge and expertise to solve them” Attah, a caregiver and holder of the traditional chieftaincy of Ekpen (Lion) of the Sacred Kingdom of Ekpoma, Edo State, also envisioned that all members of the NPA and the elite policymakers, politicians, elected leaders, captains of industries and others, to engage directly with the grassroots to design evidence-based interventions that address the everyday struggles of Nigerians. At the occasion, Dr. Attah, who hailed from Ososo in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, and a long standing member of NPA, was inducted as a Fellow of the association. Guests at the conference included Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, the Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, Prof Ugota Awoke, Dr. Law Mefor, Commissioner of Information, Anambra State, Professor Andrew Zamani, President, Pan African Psychology Union and Professor Olukakayode Afolabi, President, Nigeria Psychological Association.

HOODLUMS ON THE RISE IN GOWON Estate AND -VANDALISM, THEFT ON THE INCREASE -CDA CHAIRMAN , WE ‘RE HANDICAPPED CHUKS OKOH   Residents of Gowon Estate in Alimosho area of Lagos State now live in fear as hoodlums and bandits have continue to unleash terror in the area Residents in the estate are no longer sleeping with their eyes closed especially when almost all the streets in the estate have rested their security guards following the high cost of keeping them at night These hoodlums in the past few weeks have descended heavily on car owners, vandalising their cars. While some cars had their batteries, brain boxes stolen after vandalising them, some had their cables cut completely removed. One of the residents  who simply gave his name as Ubani had his parked truck vandaliised at 412 Road in the estate. According to him, the vehicle was sent to him from Germany. The hoodlums destroyed the battery protector, cut off all the copper wires and removed its battery. Just last week,  residents of union bank, army block and  some other buildings had their pumping machines and cables completely stolen overnight Some of the hoodlums most scavengers in the day and thieves at night were apprehended around 3 am with stolen items in sack bags. Items found in the sack include, three giant aluminium pot covers, packs of new students exercise books and other items stolen from shops in the estate. Most worrisome is the stealing of aluminium covers of manholes across the estate as the manholes pose danger especially when it rains Reacting to the ugly development in Gowon Estate, the Chairman of Community Development Association (CDA) Alhaji Dauda Oyebanji traced the origin of insecurity in the area to emergence of scavengers in the estate Oyebanji said he raised concerns about abandoned vehicles on the roads, which have become security challenges for residents and called for the removal of these vehicles and the establishment of a task force to tackle the issue. He noted that members of the committee failed to carry out their activities to restore sanity in the area. Oyebanji said the CDA was handicapped in providing security as residents in the estate have refused to contribute towards securing lives and property in the area. He condmned the activities of scavengers, saying they have constituted nuisance in the area. Oyebanji noted that a metal sales depot at the customs quarters in the estate now served as abode to these scavengers adding that the CDA had last year written to them to evacuate but no response He also lamented the lack of commitment by residents towards the activities of the CDA. Gowon Estate has so many security blocks, including the DSS, the Police, Customs, Navy and Army, yet it remained the abode of hoodlums and misccreants.