Sports
Fire Destroys Super Sports Studio
Property belonging to Super Sports Television and other multinationals worth billions of naira were on Saturday destroyed by fire in Lagos
Eyewitnesses told Tidesports that the fire started at about 3.00pm in one of the studios and spread to three other studios owned by Multichoice and DSTV where they record super sports, Tinsel and Java TV drama series.
Mr Felix Awogu, the General Manager of Super Sports, told Tidesports that some of their workers were in the studio preparing to transmit live matches from Europe to some parts of Africa when the fire started.
“The fire incident would affect production of super sports to some African countries. We thank God that no life was lost. We appreciate the timely presence of the fire service from Lagos State.
“Four studios were affected. All equipment in those studios were all gone. It is most unfortunate, but nothing anybody could do about it. Thank God no life was lost,” Awogu said.
A Director with Phillips Company, the owner of the building, Mr Biodun Dickson, also said that facilities destroyed by the fire would cost millions of dollars, stressing that about 1,000 jobs would be affected by the incident.
On his part, the Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said that they got information about the fire at about 3.05pm, stressing that he immediately sent some men to the scene with tanker.
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.
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