{"id":347774,"date":"2025-09-12T01:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347774"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:37:28","slug":"cds-unity-basket-ball-championship-begins-sept-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347774","title":{"rendered":"CDS Unity Basket Ball Championship begins Sept. 30th\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbyxNoi7p4q3_K2gz_1okot1-Vq3mn7HQqSNEOts_TPvlJSbahcJ_JZfvf9fEsGA0aAmubb1rTxDuQi5wEvd6JDR2HFRHIhsAEK6UXd8oheAUxX8TCo0ZTAAojRLZQdhEI0e009UHsX-mfD2Hic9sEymiIRRU4_IIdstw=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.thenationonlineng.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/10055046\/IMG-20250909-WA0127-509x340.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20250909-WA0127\" width=\"332\" height=\"222\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>?The fourth edition of\u00a0\u00a0Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)\u00a0Unity Basketball Championship\u00a0(South-West Zone) organised by the Defence Headquarters is scheduled to hold from 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0September to 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0October at the National Stadium and Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>?This annual championship is part of the CDS\u2019 non-kinetic approach to strengthen security and foster unity, discipline, and teamwork among Nigerian youths. Through the power of sports, the tournament seeks to instil values of peace, resilience, and nation-building across communities.<\/p>\n<p>?The championship will feature 12 elite male basketball teams drawn from the South-West and neighbouring states, including a military team as well as Veterans\u2019 exhibition matches.<\/p>\n<p>?The organisers announced that cash prizes, medals, trophies, and certificates will be awarded to participating teams, while special recognition awards including Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Tournament Best will also be rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>?The CDS, General Christopher Musa , said: \u201cThe Unity Basketball Tournament is more than just a game. It is a platform to unite communities, inspire the youth, and reinforce the values of teamwork and discipline. Through non-kinetic approaches, we aim to promote a stronger, more united Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>?The fourth edition of\u00a0\u00a0Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)\u00a0Unity Basketball Championship\u00a0(South-West Zone) organised by the Defence Headquarters is scheduled to hold from 30th\u00a0\u00a0September to 5th\u00a0\u00a0October at the National Stadium and Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. ?This annual championship is part of the CDS\u2019 non-kinetic approach to strengthen security and foster unity, discipline, and teamwork among Nigerian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347783,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347774\/revisions\/347783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}