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Dr D.K Olukoya Women Basketball Championship: Over 2m Up For Grabs As MFM Lagos And Bayelsa Meets In Final.

The Nigeria Institute of Sports (NIS) Multipurpose Hall, National Stadium, Lagos, will be a beehive of activities on Saturday, as the final of the third edition of the Dr and Dr (Mrs) D.K Olukoya Women Basketball Championship will come up, starting from 11am in the morning.

Top dignitaries, including the Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-olu will be in attendance, as two Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM) Women Basketball ball teams from Lagos and Bayelsa, battle for supremacy.

The annual event is sponsored by Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, and is part of activities lined up to celebrate the birthday of the General Overseer, Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his lovely wife Dr. Shade Olukoya, who both share the same birthday, July 15.

The third place game, will see Sunshine Angels, who lost 44-42 to finalist MFM Bayelsa battle with Tap Queens of Ogun State, who also lost narrowly to MFM Lagos.

Over two million naira is to be shared amongst the first three teams, this is in addition to trophies, medals and other individual awards.

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Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu

Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu popularly known as tobex is the Vice chairman of Sports writers Association of Nigeria , lagos Chapter. She Is also the Media Spokesperson of the Super Falcons of Nigeria. She is an award winning women's football writer. Tobex is also an ex footballer that was privileged to play in the first NFF organised women's league in 1990 as a player of Hamza Queens. Her last club as an active footballer was Ibom Angels as She paved way to further her education years ago. She is a Federal Government scholar , with a degree in Mass communication, a second degree in Public Relations and Advertising (Communication Studies). She is a Wife and Mother.

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