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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Chief of Naval Staff(CNS), Male Volleyball Spikers Team, have won the 2025 National Volleyball Super Cup Tournament. They beat the Customs Service team in the tournament held at the Moshood Abiola Indoor Stadium Abuja.
The Super Cup Volleyball Tournament organised to identify the best club in the country at the end of the regular volleyball league season, is also aimed at promoting excellence, competitiveness, and development of Nigerian volleyball while serving as a platform to assess players for future national team selection.
The CNS Volleyball Spikers continue their outstanding performance, following their consecutive wins in the 2024 and 2025 National Volleyball Premier League seasons, with several team members earning individual awards. Their triumph in the just-concluded 2025 Premier League season qualified them as one of the six teams that competed for the Super Cup from January 31-February 8, 2026 at the Moshood Abiola Indoor Stadium.
The CNS Female Spikers Volleyball Team also secured a bronze medal, finishing third behind the Chief of Army Staff Volleyball female team.
A statement by the director naval information Captain Folorunsho, said The Chief of the Naval Staff while congratulating the team for their outstanding performance marked by the successful defence of its league title for the second consecutive year and winning the Super Cup in quick succession, noted that this remarkable achievement underscores the team’s resilience and winning mentality, describing the accomplishment as a reflection of sustained excellence and a culture built on discipline, sound preparation, and team spirit.
The CNS also remarked that the team has been consistent, representing the Nigerian Navy with distinction and setting a benchmark for professionalism, competitiveness, and sportsmanship both on and off the field. While celebrating the back-to-back league titles and Super Cup victory, he urged the team not to rest on its laurels but to recognise that success brings heightened expectations and responsibility. He reaffirmed his commitment to continued support for the team, especially in player development and coaching excellence. The CNS Volleyball Spikers’ victory highlights the importance that the CNS places on sports, which serves as a means of keeping Nigerian Navy personnel physically fit and highly motivated towards safeguarding Nigeria’s maritime interests, in line with the CNS mission.
