{"id":28696,"date":"2026-03-13T15:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28696"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:43:38","slug":"nigerias-kaduna-golf-club-to-host-first-bank-tournament","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigerias-kaduna-golf-club-to-host-first-bank-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna Golf Club to host first bank tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna\u2019s Kaduna Golf Club in Nigeria is preparing to host the annual First Bank Kaduna Golf Tournament on March 28, 2026, with organisers expecting more than 200 golfers to compete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Captain of the club, Nazifi Jibrin, says preparations are underway to ensure a successful one-day event sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria. Organisers say this year\u2019s tournament is expected to be a bigger and improved edition of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, golf development in East has received a boost after National Bank of Commerce Africa National Bank of Commerce Africa (NCBA) Group committed $460 000 to the 2026 Golf Series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The funding includes $92 000 for the Junior Golf Foundation and $46 000 for the Kenya Golf Union to support junior and amateur golf championships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The investment marks another year of support from NCBA as part of efforts to develop golf and nurture young talent across East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16418,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-28696","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kaduna\u2019s Kaduna Golf Club in Nigeria is preparing to host the annual First Bank Kaduna Golf Tournament","published_date":"2026-03-13 15:25:27","news_description":"Kaduna\u2019s Kaduna Golf Club in Nigeria is preparing to host the annual First Bank Kaduna Golf Tournament","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28697,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28696\/revisions\/28697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}