Tinubu’s renewed hope and the paradigm shift in sports development By Muhyideen Jimoh When President Bola Tinubu on Aug. 16, 2023 named Sen. John Owan Enoh as the country’s new sports minister to drive the renewed hope agenda for the Sports sector, not many stakeholders knew what toContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba Vice President of the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), Prince Adeyinka Adewole says 200 schools have registered for the forthcoming National Schools’ Team Chess Championship. Adewole disclosed this in a statement by Austen Osokpor, Head, Corporate Affairs Department of the Ecobank Nigeria Plc, on Tuesday in Lagos. TheContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola No fewer than 180 golfers, both professional and amateur, would on June 15, compete for N35 million in cash prizes and other additional rewards at the Rowland Adewumi Classic Tournament. The tournament is in celebration of his 50th birthday. Mr Akabom Enebong, Chairman, organising committee, said thisContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher and Mark Longyen U.S. sports envoys, B-Girl and Lyons, have called on the Nigerian youth to embrace Breakdancing, to enhance their dancing skills and enable them participate in future Olympic breakdancing sport events. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that breakdancing is an officially recognisedContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Finidi George, Head coach of the Super Eagles, says his immediate task and priority is to qualify the nation for the 2026 World Cup slated for Canada, Mexico and U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on AprilContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Nigeria Football Federation will on Monday in Abuja unveil Finidi George as substantive Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the occasion would be witnessed byContinue Reading
By Kazeem Akande The Nigeria Amputee Football Federation has unveiled the team’s kits ahead of the Amputee African Cup of Nations (AAFCON) slated for Cairo, Egypt, from May 18 to May 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ex-Nigerian International, Segun Odegbami, unveiled the new ‘SpecialContinue Reading
By Chinenye Offor Dr Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria says his country’s Rwanda Policy is intended to serve as discouragement to illegal migrants seeking asylum in the European country. Montgomery said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He explained thatContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Sports Development, Mrs Tinuke Watti has charged administrative and executive officers in the ministry on the need for professionalism and enhanced productivity. Watti made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, at a sensitization workshop for administrative and executive officers in theContinue Reading
By Chimezie Anaso Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman, Anambra State Sports Development Commission (ASSDC), has said that 756 primary and secondary schools would participate in the state’s 2024 School Sports Festival. Onyedum said this at the Pre-Competition Press Conference ahead of the festival scheduled to hold in Awka. He said the festivalContinue Reading
