Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC), Shehu Dikko has assured that the new commercial and investment partnership deal it signed with Redstrike Sports will come alive in the upcoming 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The commercial agreement with the Nigerian arm of the UK-based Redstrike, which was sealed by the LMC on […]
FEATURE: Kwara Football House: For Alhaji Mustapha, its reward for sacrifice
For the Wali (the traditional Chief Law Officer) of Ilorin, Alhaji Shehu Usman Mustapha, we need not wait for our heroes to pass on before celebrating their greatness. The man, who was named after the famous founder of Sokoto caliphate, Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio is still an active participant in community development, a service that […]
Minister commends Total for supporting basketball, tips D’ Tigers, D’Tigress for Laurels in Tokyo
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has commended Total E&P Nigeria Limited for their commitment towards the development of basketball as well as the youth. Speaking in Lagos today during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) and Total E&P Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Dare […]
Abdul charges NNL clubs on fans sensitization on pandemic protocols
President of Nigeria National League (NNL) Club Owners Forum, Abdul Sule has stressed the need for clubs to embark on fans’ education regarding observing Covid19 safety measures. Sule who stated this on Saturday while featuring as Guest on Brila FM noted that playing football may be challenging in the face of financial challenges occasioned by […]
NNL Ask clubs to name home grounds
Clubs participating in the 2020/2021 season of the Nigeria National League, (NNL) have been requested to submit to the Secretariat of the League body, their preferred venues for home matches on or before the 23rd of September, 2020. Such home grounds, the NNL asserted, must be safe and appropriate and should meet the facility requirements, […]
INTERVIEW: My nasty experience with sports adminstrations, players -Dairo
Port Harcourt based sports journalist, Fisayo Dairo was the guest of Journalists Hub, Sports Journalists Forum (SJF) on Thursday night in the Personality Interview segment. Dairo has been a professional in the media industry for the better part of the last fifteen years and currently works for a Nigerian sports website aclsports.com. ‘Pasito’, as he […]
Kolo approves Tsaragi Governor’s Table Tennis Championship
The Kwara State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mrs. Joana Nnazua Kolo has approved the Governor’s Table Tennis Championship in Tsaragi. This was disclosed today when the organizers of the championship visited Tsaragi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State ahead of the competition. The Committee, who were in Tsaragi to assess the state […]
ABS FC gets Acting Technical Adviser
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has appointed Coach Shuaib Abdulkadir (No Fear), as Acting Technical Adviser. The club’s Director of Football (DOF), Alloy Chukwuemeka made the announcement on Friday in Ilorin after a management meeting. He said the appointment became imperative after the team’s Technical Adviser, Yomi Elijah, informed him of leaving for an […]
Minister of Sports receives Olympic-bound Anyanacho
Few months after securing her place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Minister of Youth and sports, Hon. Sunday Dare today received Elizabeth Anyanacho . Elizabeth Anyanacho defeated former African champion, Urgence Mouega of Gabon 12-5 points in the -67kg women’s bout at the 2020 Africa Taekwondo Olympic Qualifiers that took place at Complexe Sportif […]
Kwara Gov invests in youth, seeks partnership with Youth Ministry
With an on-going N1.3 billion investment in youth hubs, the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed the readiness of his state to partner with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for the training of its youth’ and to facilitate their benefitting from the National Youth Investment Fund, NYIF. Governor AbdulRazaq gave the assurance […]