Brigadier General Lonsdale Oladeji Adeoye (Rtd) has pledged to develop shooting sports to an enviable height in Nigeria, especially through facilitating the facilities, and improved awareness campaigns from the grassroots, if re-elected President. This is coming amid the cancellation of the Zonal elections for shooting sports, and rescheduling of same for September 29th, in Abuja. […]
NSSF election: Lonsdale relies on achievements to ease re-election worries
Brigadier General Lonsdale Oladeji Adeoye (Rtd) has pledged to develop shooting sports to an enviable height in Nigeria, especially through facilitating the facilities, and improved awareness campaigns from the grassroots, if re-elected President. This is coming amid the cancellation of the Zonal elections for shooting sports, and rescheduling of same for September 29th, in Abuja. […]
My emergence, a new dawn for scrabble – Mayowa Kabir
The newly elected board member of the Scrabble Federation of Nigeria (SFN) from Kwara state, Aliyu Mayowa Kabir has described his election as a new dawn for scrabble in Kwara and Nigeria. Mayowa, who is the Chairman of Kwara Scrabble Association got four votes out of seven, in a keenly contested scrabble election for North […]
Ocheho, 5 others voted Zonal Reps of HFN
The Zonal Representative elections of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) was held across the geopolitical zones of the country on Wednesday. Immediate past President and Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) Mr. Samuel was voted zonal representative of the South-West region in Ibadan, while Mr.Wamah Onyii was voted zonal […]
Aisha Buhari Cup: South Africa outclass Super Falcons to emerge champions
Banyana Banyana of South Africa have won the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup after defeating Super Falcons of Nigeria 4-2, in the last fixture of the six-nation tournament yesterday. It was South Africa’s second win of the tournament after thrashing Ghana 3-0 in their first game. The Falcons opened their campaign with a 2-0 victory over […]
Aisha Buhari, Asisat, 1999 Super Falcons dazzle at NFF-Aiteo Football Awards
The third edition of the annual NFF-Aiteo Football Awards took the City of Lagos by storm on Monday night, with the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, as well as four-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala, home-based professional Gift Monday and the Super Falcons’ class of 1999 the star attraction at the […]
FC Ebedei Stadium is FIFA and CAF standard – Oliseh
Barrister Churchill Oliseh has revealed that the FC Ebedei Stadium in Sagamu meets all FIFA and CAF requirements as it can host high profile international matches. The President of the reputable and professionally managed football club in Nigeria also confirmed that it took the contractors less than four months to deliver the world-class project. According […]
ODU extols Offa Volleyball Club as gold medalists
The Offa Descendants’ Union (ODU) has congratulated Offa Volleyball Club (male and female teams) for their wonderful performances at the just concluded 4th Kwara State Helbank Inter-Club Volleyball Championship, concluded at the Kwara State Indoor Sports Hall Stadium, Ilorin on Friday. The teams wrote their names in the annals of history having taken the competition […]
Nigeria’s sports glory is with youth -Sports Minister
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare says the glory and future successes of Nigeria in sports lie in her youth. Speaking at the end of the Sapetro Future Tennis Championships which held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Court, Lagos on Saturday, Dare expressed his delight and optimism in a glorious future for […]
National Pilot MD, Adedamola pledges support for SWAN Media Games
Sports has been described as a unifying agent that can forster unity among journalists and the whole country at large. This was contained in an address by Alhaji Billy Adedamola, Managing Director and Editor in Chief of National Pilot Newspaper, while welcoming members of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) to the medium’s Corporate office […]