It is truly a thing of joy to be part of this gradual revolution happening in our very sport volleyball. As we clocked our 3rd year in stewardship of the game in Nigeria, I can say, we can be proud of the changes and potentials for greater things that lies ahead for volleyball in Nigeria. […]
Rangers commences club licencing process ahead new season
In line with the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as well as national football club licensing guidelines, the management of Rangers International Football Club, Enugu has commenced processes for the team’s licensing for the fast approaching 2020/2021 football season. Club Chairman, Prince Davidson Owumi in a chat […]
National Sports Festival still in doubts –Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has said that the chances of the National Sports Festival, scheduled for Benin, Edo state to hold this year is minimal. Tagged ‘Edo 2020’, the multi-sports event was originally scheduled to hold between March and April, but was indefinitely suspended because of the outbreak of […]
Liverpool, City, Man U, Chelsea seal Champions League place
The 2019/2020 English Premier League season winds up today with action-packed Super Sunday 10 matches, with winners Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea FC picking tickets for the next season’s Champions League competition. Before today’s matches, the trio of Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City are poised to fight it out for the two […]
Kwara FA inaugurates 13-man Committee for Football House commissioning
The Kwara State Football Association, under the leadership of Mallam Idris Abdullahi Musa today inaugurated a 13-man Committe for the commissioning of the Kwara Football House in Ilorin.The Football House was named after the pioneer Chairman of the association, Alhaji Usman Mustapha.According to the Chairman, the Committee was put together and charged to fashion out […]
Governor AbdulRazaq mourns Kwara’s cultural icon, Dan-Boy
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday described the death of foremost sports enthusiast and cultural icon, Ibrahim Aremu Muhammed Nuhu (Dan-Boy) as the end of a nostalgic era in which the deceased played a significant role. ‘Dan-Boy was phenomenal in his love for sports and culture. He was arguably the first and only mobile […]
Premier League clubs sets date for 2020/21 season
The 20 Premier League clubs have given the green light at a meeting to start next season in the second weekend of September, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13th. They have started planning for next season even before finishing the current campaign. That probably underlines the growing confidence in Project Restart and being able to play […]
Dan-Boy, ‘One-Man’ publicity outfit who was instrumental to construction of Kwara Stadium is dead
Alhaji Ibrahim Dan-Boy, a popular One-Man Publicity outfit based in Ilorin, Kwara state is dead.The highly vocal and informed lover of sports, especially football, died early this morning, at the Palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari.The man started his town-crying-like publicity business by hanging placards, to announced the date and time […]
Adoption of PPG to end NPFL is for sporting fairness and merit –Chukwuemeka
The decision by the League Management Company (LMC) and the NPFL Clubs to adopt the Point Per Game (PPG) mechanism to end the Nigeria professional Football league (NPFL) 2019/2020 season due to the forced break of the Covid-19 pandemic is for sporting fairness and merit. Speaking in Abuja today, the Executive Secretary of the Club Owners […]
Kwara State Basketball Association mourns NBBF referee
Kwara State Basketball Association has received the death of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) referee, Razaq Okedeyi in rude Shock. An emotional message by the Chairman of the Association, Dr Joseph Adeyemo, made available by Bello Azeez, said the body and the basketball family in Kwara are in total disbelief over the incident which happened on […]