Nigerians have reacted aggressively to comments credited to Minister of Sports Solomon Dalung on the Nigeria’s female national football team. Dalung told State House correspondents that had the government been confident that the team would win the trophy, the process of paying their... kemi Thr...
Sports minister John Owan-Enoh says Nigeria will present a bid to host the 2027 AFCON at the CAF executive committee meeting in Cairo on Wednesday. The minister and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership will attend the meeting. Nigeria and the Republic of Benin presented a joint bid...
Minister of Sports Development, Owan Enoh, has decried the non-payment of training allowances to home-based athletes representing Nigeria at the Paris Olympics Games. Senator Owan Enohsaid foreign-based athletes were paid their training allowances while the home-based were left out...
President Jonathan has relieved the Minister of Sports of his post with immediate effect to afford him the opportunity to focus fully on the pursuiState House, Abuja
17 february 2019 - 10:35:58AR/BBA31 548ViewsPanafrican News Agency Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, former prime minister (1996-2000) of the ousted president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, on Saturday announced his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election ...
“We want to thank them and their officials for making us proud with their performance,” he stated, advising administrators to find a lasting solution to all manner of malaise, including internal wrangling, which has endangered the growth of sports in the country over the years. ...
Wang described the annual visits as a fine tradition and distinctive feature of China's diplomacy as he met Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's president-elect. Wang's week-long Africa trip will also take him to the Republic of the Congo, Chad, and Nigeria. ...
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has commended the United States Government for selecting Journalist and Gender Advocate, Aderonke Bello, for the Global…
“He is a great ambassador of Nigeria and a role model to the youth. “His achievements have shown that you can get to the top of the ladder in your career if you believe in yourself and stay focused. “Victor Osimhen is on the verge of inspiring his club Napoli to their first serie...
Recounting the giant strides of the Minister, the President of Nigeria Olympic Committee and Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Engr. Habu Gumel, commended the Hon. Minister on his visionary leadership, which has helped in repositioning Nigerian sports. These include the “Adoption...