Mallam Shehu Dikko has been appointed chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) as the Nigerian Government, led by President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the Ministry...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Kabiru Amadu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for scrapping the Ministry of Sports Development. President Tinubu...
Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh will be meeting with the executives of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday. The meeting...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has praised the Nigerian contingent to the just concluded African U18/20 Athletics Championship in Zambia. The second...
No fewer than 11 corporate organizations are partnering with Delta state to ensure the success of the 2022 National Sports Festival billed to hold in Asaba,...
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has tasked the newly elected Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to improve all levels of...
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has showered encomiums on 11-year-old Stephanie Onusiriuka, who won Gold on Saturday night at the ongoing Africa Gymnastics...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his delight over the successes achieved by the Nigerian contingent to the just-concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games hosted in Birmingham, United Kingdom....
The Nigerian Government, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, has splashed the sum of $25,000 (around N10,4million) on Team Nigeria athletes who have so...
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development has said that repair works have been completed at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The mainbowl...
Sports Minister Sunday Dare is optimistic Team Nigeria will be very competitive at the 2022 Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham, United Kingdom next week. The Minister...
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has saluted the spirited display of Nigeria’s Super Falcons despite their defeat to hosts Morocco in the second...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to immediately commence the process that will lead to holding new elections into its Executive Committee...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports development has ordered that the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja would only host matches involving the national teams. Clubs of...
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will facilitate the creation of a Skateboarding federation in Nigeria very soon. Sports Minister Sunday Dare said in...
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has thrown its weight behind the four Nigerians seeking different elective positions in the International Table Tennis Federation...
Nigeria’s Sports Ministry has tripled the wages of athletes who represent the country in international competitions, including the Olympics. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday...
Nigeria may be thrown out of international basketball due to the continued interference of the Federal Government in the internal governance of basketball in Nigeria. Should...
For the first in the history of Nigeria’s National Development Plan (NDP), Sports is now included as business with the plan to inject N80 billion into...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) under the leadership of Engr Musa Kida has absolved itself of any complicity for bonuses and allowances owed the Women Senior...
D’Tigress players have been paid the sum of $9,500 each from the Adopt-a-Sport initiative of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development. The players of...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has resolved to postpone its 2021 election slated for Saturday, 30th of October in Benin City. This was a u-turn by the...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has announced to the general public that its elections already scheduled to hold this Saturday will go on as planned. The...
The protest by the Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, may have paid off as the Ministry of Sports has ordered the commencement of payment of the...
The House of Representatives has confirmed an investigation into the causes of the failure of Team Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics regarding doping tests. Accordingly, the...
On this edition of SportsBusinness, we take a look at the progress being made by the U-20 athletes representing Nigeria at the World Athletics U-20 championships...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has heaped praises on the Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare following Nigeria’s successes at...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will be footing the medical bills of Enoch Adegoke, Tobi Amusan and two other Nigerian athletes who competed at...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has reiterated its confidence in Team Nigeria ahead of this summers Olympic Games in Tokyo. The quadrennial sports fiesta...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appointed a former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, as Youth Ambassador to inspire young Nigerians towards excellence. This was...
After years of inactivity, the electronic scoreboards at the MKO Abiola National Stadium Abuja are set to be fully functional. The first scoreboard of the main...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Sports has expressed optimism over the return of the national Principals’ Cup as it hopes to discover young talents across the country. The...
Team Nigeria would only participate in 11 out of 33 sporting activities at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the nation’s Ministry of Sports. This...
The list is ready, of 60 Nigerian sports icons set to be honoured in commemoration of Nigeria’s Diamond jubilee independence celebration. Nigeria clocked 60 on October...
As part of its plans ahead of Nigeria’s 60th Independence celebration, the Ministry of Youth and Sports says it would celebrate 60 sporting icons in the...
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has given the reason why contact sports can not resume yet amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dare, in a...
Late former Nigeria international, Rashidi Yekini is set to finally be immortalized by the Kwara state government with a stadium named after him. The call for...
Amid talks of possible return of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) this year, the Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has warned the...
The proposed restructuring of the National Stadium in Lagos is set to begin according to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare. This he said...
The rehabilitation of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja has reached the stage where only the pitch and the floodlights are yet to be fixed. This was...
The family of late Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, would be hoping to receive the Ministry of Sports in their home, and to become beneficiaries of...
Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has extended the hand of support to the mother of late Captain of the Flying Eagles, Ali Jeje Ibrahim....
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has mandated the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to institute a welfare scheme for Nigerian footballers and their families. This was...
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has done as he promised by paying a special visit to the family of late footballer, Samuel...
Nigeria’s Sports Ministry has begun moves to recover all the missing memorabilia that reportedly disappeared from the Hall of Fame that was set up for Nigerian...
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has placed mother of former Nigeria international, Rashidi Yekini, on a N10,000 monthly stipend. This was disclosed to newsmen at...
Concerned that young people might be pushed into abusing drugs during the COVID-19 lockdown, Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has launched the ‘I choose...
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has revealed ongoing plans for an awareness campaign on COVID-19 to be produced by the ministry. In...
Engineer Ibrahim Gusau insists he is the duly elected president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) despite the recent proclamation of the Ministry of Youth...
The acting leadership of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has hailed the Sports Ministry for coming to the rescue in settling the entitlements owed some...
