Sports Facilities

The Federal Government has taken delivery of a world class, FIFA standard VIP team shelter for the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

Nigeria acquires FIFA Standard VIP Team Shelter for Moshood Abiola stadium

June 25, 2022

The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the appeal last Thursday, when a delegation of the Bayelsa State chapter of the Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.

Bayelsa government woos oil firms, others for sports development

April 25, 2022

Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-rufai, has said that his administration is negotiating with the federal government to takeover ownership of Ahmadu Bello stadium.

Governor El-Rufai: Kaduna negotiating takeover of Ahmadu Bello stadium

April 14, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was extending the order, which had been set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 Omicron subvariant that is now responsible for most cases in the US.

Coronavirus: US extends travel mask requirement to May 3

April 13, 2022

Youths and Sports Development Minister Mr Sunday Dare has urged Nigerian athletes to keep hope alive on the occasion of the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nigerian government to recommend Sokoto stadium for international sports events – minister

February 26, 2022

L-R: First Vice President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Seyi Akinwumi; Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo; Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu; Governor Godwin Obaseki; Executive Director, Sterling Bank, Tunde Adeola; Interim Technical Adviser and Super Eagles Coach, Eguavoen Augustine, during the unveiling of the 2021/2022 season jersey for Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin and Edo Queens Football Club, at the Government House, in Benin City, on Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Edo governor, deputy unveil new season jersey for Bendel Insurance, Edo Queens

February 8, 2022

Africa’s richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, has donated a mobile testing centre with the capacity to test 400 people for COVID-19 daily, to the Kano State Government.

Aliko Dangote pledges more investment in sports

February 4, 2022

Edo deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Sunday said he has not issues with the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, acknowledging that he taught him whatever he has achieved in politics.

Lagos Marathon: Philip Shaibu to run alongside Jide Sanwo-Olu in February

January 18, 2022

University of Calabar eyes hosting 2024 NUGA Games

January 13, 2022

FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective face masks, walk on Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

France to roll out new coronavirus restrictions as Omicron surges

December 28, 2021

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world’s first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free for poorer countries.

Ghana’s president: We’re ready to host 2023 African Games

September 1, 2021

Acting vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, met with a delegation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports to discuss ongoing plans to use the institution as a hub for the 2023 African Games.

University of Ghana hold talks in preparation for 2023 African Games

August 24, 2021

A day after carrying her nation’s flag at the opening ceremony and 7,616 days after making the first lift by any woman at the Olympic Games, Dika Toua will be on the weightlifting platform again.

Weightlifting record-breaker Dika Toua back on platform, 21 years after Olympic debut

July 24, 2021

VC: UNILAG committed to hosting 26th Nigerian university games

May 29, 2021

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks before an Olympic rings sculpture at the national ‘Birds Nest’ stadium, the main site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on March 23, 2020. World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe has called for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed over the coronavirus pandemic as Canada pulled out of the Games and Japan’s prime minister admitted a delay could be “inevitable”. NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP

Japan’s Olympic host towns pull out over pandemic

April 27, 2021