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Bayelsa State wins 2025 Niger Delta Sports Festival
In what Sports Festival watchers may consider as upset, Team Bayelsa edged hitherto leaders, Delta and Edo states to become the overall winners of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival. The competition ended late on Monday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. It was a very outstandingly outstanding performance across various…
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Nigeria wants to host 2030 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, Nigeria, says it has met the deadline for expressions of interest to bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Abuja. The Nigeria Olympic Committee emerged from its executive committee meeting on April 3, 2025, in Abuja to say it had met the March 28, 2025 deadline for expression of interest for a…
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CAF B-Licence Coaching Course takes off in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, on Monday at the NFF-FIFA Technical Centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja officially inaugurated the first batch of participants for the CAF B-Licence Coaching Course. The NFF boss expressed his delight at witnessing this significant milestone: “Today marks a moment of great joy for me,” he declared, emphasizing the importance of progress in Nigeria…
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Niger Delta Sports Festival Day 3 roundup
Day 3 of the ongoing Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) was packed with thrilling action across various events, from intense indoor competitions at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium to exciting football outdoors. There were also combat sports, and team events as well as aquatic contests in swimming and canoeing. In swimming, Delta State dominated the 50m…
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BAL: We plan to do better than last year – Rivers Hoopers coach
Rivers Hoopers Head Coach Ogoh Odaudu has said that his team has what it takes to improve on last year’s performance at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 5. Rivers Hoopers will play their first game at BAL this year when they take on Stade Malien in the Kalahari Conference opener in Rabat, Morocco on…
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NBBF President, Musa Kida named NNPC Chairman
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com reports. President Tinubu removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023. According to the State…
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NDSF opening ceremony holds in Uyo with Phyno, Eben on stage
President Bola Tinubu is expected to on Wednesday, April 2nd flag off the much anticipated Niger Delta Sports Festival sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The festival will be concluded on April 8 with about 3000 athletes and over 500 officials competing in 17 sports. A lot of entertainment will go with the opening…
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Nigeria gets approval to host 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships
The Commonwealth Fencing Federation has awarded the hosting right for the 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships to the Nigeria Fencing Federation. This follows the provisional hosting rights granted to Nigeria a few months ago, by the Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) ahead of Australia. This makes Nigeria the first sub-Saharan nation to stage the tournament. In a…
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The Heartbreak of a last minute draw: A lesson in football’s unforgiving nature – Paul Okoku
The final whistle of the match between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, ending in a 1-1 draw, reverberates like an emotional punch. After a stellar 2-0 victory in Rwanda, the momentum was clearly in our favor. Expectations were high, yet what we witnessed left us feeling deflated and profoundly disappointed. For many Nigerians, especially those who grew…
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Ondo State athletes arrive in Uyo for Niger Delta Sports Festival
Team Ondo State arrived on Sunday evening in Uyo to become the first state contingent on ground for the Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) which starts on April 1. The team made up of 313 athletes and 56 coaches were received on arrival by a combination of members of the Festival Accommodation, Transport and Administration…
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