Tag: politics
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Dikko applauds Gateway Games, asks states to match rising standards
The Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, has commended Ogun State for its outstanding hosting of the ongoing National Sports Festival, describing it as a game-changer for sports development in Nigeria. He called on other states aspiring to host future editions to emulate and improve on the standard set by Ogun. Speaking…
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President Tinubu inaugurates NNPCL Board as sports people praise Musa Kida’s appointment
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday officially inaugurated the new Board of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. The board, which is led by a renowned oil and gas technocrat, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, has been saddled with the responsibility of turning around the financial fortunes of the nation’s biggest…
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Initiator of Niger Delta Sports Festival, Ikpokpo, hails Dikko, Olopade’s productivity
The initiator of the Niger Delta Sports Festival and Chairman of Dumanis Icon, Sir Itiako Malik Ikpokpo says the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival tagged Gateway Games 2024, is a massive improvement from the last edition of the event in Delta State. Ikpokpo gave the thumbs up at the MKO Sports Complex, Kuto, Abeokuta after…
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Chess violates religious law – Taliban
The Taliban government has suspended chess and the Afghanistan National Chess Federation this week and is reviewing the game, citing concerns over the game’s potential link to gambling. “Chess in sharia (Islamic law) is considered a means of gambling,” sports directorate spokesperson Atal Mashwani told AFP. “There are religious considerations regarding the sport of chess.…
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Frustration from China forces Team Nigeria Athletics to boycott World Relay Championship
Team Nigeria, to the World Relay Championship in China, has pulled out of the competition as a result of the hide-and-seek game of the Chinese embassies in the United States of America, Germany, and Nigeria in the delay in issuing visas to athletes. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) made this known on Friday in…
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Christian Chukwu’s name stays permanently with Nigeria football – Gusau
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has declared that late former Green Eagles’ captain ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu is a man that can never be forgotten.. Gusau spoke Friday afternoon in Enugu when a delegation from the NFF and FA Chairmen from the South East zone paid a condolence visit to…
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I know my performance will help me at the polls – AFN President, Okowa
The Election Day into the office of the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN), is close and the incumbent president, Chief Tonobok Okowa, says he will be seeking re-election in order to consolidate on the gains already made. Okowa told journalists in Delta State, South-South, Nigeria, that the work, reforms and programmes that…
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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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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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NDDC creating equal opportunities through NDSF – Iyaye
Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) as an intervention project of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was designed to include all youths in the region irrespective of gender and physical abilities. Alabo Boma Iyaye, the Executive Director Finance and Administration explained the intent behind the design while appearing on the ARISE television Morning Show and…
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