By Fred Edoreh This has been an interesting month in Nigeria sports. The Nigeria Professional Football League, at last, got a new broadcast partner after two years of winking in the dark following the withdrawal of Supersport, the Super Eagles started strong in the 2021 AFCON qualifiers, bearing in mind that they only returned to the competition in 2019 after successive absence in the 2015 and 2017 editions, and D’Tigress are pushing good on their Olympic qualification campaign. Bad news was that the Golden Eaglets, playing with more grit than tactics, got punished and bundled out so early in the…
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Nollywood actress/producer Omoni Oboli has been signed on by RevolutionPlus Property Limited as their latest Brand Ambassador. RevolutionPlus made an official public statement on the unveiling ceremony held at the premises of the company in Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria about the fact OR intention of signing Omoni Oboli who has a strong presence on social media and offline to be the face of the most reliable Real Estate and the No 1 Real Estate company in Nigeria. Omoni Oboli a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and a trained digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has…
BY SAMMY WEJINYA Rivers United will attempt to put their 2019/20 Nigeria professional Football League (NPFL) season back on track on Wednesday when they face one of the country’s traditional clubs, Enugu Rangers as the competition enters Match Day Four. United have made a tepid start to the season, garnering two out of a possible nine points from their opening three games of the season. Rangers have fared marginally better, claiming four points from their first three games of the season. The Flying Antelopes were stunned 0-1 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on Sunday in a game they dominated…
As the ongoing CAF U 23 Championship enters the crucial stage, a Nigerian referee, Fifa Sam Pwadutakam has been selected among the officials to handle the semi final encounter between Côte d Ivoire and Ghana scheduled for today while another quartet led by Joe Ogabor, Efosa Celestine Igudia, Isa Usman and Patience Ndidi Madu all FIFA referees finished handling the Nations Cup Qualifier; Cape Verde vs Mozambique. The Cape Verde vs Mozambique played yesterday ended 2:2. Buoyed by confidence the international football bodies have in Nigerian referees, the president of the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA, Otunba Tade Azeez while expressing…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has rejected the INEC declaration of Governor Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Saturday election. The Independent National Electoral Commission has returned Bello as the winner of the governorship election in Kogi State. During a media briefing in Abuja, Wada said that Bello of the All Progressives Congress did not win the November 16 governorship election. “I will challenge the result at the election petition tribunal and reclaim my stolen victory at the tribunal.” Wada concluded He said, “I and the overwhelming…
The Chief Coach of MFM FC had seen the change of venue for their week 4 match against Warri Wolves for his team. The team which has won their first two away games and drew their only game at home against FC Ifeanyi Ubah said that “though Teslim Balogun is in Lagos State, since it is not Agege Stadium, our traditional home, we re going to play the game the same way we played the two away games that gave us victory. “Lagosians should come out en-mass to support their darling team at Teslim Balogun Stadium tomorrow, by the grace…
Keystone Bank Limited has signed a major sponsorship deal with Nilayo Sports Management Ltd, the organizers of Valuejet IAU African Championship Remo 2019, Nigeria’s first ultra-distance race. Bukola Olopade, the Managing Director of NSML said Monday afternoon that: “Valuejet IAU African Championships is a trendsetter, the ultra-race is setting an excellent example for ultra-running on the continent, ultra-runners from all across IAU member countries will be visiting Nigeria to compete in the African Championships. “Keystone Bank, a bank that values excellence has chosen to partner with us to make history together, the bank recognizes the importance of athletics in the…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on Monday met the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to demand a written explanation as to the exit of Nigerian teams from football tournaments. In a meeting that lasted less than 30 minutes, the minister directed that NFF should “provide the federal government with written explanation to the developments of our teams failing in four major tournaments. “From stock taking it is now time to render account to Nigerians,” he said even as he warned that “We need to take very difficult decisions.” The NFF secretariat particularly came under scrutiny for…
According to Revolution Plus, the Fitness walk will be held in Ikeja and Lekki to celebrate its years of “unbroken service to the nation”. Speaking with Sports247 in Lagos, Bamidele Onalaja, Chairman/ CEO of the number ONE reliable real estate company in Nigeria, said the activity is to synergise the staff, realtors and customers to make sure the organization achieves more in subsequent years. “What we are trying to achieve with this walk is that it takes teamwork. It takes collaboration. It takes working together. It takes empowering ourselves to be able to achieve what we have achieved as a…
The Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King has called on parents of primary school pupils to monitor the usage of social media platforms by their wards. Alawiye-King made the call on Thursday during a sensitisation programme organised by the Guidance and Counselling Department of LASUBEB on “The Effect of Social Media on A Growing Child” at Agidingbi Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos. While noting that it might not be totally possible to debar the pupils from using the internet, he maintained that parental involvement and control would help curb some social media-related vices that are now…