What: The Future Awards Africa Best 100 Alumni. Where: State House, Abuja. When: December 15, 2013. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
by Akan Ido Boxer, Bash Ali got a bit of a bashing outside the ring last Thursday as security details attached to the minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi who prevented him from seeing him. According to the 57-year-old boxer who is seeking to become the oldest man to hold a world boxing title defence, the... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong Following the intervention of the Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, Keshi reversed his decision a few hours later, but not without putting the spotlight firmly on the Nigerian Football Federation and their love for hiring foreign coaches. The news of the resignation of Stephen Keshi late on Monday, burst the bubble of a... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Musa Amadu, the general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation said the inability of the Super Falcons to defend the African Women Championship (AWC) was the major regret of 2012. According to Amadu, the team’s poor performance at the championship hosted by Equatorial Guinea was an embarrassment to the NFF. He said... Read More
by Isi Esene The minister of sports and chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has reconstituted the Board of the Nigeria Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM). Businessman, sports philanthropist and enthusiast, Yemi Idowu, is the chair of the new Board. Idowu is a non- executive Director at Sterling Bank and the immediate past... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola In case you missed it, President Jonathan’s Strategy and PR team led by the inimitable Oronto Douglas, this week released a new 155-page book titled Sure and Steady Transformation: The Progress Report. It was a brilliant piece of agitprop (now that’s a fine word for you.) The brilliance of the work was not... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It was a naira rain in Aso Rock yesterday as President Jonathan showed critics that he appreciated the efforts of the victorious Paralympics athletes and female Under 20 footballers, Falconets, who did the country proud. At a reception in their honour, President Goodluck Jonathan announced cash gifts of N1m for each Falconet,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi has debunked claims by some newspapers that President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head a committee charged with repositioning Nigerian sports and to “return its lost glory”. A statement released by the minister’s special adviser (media), Julius Ogunro, stated that the... Read More
by Akan Ido The Nigerian athletes at the Paralympics Games in London continue to give a good account of themselves with Esther Oyema lifting a 135kg weight in the power-lifting competition setting a new world record in the women’s 48kg category. Oyema, 30, who was also a gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in... Read More
by Akan Ido Yakubu Adesokan has taken gold in the men’s 48kg power-lifting competition at the ongoing Paralympics taking place in London. The 33-year-old Nigerian won the category by lifting a 178kg weight, breaking the world record. This is according to a statement by sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi released this evening by his technical assistant,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Nigerians Cheer MTN Nigerians are applauding telecommunications giant, MTN, over its latest bonanza in which subscribers stand the chance of winning aeroplanes, by just recharging their phones. The excitement of Nigerians over this very realistic campaign is threefold. First, since the rate of dropped calls on the MTN network seems to be... Read More
The Nigerian contingent to the London Olympics will return back to the country this week without a single medal. Not once did the crowd in London or the billions watching all over the world hear the Nigerian anthem sung for a medal. The last time that happened was 24 years ago in Seoul, South Korea.... Read More
by Bolaji Abdullahi FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH MADE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF SPORTS AND CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION, MALLAM BOLAJI ABDULLAHI ON THURSDAY 9TH AUGUST 2012 AT THE NIGERIA HOUSE, STRATFORD, LONDON. About two weeks ago, we arrived London for the 2012 Olympics with a contingent of 51 sportsmen and women competing in... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola As part of its Democracy Day countdown, Thisday newspapers did a special report today which scored the performance of ministers serving in the Jonathan cabinet. Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior was given 1 star for non-performance (no surprises there), Power Minister Bart Nnaji was given 2 stars as an underperformer (no surprises there), and... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang The Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has announced new propositions for the National Youth Service Scheme. The power point document which is available on the website takes us through the history of the scheme and the new plans in the works. According to the document, the current challenges faced by the... Read More
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