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…As Tobi Amusan sends Nigerians dancing By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria’s sports record in 62 years of nationhood does not present an attractive data. The major problem, according to some critics, has been inconsistencies in policy implementation. It is an ugly trend that has seen Nigerian sports remain stunted over the years. Blessed with a youthful demographic profile with a ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The week that ended a few hours ago was indeed a bitter-sweet one for lovers of sports in Nigeria because two contrasting events inevitably produced a scenario which can best be described as pleasure tingled with pain and sadness. The two events in focus happened almost simultaneously on Thursday, September 15 in Abuja. Inside Aso Rock, ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh There were 28 athletes, boxers and swimmers and it showed then in 1966, that Nigeria has a wealth of athletic talents which with more adequate training, facilities and experience were likely to take her place among the leaders in the world of sports. In my article, ‘The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh For Nigeria, the year 2022 should be dedicated to Nigerian athletes, men, and women alike. Their feat, prowess and a bit of success in the World Athletics Champions held in Eugene, Oregon in the USA from July 15, 2022, to July 24, 2022, and then the spectacular successes at the XXII Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Homeland FA Club, Nnewi, has won the Second Edition of Igwe Nanka Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria, YSFON U-17, Anambra State Chapter. The final of the YSFON U-17 Cup took place at the Awka City stadium, with Ozala FA club Obosi and Homeland FA Club of Nnewi slugging it out. It started at 2pm last Sunday, ...

By Alexander johnson Adejoh While Tobi Amusan is Nigeria’s first-ever world champion and record holder, all 12 gold medals at the Commonwealth Games were also won by women. Fides learnt that Nigeria won 12 gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Women won every single one of them. The World Athletics Championships yielded two medals, one gold, and one ...

By Chioma Ndife The Chairman of the Anambra State Football Association, Chikelue Iloenyosi, has disclosed plans to lead an advocacy for the removal of stadium fees for clubs owned and managed in the state. He noted that the removal of the club fee was to encourage players and club owners in the state and enable them to enjoy stadium facility ...

The new chairman of Anambra State Football Association, Mr Chikelue Iloenyosi, a.k.a General, recently had a session with Fides Editor-in-Chief,  Jude Atupulazi) and unfolded his plans for football development in the state. Excerpts Congrats on your emergence as the Chairman, Anambra State Football Association. Briefly, can you tell us how you came to this moment? Thank you very much. My ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan celebrates setting a world record in the women’s 100m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. Quite apart from the euphoria of having a Nigerian athlete broke a world record at a prestigious international competition in which the country had never won a ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development has said that repair works have been completed at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The mainbowl turf of the national stadium as well as two of its training pitches are back in good shape and ready to host international football matches again, according to the Ministry. ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh In what has been described as a defence strategy and genuine sporting endeavour for students, the Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF) has promised to help Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA) establish the sport in the country’s universities ahead of the 2024 Games in Jos. The body believes that including boxing in the NUGA Games comes at a ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Covid is almost completely gone but there is yet another epidemic that has continued to ruin the Nigerian enterprise, laments Mr. Emmanuel Aihie an executive director (Operations) with SBM Ltd. ‘That scourge is the violence and all forms of it around the country. Name them: the bandits, Boko Haram, unknown gunmen, herdsmen and kidnappers. They have ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria’s Sport Minister Sunday Dare said it’s a ‘new dawn’ for Nigerian Athletics as top athletes representing the nation left the best for the last day of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA by winning a Gold and a Silver medal. Tobi Amusan broke the Women’s 100m Hurdles World Record (WR) in the ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has described the Sport Nigeria initiative, as a gallant stride by the private sector to build a business model for the country’s sports advancement. It is a private-driven intervention agency formed to develop the sports industry in the country, by harnessing and deploying investment, development and ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, reaffirmed that his administration will continue to pay equal attention to the affairs of Nigerian youths in equal measure as it gives to sports in the country. Dare said since he assumed office as youth and sports minister, he has initiated several programmes and schemes to ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised the Federal Government to remove political considerations from sports if it desires to make the best of the abundant talents in the country. He said political interference in sports would always affect the advancement of the sector, adding that the sector should be led by only seasoned administrators to ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria’s Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare, has stressed that Nigeria went through an exhaustive process to scientifically analyse and determine the nine sports that would fly the flag of the country at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In a chat with newsmen in Abuja, the Minister said, ‘We are putting our best ...

The President, FC Ebedei, Barrister Churchill Oliseh, has stated that the challenges confronting football development in Nigeria are too numerous and beyond the capability of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Oliseh said these problems would persist until a regulatory structure and framework are properly put in place. He stated this in Osogbo during an interactive session with the Sports Writers ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria is conspicuously missing across all the categories of awards released on Monday by the Confederation of African Football(CAF). Fides learnt that both Simon Moses and Akinkunmi Amoo were on the initial release before last Monday’s updated list shared by CAF CAF via an official statement released a star-studded final list of nominees in six categories ...

Ahead of  the Falcons next clash against Botswana, former Super Falcons stars have warned that the nine-time winners must change their tactics and approach if they are to return to winning ways. The defending champions on Monday lost 2-1 to Banyana Banyana at the Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat. Two quick second half goals from Jermaine Seoposenwe and ...