The technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Gabriel Okon By Ikemefuna Asika The technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Gabriel Okon, has enthused that athletics can strongly and favourably impact on the Nigerian sports economy. Okon, who just returned from the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, noted that Nigeria…
SWAN Logo By Ikemefuna Asika The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has directed all its members across the country to withdraw from covering or participating in any activity of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), including the forthcoming Annual General Assembly (AGA) scheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State. In a…
Commonwealth Games Logo By Ikemefuna Asika A high-powered Nigerian delegation has arrived in London, United Kingdom for the final phase of the country’s presentation to host the centenary edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2030. The delegation is led by the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Shehu Dikko, and the Director General,…
Barr.Ikechukwu Igbokwe Ikechukwu Igbokwe, a 61-year-old lawyer and football administrator in Anambra State, has called on the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, to investigate what he described as his unlawful arrest and detention by officers of the X-Squad Department of the Anambra State Police Command. Addressing a press conference in Awka on Tuesday, Igbokwe alleged…
By Ikemefuna Asika Nigeria’s Women’s U-18 handball team began their campaign at the 2025 Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship on a shaky note, falling 50–25 to Tunisia in their opening match played in Oran, Algeria. The Coach John Uzor tutored team who had gotten 3 points after they walked over Madagascar on Sunday in what…
