Archives Tag: Sunday Dare
Video Of The Week: The Sixty-Day App Challenge For Nigerian Youths
April 19, 2022
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has opened applications for the Sixty-Day App Challenge for Nigerian Youths. Read more about Video of the Week This program is aimed at engaging young Nigerians in the act of designing a mobile application to improve a range of processes and increase the ease of accessibility … Continue reading Video Of The Week: The Sixty-Day App Challenge For Nigerian Youths
Sports Minister Inaugurates TaskForce For The Restoration Of Sporting Facilities
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, in a bid to revive the long-abandoned National Stadium in Lagos State, has inaugurated a Ministerial Task Force tasked with rehabilitating the facility’s edifice. Speaking during the inauguration, the minister noted that the committee has the mandate to assist the government in taking initial steps … Continue reading Sports Minister Inaugurates TaskForce For The Restoration Of Sporting Facilities
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Mother Of Late Nigerian Football Legend, Samuel Okwaraji, Dies At 83
April 19, 2022
Janeth Okwaraji, the mother of late Nigerian football legend, Samuel Okwaraji has died at the age of 83. The news of her death was confirmed by Patrick Okwaraji, the eldest son of the family on Monday, June 9, 2020. Patrick noted that Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, and the Nigeria Football Federation have been … Continue reading Mother Of Late Nigerian Football Legend, Samuel Okwaraji, Dies At 83
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Sports Ministry Set To Launch E-Gaming In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
In a bid to make Nigerian sports more viable, the Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has revealed that plans have been concluded towards launching the country into the global trending E-gaming sports. The minister revealed this information during a webinar aimed at steps towards reactivating the sports sector after the … Continue reading Sports Ministry Set To Launch E-Gaming In Nigeria
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Sports Ministry Places Late Samuel Okwaraji’s Mother On Monthly Stipend
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sport Development has extended the ministry’s welfare gesture to the mother of late Nigerian footballer, Samuel Okwaraji, who died while playing for the Super Eagles. A cash donation of N50,000 was made to Mrs. Janet, while the matriarch was placed on monthly allowance as done for the mother of … Continue reading Sports Ministry Places Late Samuel Okwaraji’s Mother On Monthly Stipend
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Nigeria Weightlifting Federation President Dies
April 19, 2022
Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) was greeted with bad news after the news of the death of its President, Yahaya Muhammad, was made public by Auwal Sankara, the media aide to the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru. Until his death, the deceased was also the special assistant to Governor Badaru of Jigawa State, on Assembly … Continue reading Nigeria Weightlifting Federation President Dies
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Corona Virus: Federal Ministry of Youth and Sport Development Temporarily Ban Sporting Activities in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Nigerian Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has moved to suspend all sporting activities in the country, owing to the outbreak of the corona virus in Nigeria. The ban is inclusive of qualification tournaments for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This move comes after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival … Continue reading Corona Virus: Federal Ministry of Youth and Sport Development Temporarily Ban Sporting Activities in Nigeria
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Nigerian Sports Minister Impressed By Anyanacho And Offiong’s Olympic Qualification Feats
April 19, 2022
Nigerian sports minister, Mr Sunday Dare, has hailed the feat achieved by Nigerian female Taekwondo athlete, Elizabeth Ayanacho, after she emerged as the first female in Nigeria to pick an Olympic ticket for Taekwondo in 16 years, and also became only the second-ever female Taekwondo Olympian for Nigeria. Another Nigerian female athlete to be applauded … Continue reading Nigerian Sports Minister Impressed By Anyanacho And Offiong’s Olympic Qualification Feats
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Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development Impressed With Nigerian Wrestlers
April 19, 2022
Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has expressed delight at the performances of Nigerian wrestlers in recent time and has stated that it gives him hope that Nigeria will excel at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan this year. Mr. Dare, during an inspection of the Wrestling Gym in Bayelsa State, … Continue reading Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development Impressed With Nigerian Wrestlers
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Sunday Dare Fulfills Promise, Pays Athletes Owed Allowances
April 19, 2022
Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has fulfilled his promise of ensuring that the country’s junior and youth athletes who represented the nation in the CAA U-18/U-20 championships in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire in April 2019, be paid allowances owed them by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria during the leadership of now suspended President, … Continue reading Sunday Dare Fulfills Promise, Pays Athletes Owed Allowances
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Sports Ministry Partners With NESG to Re-position Sports as Business in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
In a bid to re-position sports as a business platform in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development formed a partnership with the National Economic Summit Group (NESG) at the first inter-ministerial summit on sports development which held between November 19 and 20th, 2019. Read More on Sports The Nigerian sports ministry is … Continue reading Sports Ministry Partners With NESG to Re-position Sports as Business in Nigeria
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