Nigerian sports journalists go to polls, full council grants extension to Benjamin Isaiah’s Leadership By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Sports journalists under the aegis of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN has rolled out the machinery to elect its next national leadership. In a communique issued at the end of its full council meeting held on Thursday , May 14th 2026 , which had in attendance members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), State Chapter Chairmen and Secretaries , the organ has granted one month extension approval to the Banjamin Isaiah leadership of the association. The communique signed by the national…
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Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
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NSF Road Accident Tragedy: Finally, Kano Gov’t To Give N5 Million, Plot of Land ,To Families Of Each Victim Kano State Government has approved the release of financial support and related welfare interventions to the families of the 22 deceased athletes and officials who lost their lives in the tragic incident of 31st May 2025. The deceased were part of the Team Kano contingent to the last edition of the National Sports Festival hosted in Abeokuta, Ogun state, who lost their lives on their way back to the ancient city. Special Adviser to Kano state government on youths and sports,…
Nigeria qualify for FIFA U20 women’s world cup in Poland By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, have officially punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, after surviving a difficult afternoon in Lilongwe to emerge 3-2 aggregate winners over Malawi’s Young Scorchers. Despite a narrow 1-2 defeat in the second leg on that last Saturday, the foundation laid in Ikenne earlier seven days ago where an own goal by visiting defender Maureen Kenneth and a superb strike by Kindness Ifeanyi secured a 2-0 cushion, proved enough to sustain Nigeria’s proud record of never missing…
FIFA Announces Draw Procedures For FIFA U-17 Men’s and Women’s World Cup FIFA has confirmed the draw procedures for this year’s editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The draws for both tournaments will take place at FIFA’s Zurich headquarters from 15:00 local time (CET) this Thursday, 21 May 2026, and will be live-streamed on FIFA+, TikTok and YouTube. This will be the second year in a row in which these now annual U-17 showpiece events will be staged in Qatar and Morocco, which will host the competitions up until the 2029 instalments…
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Poland 2026: Everything you need to know The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 will be the twelfth edition of the competition. Five nations have been crowned U-20 champions to date, with Korea DPR the current holders after lifting the trophy for a third time at Colombia 2024. Dates The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 will take place from 5 to 27 September 2026. Host country Poland will host the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026. Host cities Four cities will host the tournament: Bielsko-Biala, Katowice, Lodz and Sosnowiec. Slot allocation AFC: 4…
Nigeria unveils Unity Cup squad , friendlies against Poland, Portugal Head Coach Eric Chelle has picked his Super Eagles’ squad that will battle to retain the Unity Cup Mini-Tournament that it won last year, as well as the team that will take on Poland and Portugal in high-profile friendly matches scheduled for Europe next month. For the Unity Cup that will have a semi-final and Final at the Charlton Athletic Stadium (The Valley) between 26th and 30th May, Chelle has selected team captain Wilfred Ndidi, goalkeeper Francis Uzoho, defenders Bruno Onyemaeachi and Igoh Ogbu, forwards Moses Simon, Akor Adams and Terem Moffi,…
World Taekwondo Federation Hails Nigeria President of the World Taekwondo Master Union and World Taekwondo Federation , WTF representative, Grand Master Kim Lee, has praised the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation for its immense efforts in discovering and developing the sport in the country. Speaking with journalists after being decorated by the federation at the National Open Trials, Grand Master Kim Lee urged stakeholders to continue to support the President and board members of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation. NTF. “Nigeria is very important because of its large population and the number of people actively involved in sports. The country…
NRFF, Nigerian Military Gets Ready To Host Maiden Military And Paramilitary Rugby Sevens League The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has intensified consultations with key military stakeholders ahead of the maiden Military and Paramilitary Rugby Sevens League. As part of the engagement, President of the Federation, Ademola Are, met with the Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Abidemi Timothy Marquis, who was represented by the Deputy Director of Physical Training, Air Commodore Samuel Osoniyi. During the meeting, both parties held extensive discussions on the participation of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air Force in the inaugural competition.…
Morocco 2026: Flamingos off to Abidjan for clash with Guinea Nigeria’s U17 girls, the Flamingos, will depart for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday morning as preparations enter the final stretch ahead of their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying clash against Guinea. The team, led by Head Coach Akeem Busari, is expected to leave Lagos aboard an ASKY Airlines flight, with a stopover in Lomé, Togo, before arriving in Abidjan. The first-leg encounter against Guinea, scheduled for Saturday, 23rd May, forms part of the second-round qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup set to hold in Morocco later this year.…
PAMOJA 2027: Super Eagles up against Madagascar, Tanzania and Guinea Bissau Nigeria will tango with familiar foes and joint-hosts Tanzania, Madagascar and Guinea Bissau in the race for qualification to next summer’s Africa Cup of Nations finals to be jointly-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The four teams are in Group L. Tuesday afternoon’s draw at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo slotted the 48 teams into 12 groups of four teams each, with the two top-placed teams in each pool advancing to the finals scheduled for 19th June – 17th July next year. Nigeria defeated Madagascar home and away in the…
