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Anambra School Sports Festival Ends In Emotional Grand Style As Njikoka Emerge Champions

The Anambra Sports Solution Initiative (ANSSI) for primary and secondary schools came to an exciting meeting moment with discovering of promising youths at the Awka Township Stadium. The school sports festival...... Read more After 31 Years, FG Hands Over Houses To 1994 Super Eagles Heroes

The Federal Government has finally fulfilled its three-decade-old promise of house allocations to members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. This...... Read more 17 States Confirm Plans To host Olympic Day

No fewer than 17 states have confirmed participation in Olympic Day, with just a few days until June 28, 2025, when the special day will be celebrated across Nigeria. The states...... Read more The Commercialization Of Marriage: A Concern For Families

This article highlights the need for a balanced approach to marriage requirements, respecting both tradition and the well-being of all parties involved._* The Parents or Guardians, should bear in minds...... Read more Flavour to Headline Solution Fun City Opening as Anambra Approves Major Projects

Anambra state government, has said that celebrated Nigerian music icon, Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour N’abania, will headline the grand opening of the Solution Fun City scheduled for Saturday, June...... Read more Okija Town Union Lagos Elect New Officers

There is something remarkable whenever the name "Okija" is mentioned. Okija is not only the largest town in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, it is the oldest of...... Read more WAFCON: NFF launches campaign to unite fans behind Falcons

The Nigeria Football Federation has launched a ‘Mission X’ media campaign aimed at uniting Nigerians at home and abroad behind the Super Falcons as they prepare for the 2024 Women’s Africa...... Read more National Sports Festival: SWAN Decries Exclusion From Enugu 2025 LOC

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), South East Zone, has decried deliberate exclusion from the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of 23rd National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for Enugu. Ikemefuna Asika,...... Read more NOC/NTF to co-Host Taekwondo Course in Abuja

No fewer than 25 coaches are taking part in the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) Technical Coaches' Course in Abuja. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer in...... Read more NOC Commences Construction Of Its Permanent Secretariat In Abuja

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has commenced an ambitious project to establish its permanent secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This initiative, which aims to enhance the infrastructure and...... Read more Dilapidated Awka Township Stadium is begging for rehabilitation to boost the vision

The Awka Township Stadium, Anambra State is currently a shadow of itself with facilities deteriorating begging for rehabilitation as result of neglect since inception and vision failure. The stadium pitch is...... Read more Hamilton 'devastated' after running over groundhog

Lewis Hamilton says he is devastated after running over a groundhog during Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver hit the rodent during the 13th lap of the race in Montreal,...... Read more Mawouli Wins eTranzact Golf Classic

Togolese professional Ayao Mawouli on Saturday emerged the winner of the 3rd eTranzact Golf Classic, a Professional Golfers’ Development (PGD) Tour event concluded at Lakowe Lakes Golf Club in Lagos. Mawouli,...... Read more Nigerian Referees Among the Best in the World – Elegbeleye

Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, the NPFL Chairman, has praised the quality of officiating in the Nigeria Professional Football League, describing Nigerian referees as among the best in the world. Speaking during an...... Read more Ogunbote to see out 3SC contract amid Kano Pillars link

Experienced coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, will stay with former Nigeria Premier Football League champions 3SC until the end of the incoming 2025/26 season, despite talks of joining Kano Pillars, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ogunbote,...... Read more Okowa re-elected as AFN president

Tonobok Okowa has been re-elected as President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria in what turned out to be a walkover contest, following the withdrawal and disqualification of all other contenders ahead...... Read more Falcons retain Africa top spot in FIFA rankings

Nigeria have retained their position as the highest-ranked women’s football team in Africa, following the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking published on June 12, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Despite a marginal increase of just...... Read more NBC Coca-cola, CAROLKINGS Ltd, Promasidor, MOL Tech, Flour Mills Nig Take Centre Stage at Lagos SWAN/UN event

The Food Security and Sports Diplomacy event unveiled by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos State chapter and Pan African American Chamber of Commerce (PAACC) to commemorate the United...... Read more SWAN Unveils 60th Anniversary Logo, Kicks Off Celebration of Six Decades of Sports Journalism Excellence

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has officially unveiled the commemorative logo for its 60th anniversary, marking a major milestone in the Association’s illustrious journey since its establishment in...... Read more Nneka Anibeze Thanks NSC’s Bukola Olopade, Withdraws Petition Against Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju

Dr. Nneka Ikem Anibeze, former Acting Director of Sports at Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has showered encomiums on National Sports Commission (NSC) Director-General, Bukola Olopade, for playing the role...... Read more NSF: SWAN Anambra Calls For Review Of Sports Policy After Abeokuta Poor Performance

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Anambra Chapter has called on the State Sports Development Commission to review its programmes and policies with a view to addressing the declining fortunes...... Read more 36 yrs after, NFF honours Sam Okwaraji with a tournament

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has approved and endorsed an annual Sam Okwaraji Secondary Schools Soccer Championship. The tournament which has already received the endorsement of the Sen. Abdul Ningi led...... Read more Gateway Games 2024: Lagos SWAN consoles with Kano SWAN, Kano Govt on Death of Some Members of State's Contingent in Auto Crash

The Executive Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos chapter has expressed its condolences to the Kano State chapter of the association, the Kano State Government and the...... Read more Rights Group Flays NAFDAC Over Extortion Of Onitsha Drug Market Traders

The Human Rights Liberty Access and Peace Defenders'Foundation (HURIDE) and Campaign for Democracy (CD), South East Zone, have condemned the alleged exploitative and extortion of the drugs market traders, Onitsha, Anambra...... Read more SWAN Lagos Chapter and United Nations Partner to Unveil 2025 United Nations World Nutrition Month

Theme: “PATH TO WELLNESS BEGINS FROM HEALTH TO THE MEAL” (FOOD CONNECTS US) The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos Chapter, in partnership with the United Nations, is proud to...... Read more