Sports Minister Sunday Dare is optimistic Team Nigeria will be very competitive at the 2022 Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham, United Kingdom next week. The Minister said Nigerian athletes were fit and ready for the Games because the past few months have sharpened and toughened them for the challenges ahead. Speaking during a farewell dinner […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has charged the Nigerian senior national women’s football team, the Super Falcons, to go for glory at the African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Super Falcons are in Group C of the 12th African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco alongside South Africa, Botswana […]
A member of the Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Prince Kunle Oyewumi has described the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare as a true progressive who is committed to the growth and progress of Oyo state and Nigeria in general. Felicitating with the Minister on the occasion […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare has commended Nigerian youths for their active participation in the political process at all levels of government. Speaking ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Festival scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 5 at the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, the minister applauded the organisers of the […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare says the Federal Government, through the Sports Ministry and the Nigeria Football Federation are on the same page regarding the development of football in Nigeria. Dare said this on Thursday at the inauguration of the 10-Year Football Development Masterplan Committee at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare says the Most Innovative Personality of the Year 2021 awarded to him by New Telegraph will spur him on to greater service for the youths and sports development. The prestigious award will be one of the highlights at the awards ceremony scheduled to hold on November […]
…federation slams supervisory body for abuse of powers The end is not in sight for the crisis that has engulfed the Nigeria Basketball Federation as the NBBF declared that its October 30 elective congress will go ahead despite the order by the ministry of youths and sports development for its indefinite postponement. In a statement […]
Tony Okuyeme ‘The Girl with Louding Voice’ by Abi Dare, ‘The Son of the House’ by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, and ‘Colours of Hatred’ by Obinna Udenwe, were announced as finalists for the 2021 The Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth a $100,000, by the Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature. The chair of the Advisory […]
Minister of Youth and sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has assured that the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Female Football Championship will boost female football development in Nigeria, Africa and globally. The Minister made this assertion in his office in Abuja on Tuesday when he received in audience the Local Organising committee of the […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has sent words of encouragement to the duo of Praise Ofoku and Godson Brume who fell short of podium places in the finals of their events at the ongoing World Athletics U20 championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Both promising Team Nigeria hopefuls had posted impressive times in […]