Defending champions of the National Youth Games, Team Delta, and Abia State began the 7th National Youth Games on a good note, yesterday, winning the first gold medals of the competition holding at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. Delta State’s…
NYG 2023: Tinubu urges athletes, officials to promote national interest
President Bola Tinubu has urged athletes and officials at the ongoing National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State, to put national interest first as they compete for medals. Tinubu made the appeal in his address at the opening of the…
Directors blame governors as ministry postpones National Youth Games
The seventh National Youth Games (NYG), earlier scheduled for February 8 to 18, 2023 in Delta State, have been postponed. Directors of sports from across the country, yesterday, blamed state governors’ failure to release funds for the National Youth Games…
*#EndSARS: Uber driver manhandled by policemen (Guardian)*#EndSARS panel compensation: Lagos pays N420m, NBA faults Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Oyo, Benue for shunning payments (Punch)
#EndSARS: Uber driver manhandled by policemen (Guardian) An Uber driver, Adedotun was beaten, brutalized, pepper-sprayed and forcefully dragged into a black maria by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force during the #EndSARS memorial which took place at the Lekki tollgate…
*Masked gunmen kill Lagos director, steal phone, files (Punch)*Why boys must be involved in curbing gender/domestic violence (Nation)
Masked gunmen kill Lagos director, steal phone, files (Punch) Aggrieved family members of a civil servant, Abiodun Adenuga, have called on the Lagos State Police Command to track down the gunmen who shot him at the Sindende Guest House in…
Delta hits 28 gold overall, as Lagos wins medals in swimming
Team Delta has maintained its lead on the medals table at the ongoing sixth edition of the National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, after garnering 15 gold medals on day three to hit 28 gold medals. The defending champions…
5th National Youth Games: Lagos will break Delta’s winning record, says Director (Vanguard)
The Director-General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Gafar Oluwatoyin, says athletes from the state were ready to break Delta State’s record of winning the third and fourth edition of the National Youth Games (NYG). Oluwatoyin told the News Agency of…