Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. NIGERIAN POST reports that Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold when she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon last month. The 25-year-old, who had obliterated…
The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Wednesday signed the state’s 2022 Appropriation Act tagged budget of Accelerated Results into law. Gov. Bello assented to a budget sum of N145,896,072,913. In his remarks after signing the budget into law, the Governor stated that his administration…
—— Hosts Edo 2nd Place * Delta Is Next Host By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Defending champions Delta has emerged overall winners of the 20th National Sports Festival tagged ‘ Edo 2020’ Games having won the highest number of medals to retain the title they also won in Abuja games in 2018. The Deltans harvested…
*As DOS reaffirms athletes dedication By Aturu Bishop Poised on the need to support and encourage it contingent at the ongoing National Sports Festival holding in Benin, Edo State, the Kogi State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Hon. Idris Musa made a surprise visit to the camp of the state contingent. The commissioner who…
* Calls for grassroots sports development drive Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kogi State Chapter, has bided the State contingent success to this year’s National Sports Festival as they set to compete for medals. This was made known in a statement jointly signed and issued out to newsmen in the state by the…
Football By Stephen Adeleye Lokoja, March 6, 2021 (NAN) The Match Day Four of the Nigeria National League (NNL) between Kogi United FC and Yobe Desert Stars, ended 1-0 in favour of the visiting team from Yobe State. The match, played at Lokoja Confluence Stadium on Saturday, saw United dominate most part of…
Football community in Nigeria has been thrown into mourning mood following the shocking news of former ABS FC midfielder, Ibrahim Odiba who slumped and died on Saturday in Lokoja. Odiba was reported to have slumped and gave up few minutes into joining the Kogi All Stars’ training at the Confluence Stadium. The Kogi born Odiba…
