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The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on Wednesday officially declared open events to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Executive Board at the ANOCA headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. The Minister who is playing host to Youth and Sports Ministers from Algeria, Ghana and Egypt acknowledged the presence of his counterparts and said it's time to take African sports development to the next level. Dare said, "This celebration gladdens my heart, as I see a true reflection of generosity, understanding, international cooperation, sports and cultural exchange amongst 54 countries with a unified vision. "The presence of the Ministers of Youth and Sports of four African countries - Algeria, Egypt, Ghana and indeed Nigeria is unprecedented and signals a new horizon for greater cooperation and coordination of sports development in Africa." The Minister would also commend his colleagues for...

Today, the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare presented a 2021 Model of an all-in-one Industrial Sewing Machine to Delight Chukwu, at Abuja, for being the best among the participants, in the Tailoring Training held in February 2021. Present at the occasion, were the Director EDP, representing the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development and Director of Procurement, representing the Permanent Secretary, Mr Nebolisa Anako. Earlier this year, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development held a training on Tailoring for Nigerian youths, across the nation, at Ode Omu Osun State. Other initiatives that have been organised by the Hon Minister and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development this year 2021 includes Digital Skill training; Green Stimulus, Digital Youth, Work Experience Program and the just concluded Business Plan Development Training, which was also held at the National Youth Development Centre Odẹ Omu Osun State, with, Septem...

Mrs Itohan Odigie has stated that the place of hard-work and dedication can not be over-emphasised in the quest for greatness. She said this today, at Abuja, when the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare presented a 2021 Model of an all-in-one Industrial Sewing Machine to Delight Chukwu, for being the best among the participants, in the Tailoring Training held in February 2021. Present at the occasion, were the Director EDP, representing the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development and Director of Procurement, representing the Permanent Secretary, Mr Nebolisa Anako. Earlier this year, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development held a training on Tailoring for Nigerian youths, across the nation, at Ode Omu Osun State. Other initiatives that have been organised by the Hon Minister and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development this year 2021 includes Digital Skill training; Green Stimulus, Digital Youth, Work Experience Program and th...

Former Super Eagles’ forward Femi Opabunmi has taken a dig at ex-international players who are constantly up in arms against administrators at the Nigeria Football Federation, insisting that most of them are misguided and clueless. “It is the responsibility of all stakeholders, including former players of the game at every level, to help strengthen the system to enable a conducive environment for the game to thrive. “I am shocked at what some of my former colleagues are doing; they threaten the system and create chaos, confusion and crisis every now and then. This negative attitude and despicable activities do not befit their status.” Opabunmi, who won FIFA U17 World Cup silver medal for Nigeria in 2001 before playing at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in Korea/Japan, insisted that doing the hard work is the challenge for those people who believe it is easy to destroy than build, but stated that posterity will judge harshly on those who create toxicity instead of making the industry flo...

  On this day (26 September), Mrs Oluwayemisi Adeyanju, the Co-CEO of CKD MEDIA (www.ckdmedia.ng) was born.  The Co-CEO of CKD Media (www.ckdmedia.ng), is the wife of the CEO of CKD MEDIA, a seasoned and award winning sports journalist, a mentor, a teacher, passion-personified personality, Mr Kọla Daniel. At EEIS NEWS BLOG, We join the world, to celebrate the wife of the Media Aide to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development. As you celebrate a new year, we pray you Happy Birthdate Celebration. Live Long and Prosper, in sound health and more wealth.  More feats, fulfillment, blessings, greater accomplishments and heights for you, more of God's grace in your life and family. Happy Birthday Ma! eeisnews.aa 

Says he contributed massively to the success Oyo State has become today. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Akin Dare poured econiums on a former Governor of the state, Chief Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja as he celebrates his 77th birthday today.  In a statement released by his office, Dare emphatically stated that Ladoja is one of those who built the strong foundations of the success Oyo State has become today, and his achievements have been clearly written in the infrastructure he built and on the minds of the citizens who remember the dividends of democracy in his time.  “Ladoja has contributed immensely to the growth and development Oyo State has witnessed today. The testimonies are there.  His 30-students per class initiative reformed the education system, which translated into more quality education delivery to the students.  I also recall that Chief Ladoja’s government was workers’ friendly. He was loved for his policies for a better civil service...

Can Sadiq Umar stop scoring goals? The answer is NO . Sadiq Umar has succeeded to have scored in the last 3 matches consecutively for his club Almeria .  Sadiq Umar Scored the second goal for his team, after receiving a lofty pass, and wasted no time, as his strike found the back of the net. The match ended 3-1 in favour of Almeria against Tenerife.  With the result, Almeria are now topping the table at the moment  with 15 points  The Kaduna born striker seems to be a player to watch out for again in the ongoing season. Last season, Sadiq Umar scored 20 league goals, in the second tier league, he has continued in the same manner, just 7 matches, he has succeeded to as have scored 5 goals. What a striker, what a poacher, what a goal getter is this former AS Roma striker.

Best Performance of the Year (Men; Nigeria-based): Silas Nwankwo/Charles Atshimene Best Performance of the Year (Men; Overseas- based): Kelechi Iheanacho Best Performance of the Year (Men; Overseas-based): Paul Onuachu Best Performance of the Year (Women; Nigeria-based): Gift Monday Best Performance of the Year (Women; Overseas-based): Asisat Oshoala Club of the Year (Men): Akwa United FC Club of the Year (Women): Rivers Angels FC Coach of the Year (Men): Kennedy Boboye Coach of the Year (Women): Moses Adukwu Referee of the Year (Men): Joseph Ogabor Referee of the Year (Women): Patience Ndidi Madu Memorable Performance of the Year: Bayelsa United FC Host State of the Year: Lagos State Best Supporter of Women’s Football: Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari Commitment to Women’s Football Excellence: Edo State Inspirational Award: Ahmed Musa Innovation Award: NFFTV/NPFLTV Special Recognition Award: Super Falcons Class of 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award: Princess Bola Ngozi Jegede Post-humous Award: Pri...

The head coach of FC Tulsa of Canada, Micheal Nsien who is delighted about the signing of the Nigerian-Canadian striker, Promise has said the young attacker will bring a lot of potential to his team According to coach Michael during an interview, he said; "Promise came with a lot of potentials that will help the side compete for honors and trophies in the new season will fit in to the club's plan despite his age.  "Promise came in and really impressed us, at such a young age, he can physically compete at this level. This environment will be great for all of our academy players to develop rapidly." He assured  19-year old Promise has been nicknamed 'Drogba' by his fans due to his physical appearance and ability to attract defenders and using his size to holdup and build up play. His conversion rate is one of the best in the league. Promise is efficient and very dangerous on counter attack as he has gotten more of his goals from counter-attacking moves. The yo...

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has begun the national training workshop for existing and aspiring young entrepreneurs based in the southern zones of Nigeria. This is keeping in line with some of the major programmes  lined up by the present administration and also fulfilling one of the many mandates of the Ministry. The programme, which has since commenced, will end on Saturday, the 25th of September, 2021. Themed 'Generate, Design and Write Bankable Business Plans', The training aims to help increase the chances of young Nigerians in getting grants and accessing loans to expand their ideas, as well as attracting investors. It will teach the youth how to package their great ideas to attract the right kind of investors. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development also revealed that there are many more training opportunities for youths to  become entrepreneurs in diverse fields, advising them to seize these opportunities by regularly visiting the o...

Super Eagle's winger, Moses Simon was a constant threat to the defence line of Angers, in a five goal thriller. The former Levante skipper began his pacy run that resulted to his first goal, at the 12' minute of play. He actually continue his touch with the third assist at the 23' minute of play, where Kolo Muane benefitted from Moses Simon's second assist of the day, to make a comfortable 3 - 1 lead.   It was a match were FC Nante was completely dominant, justifying the dominance with 4 goal coast, while Moses Simon contributed to two assists in that encounter.  With these, Moses Simon now have 5 assists in 6 matches so far in the ongoing French League. The Super Eagles pacy winger is no doubt an influential player in the FC Nante team, where has started all the matches so far this season. The Man of the Match performance for the Kaduna base winger.  Moses Simon look good for man of the match award if not for Ludovic Blas that scored two goals in his team, where he wa...

Young and vibrant Akinpelu Promise, full of life in the attack line of Fc Tulsa is gradually making himself and the parent proud in the second tier of the MLS. Akinpelu, a 19-year-old Canadian, hails from Brampton, Ontario and was a member of Toronto FC’s Academy from 2012-2015. He graduated to the main team, in the second League of MLS, due to his brilliant performance, outstanding record in the youth team. He is a good and promising player.  No doubt, he should be knocking at the door of the national team.  Following his time in the Academy system for TFC, Akinpelu played for a local club, Vaughan Azzurri, that competes in League1 Ontario. While with Vaughan, Akinpelu was a part of two League1 Ontario Championship teams (2016, 2018) and two L1 Cup winners (2016, 2018). Prior to joining FC Tulsa, Akinpelu played in the Treća HNL, the Croatian third division, for NK Trnje. FC Tulsa is continuing to strengthen its Pathway to Pro with three Academy Contract signings to its 2021 ...

The fringe Super Eagles player Uche Agbo has expressed his pleasant feeling to be back in top flight football.  According to former Granada FC midfielder, I want to thank GOD for another opportunity to play in top flight league and as well Europa league. Injury was my greatest undoing in the last two season and last season most times I play with injury, that was I could not make any meaningful transfer. I decided to stay in Depotivo la Corona. But the storm is over now. It was a difficult moment for me as a player, I remain resolute and kept my believe in GOD and my talents.   The Kano born midfielder wasted no time to be grateful to GOD having played for top clubs in Europe, Granada of Spain, Standard Liege of Belgium, FC Braga of Portugal, Rayo Vallacano of Spain, Depotivo la Corona and now presently in the best club in Slovakia Slovan Bratislava.   The lanky midfielder concluded by saying I want to win the league with Slovan Bratislava. We are currently to...

The rave of the moments, after he scored two goals for his team in the Europa cup against Leicester city, his team was 2 goals down, the team came from behind and Super Eagles striker leveled up for the Seria A team.  According to report emanating from media, the club has always believe in me, that is one of the factors that keep me going. I hope I continue in this manner and avoid injury.  Napoli team was not in play, for over 60 minutes, before Osimhen showed up for the rescue mission. Front pages of newspapers such as La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport and other Dailies in Italy were dedicated to hauling praises on the Nigerian International. The match ended 2 - 2 draw, marking the first group match in the UEFA Europa League for this season 2021/2022.

Nigerian International and Almeria Football Club forward, Sadiq Umar has netted a brace, in his club's 0 - 4 win over Alcorcon. Sadiq got the back of the net, 5' minutes into the first half and doubled the goal in the 16th minute of play. With this Sadiq has scored 4 goals in 6 matches, for his Almeria team. The 3rd and 4th goals for ALMERIA were an own-goal from Daniel Jimenez and Alejandro Pozo respectively. Today's win has taken Almeria to the second position in the Segunda Division, with 12 points, from 6 matches.

Muhammad Jamil's four years with Kano Pillars has come to and end.  The combative midfielder of former U-20 Team, under the tutelage of Coach Paul Algbogun whose last club was with Kano Pillars has successfully joined Katsina United. It could be recalled that Kano Pillars too signed Katsina United midfielder Yahuza and Jamin Muhammad, going the other way too; a rival club football of more than four decades. The paper work has been successfully signed and completed, an assurance that the Nigerian anchor midfielder has joined Katsina United.

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare alongside his counterpart in the Women Affairs Ministry, Pauline Tallen will lead a retinue of high profile guests that include the Presidents of the world soccer governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino and the Confederation of African Football, CAF, Dr Patrice Motsepe to Lagos for the opening ceremony of the first edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament kicking off on Wednesday. Nigeria and five other nations- Morocco, South Africa, Mali, Cameroon and Ghana will be part of the week long competition which is now a FIFA ranking tournament. The Executive Governor of Lagos, His Excellency Babajide Sanwoolu is the Chief Host of the historic competition now set to kick off after the arrival of all the participating teams. The opening ceremony will be between the Super Falcons of Nigeria and the Black Eagles of Mali. One of the star players to watch out for is the Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala who is...

ABUJA PRESS RELEASE FG SIGNS MOU WITH KONGA TO BOOST YOUTH EMPOWERMENT *ABOUT 500,000 YOUTH TO BENEFIT  In its avowed determination to continue to harness youth potentials for improved socio-economic growth and development in the country, the Federal Government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KONGA, a leading e-commerce platform, to empower the Nigerian youth through the exploration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) with a view to building their capacity towards self-reliance and employability. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare at the signing ceremony in his office at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, reiterated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration is fully determined to lifting the lives of teeming Nigerian youth through various initiatives such as e-commerce as well as small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). He noted that the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economies of States, is expected ...

The newly called-up Super Eagles player, who was in the starting line up against Cape Verde, has skaked off injury and ready to face the Old Ladies Turin, FC Juventus in the Champions League tonight.  According to fc Malmo midfielder, "I recovered fast and thanks to the medics in my team so as to be available for an important first game of the Champions League group.  Speaking with wwwckdmedia.ng, its every player dream to play in the Champions League and World Cup, and am not an exemption.  When asked about the match against one of the biggest teams in the world, "it's going to be a difficult match , we are set to give it our best."  The Kaduna born player concluded by saying am ready to play against Juventus.

The Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr was quiet optimistic about Innocent Bonke.  According to the Franco-German, Innocent Bonke is truly professional, he actually demonstrated that in the last qualifier. He proved himself in the training section and merited the starting lineup.  He can only get better. He has something to contribute in the Super Eagles too. He is a professional, and we'll give him more time in the Super Eagles. The Franco-German concluded by saying, "We look forward to win both home and away against Central Republic of Africa (CAR)."

As preparations are building up to host the much awaited Aisha Invitational Tournament, the CEO of CKD MEDIA (www.ckdmedia.ng) had an exclusive interview with the African Independent Television (AIT) Correspondent. In the interview, the CEO of CKD Media, Mr. Kọla Daniel, revealed that the city of Lagos and the vicinity of Eko Hotel is full of excitement, as the tournament will boost the economic activities of the entire Lagos, for the time being. As a member of the Local Organising Committee of Aishat Buhari Tournament, Mr Kọla Daniel affirmed that the Super Falcons of Nigeria is also much around, with the likes of Asisat Oshoala, who just arrived today, to join her team mates and ready to make the country proud. Also, he informed that the Malian, Ghanian, Morroccan Teams are fully on ground to the tournament. Mr kola Daniel, who is also the Media Aide to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, spoke about the pedigree of the tournament, as FIFA approved. He gave kudos...

NK Lokomotiva of Croatia sensational winger, Ibrahim Aliu, has expressed his displeasure towards the 1-1 draw against Osijek.  According to the Nigeria International attacker during the post match interview,  “We're about picking the 3 points but we lost concentration at the tale end of the match. That is football for you, we’ll learn from our mistakes and would keep the legacy on”. “We were supposed to pick the maximum points. We have all reasons to carry the maximum points. We created chances, we were better than the opponent but I can’t explain why”.  The former U20 star who was completely outstanding in the game. His runs on the flank caused a lot of havoc to the opposition defense.  Ibrahim Aliu concluded by saying “we look forward to the next game”.