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Former coach of Enyimba Football Club Aba, who won the CAF Champions League in 2003 with the People's Elephant and became Coach of the Year in Africa, has drawn support for coach Emmanuel Amuneke to be the head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.  According to coach Kadiri Ikhana who spoke on a platform, He said:  "For now, Amuneke stands the best suitable coach for our team, that is just my submission. He can do the job. Let us rally round him, support him, give him the necessary tools he needs to succeed. He will definitely triumph in the job. He has done it before, it's not going to be a new challenge for him. He has coached in the Super Eagles, he has coached at the youth level. That is the kind of coach we need at this critical time”. “We need a coach who knows the team, who knows the players and Amuneke is  quite suitable for this job, irrespective of anyone that the NFF has been thinking of", coach Kadiri Ikhana concluded.

The former Nassarawa United and joint top highest goal scorer of the NPFL has won his first major trophy in Major League Soccer (MLS) with CF Montreal.  His side defeated Toronto by a lone goal in the Canadian Championship Finals.  “I thank God, finally i can smile because it took a lot of hard work to have gotten to this level, more importantly it is the winning that matters, he concluded”. When asked by www.ckdmedia.ng, who is he dedicating the trophy to and when will he be getting married, He replied "I'm so much happy winning trophy in my first year in MLS and I am dedicating the trophy to my mum, and I will be getting married 16th December, as i will be coming back next month", Sunusi concluded.  Ibrahim Sunusi is in his first season for the MLS based side, having joined CF Montreal from Lagos based football academy 36 Lion.  He was in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria during the international friendly match against Mexico.

The Institute of Corporate Administration (ICA) has conferred an Awards for Distinguished Professional Contribution to Public Service/Fellowship on Mr Kọla Daniel.  The approval for the conferment of Fellowship Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Administration on the Media Aide to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, was conveyed in a letter dated November 1 2021 and signed by the Director/Chief Learning Officer of ICA, Dr. Godswill C. Onyekwere. Sequel to this award, the CEO of CKD Media is now qualified as a senior member of the institute and is now entitled to append FCAI after his name. The award winning sports journalist will be receiving the award certificate and executive wall plague  at the 2021 Corporate Executive Recognition Conference on Saturday December 11 2021, by 11:30am. Congratulations to CKD!!!

The Vice President elect of the Pan-African Youth Union (PYU), Oladele John Nihi had showered alot of appreciation to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare.  In his appreciation note, he said "Honourable Minister and Father General of Nigerian Youth Sir, on behalf of myself, family and Youths of Nigeria, I wish to sincerely appreciate you and the entire Federal Ministry of Youth & Sport Development, for nominating and supporting me to contest on Nigeria's ticket at the just concluded 4th Extraordinary Congress of Pan-African Youth Union (PYU) which took place 15-16 November, 2021." "May I use this opportunity to inform you Honourable Minister Sir, that your fatherly support and the Ministry's nomination was not a waste. With the tireless efforts of the Head of our Delegation, Director NSM, the Desk Officer, Sir Duntoye who is a former PYU President and NYCN President, we were able contest and defeat Senegal to emerge Vice Pr...

An astute football licensed agent, stressed the need why  the Super Eagles needs to be in the World Cup. “World Cup is a global event that comes once every four years. Nigeria cannot afford not to participate in Qatar 2022. That's the reason why the boys needs to go an extra mile and get the job done, from the first half. We should avoid anxiety, we should avoid to put ourselves under undue pressure at the second half. We must get the job done in the first half”. Prince Fred Akhigbe concluded by saying, "I strongly believe Super Eagles will triumph in the match against Cape Verde today".

RIVERS HOOPERS 85 - 76 NIGERIA CUSTOMS The reigning champions of Nigeria Men's Premier Basketball League, Rivers Hoopers are on the quest of making a second straight appearance at the next edition of Basketball Africa League with a hard-fought victory 85-76  against Nigeria Customs at the semifinals of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Final Eight in Abuja. Owen Oriakhi led the way for Hoopers in the decider with 24 points while also pulling down three rebounds. Customs Usman Alhaji  scored a game high of 25 points, 9 rebounds, followed by Osigbodi -14pts & Aikhuetie (10) for Scott Nnaji's men who edged the second quarter 36-33 as they looked to upset the odds  and reach the finals. However, they fell apart under the weight of  29-point from the Hoopers that left the scoreline at 62-54 at the end of the third quarter. Hooper's quartet of Anaiye, Balogun, Onyebuchi and Ezra mustered 12, 11, 10 & 10 points respectively for Ogoh Odaudu side to reach double figur...

The Chairman of Mark Mentors Basketball team of Benue showered alot of encomium on the sports Minister. According to the Mark Mentors Chairman, "Sports Minister have brought a sigh of relief to Basketball players, coaches and lovers of the game, we are grateful to him. Ours is to ensure Basketball is being played, the crisis should not affect Basketball league and he has demonstrated high profile of enthusiasm in terms of leadership."  "You can see how everyone is happy, fans are happier, the stadium is busy and the players are expectant of call up to the National team and to play in the Basketball league. I want to thank him so much not to relent in ensuring Basketball has stability in the country in terms of free flow and avoidance of hindrances."  The Mark Mentors Chairman concluded.

PRESS RELEASE DARE RECEIVES COMMITTEE REPORT ON NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has received the report of the Ministerial Committee on Restructuring of the National Youth Games (NYG) set up at the end of the 6th edition of the tournament which held at Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. Receiving the report today in his office in Abuja, the Minister said that the Committee was set up to review the flaws and re-strategize for a more dynamic and result oriented competition in the future. According to him, it became necessary to discreetly set up the Committee in view of the age cheat and other challenges which were prevalent at the Games to forestall future occurrences that will affect the development of grassroot sports in the country. “NYG speaks to grassroots sports development as the bulk of those who go for sports festival are discovered from there. If three of the hundreds of talents seen at Ilorin are picked up, they can bring a lot...

 Get the facts ! * It is not true that the Minister removed the former DG of NIS. The former DG died on the job in January 2021 facts have revealed. And CKD can confirm.   Dr. John Dadi-Mamud, Director-General, National Institute for Sports (NIS) died in January after a brief illness.  Dadi-Mamud, who hails from Kogi State, was confirmed dead on Sunday, Jan 24, 2021, in Lagos.He was not removed rather a replacement had to be done. The Ministry did the needful.  The Minister followed laid down procedures, reviewed potential candidates and made his recommendation to Mr. President for approval. In September the new DG Professor Morounkola formerly of the University of Ibadan assumed duties as the new DG.  Recall that a a senate budget presentation the chairman accused the Minister of removing the NIS DG. Now we know it is not true.  For any one to claim the Minister removed the former DG is simply a lie aimed at painting the Minister as an ethnic jingoist...

…as group stage matches end today Sunshine Stars of Akure continued to show the form that helped them scale through the relegation hurdles towards the latter stage of the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League season with their performance at the ongoing Ottasolo Pre-season tournament in Lagos. The Akure Arsenal remain the only team without blemish as they have won their two matches, scoring two goals in the process without conceding any to scale through the semifinal stage of the competition. In their first match of the pre-season, Sunshine defeated Smart City 1-0 before dishing out same scoreline against Remo Stars on Thursday. They will however wrap up their Group B games with a top of the bill encounter against another NPFL side, MFM of Lagos by 3pm on Friday. Lagos-based Yobo FC also secured their place in the final four after securing four points in three matches while host team, Ottasolo Int. FC was dumped out of the competition as they could only secured three points from...

Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Abuja Following the expiration of the acting Tenure of Oluremi-Shola Phillips on Wednesday November 3rd, 2021, a new Director General(DG) has been appointed for the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre(CLTC). The new DG who received his appointment letter last week after Mr. President officially appointed him in June 25th 2021 is now Mr. Adesoji Eniade.  Mr. Eniade officially assumed duty on Monday November 1st and will henceforth run the affairs of the agency. He will be expected to lead the budget presentation of the CLTC at the NASS when next invited.  Signed.  Permanent Secretary MYSD.  November 4th 2021.

Ottasolo Pre-season: Oluwaseyi eager for players' rejig after Ottasolo FC early exit 'Ottasolo Pre-season Tournament has helped us to know where our mistakes lie,' Says Oluwaseyi Ottasolo FC coach, Olufemi Olawaseyi has stated that the Ottasolo Pre-season Tournament has helped his team to see the level of their preparedness for the start of the Nigeria National League season which has been tentatively fixed for December 3rd. Before the start of the ongoing tournament in Lagos, Ottasolo FC had taken part in two pre-season tournaments including the NLO Super 8 which was used to determine the placement of the teams ahead of last season. But Oluwaseyi noted that the team needs to be beefed up before the commencement of the NNL season judging by how they have performed in the three tournaments. The coach lamented his players' wastefulness in front of goal despite the ample time he devoted to coaching them on how to improve their predatory instinct in the goal area, before th...