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Daniel Beniston of the kingdom Sport Group at a media chat in Lagos on Thursday, says the enthusiasm, energy and excitement of Nigeria's supporters at international competitions motivated his company to get in touch with the Nigeria's Olympic Committee,(NOC), on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ticketing agency. Francis Orbih, 2nd vice president NOC, Daniel Baniston, Kingdom Sport group, Kemi Ogunfuwa, Phemmy Adetula, PRO, NOC. Beniston, who was introduced by Francis Orbih, the Second Vice President, Nigeria Olympic Committee, on behalf of the President, Engr Habu Gumel said the passion of Nigeria Supporters would spur the nation's athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games to record excellent performance. The ticketer said his firms job is to enlighten Nigerians that his company is the sole exclusive Agency working closely with the NOC, to protect the consumers in the market, stressing that the concern of his Agency was to educate people to buy genuine Olympic tickets. He poin...

Two out of eight stadiums have been delivered; three more scheduled to open this year Infrastructure being developed also includes roads, new metro lines and airport expansion FIFA Club World Cup 2019 and 2020 as key operational tests  In exactly 1,000 days, the world will gather again for the biggest football show on Earth – in the most unique setting yet. The compact nature of the first FIFA World Cup™ in the Middle East and Arab world will ensure that fans of all 32 teams are always within reach of the eight stunning stadiums, the FIFA Fan Fest™, some world-class museums, Qatar’s desert dunes and, most importantly, each other. While the eagerly awaited tournament might still feel a long way off for fans, 136 out of 900 qualifying matches have already been played, and the tournament infrastructure can be seen rapidly evolving in and around Doha. Two stadiums are fully operational: Khalifa International and Al Janoub. Three more venues – Education City,...

In line with its resolve to encourage public private partnership as a means of turning Sports into a viable business, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has entered an agreement with Nilayo Sports Management Limited for the official marketing right of team Nigeria to Tokyo Olympics 2020. Sunday Dare, Minister for Youth and Sports and Seyi Johnson, Project Manager, Nilayo Sports Management Limited The Memorandum of Understanding which was signed in a brief ceremony in the office of the Minister, Mr. Sunday Dare, had in attendance the Permanent Secretary of Ministry Mr. Gabriel Aduda and other officials of the Ministry. In a brief speech, the Minister said, "We gave them the marketing right having considered the profiles and track records of several other marketing companies. We feel that Nilayo has what it takes to market team Nigeria going to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics." In his response, Hon. Bukola Olopade who led the Company's marketing team, extolle...

In Nigeria you subconsciously fear police more than death. The moment you're stopped by a uniform officer you naturally and automatically become a suspected thief, 'yahoo boy' etc. Your ID card is of no significance at the point, your modest dressing is of no barrier, you just have to subject yourself to their 'terms and conditions' or you're one inch away from stray bullet. From SARS to police to soldiers the infringement on citizen is the same and you're compel to ask what's the social responsibility of the security agencies in the society? Just yesterday, Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) Asst. Captain and Defender, Tiyamiu Kazeem Kaka was allegedly killed by a policeman from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) from the Ogun State Command. Also, not-too-long ago, Izu Joseph, former 3SC and National under 20 player also lost his life in the hands of the Nigeria Military officers and one begins to wonder how safe is an average Nigerians in the ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Ministry for adopted Nigerian wrestler Odunayo Adekuroye, with her adoptors, Halogen Company. Speaking at the brief event, the Minister said he was impressed with the level of her preparations for the Tokyo Olympics and expressed optimism that she would bring back gold from the world event. He also donated kits to the wrestler to aid her preparations. Adekuroye while promising  to work hard to make Nigeria proud at the Tokyo Olympics, also expressed gratitude to the Minister and Halogen Company with a promise not to let them down. "The Minister is more like a father to me. He is doing what a father should do for a daughter and I have nothing to give to him but I promise to make him proud. No competition is easy. We are trained to wrestle and we will do just that. "I also want to thank Halogen Company. Three entities wanted to adopt me at ...

As part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) strategy to build a very strong and virile sports administrators across the globe, the Nigeria Olympic Committee in conjunction with the Olympic Solidarity is set to organize the 5th edition of IOC/NOC Advanced Sports Management Course. The Sports Administration and Advanced Sports Management Courses is designed by the IOC to provide National Olympic Committees the needed assistance to conduct administrative courses in their country so as to train and enhance the skill of sports administrators in their daily routine. The programme is a solid platform on which to build and promote sport and olympism throughout the world and is aimed to update the knowledge of sports managers or administrators in order to enable them adopt to modern techniques of sports administration. According to the President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel, the International Olympic Committee, through the Olympic Solidarity is committed ...

The General Coordinator of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Hon. Bukola Olopade, has applauded the invaluable contributions of the president of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, Mr. Olamide George, to the success of the 2020 Lagos City Marathon, held last weekend.    Bukola Olopade, MD, Nilayo Sport Marketing. Olopade, who spoke in Lagos Monday morning, disclosed that, the AFN President gave the organisers of the Silver Label Marathon, Nilayo Sports Marketing some tips on how to go around some of the technical matters affecting the conduct of the race after he confirmed his inability to make it to Lagos for the race. His contribution was very valuable to us. Olamide George, AFN President "We were most delighted to work with him. We also appreciate the president's approval of one of AFN board's technical members, Gabriel Okon, to work with our technical team headed by the race General Manager, Yusuf Ali. The delivery was second to none. "Despite Olam...