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Sunday Dare explains reasons for sports ministry’s infrastructure drive

By Wale Mustapha on July 10, 2022 News, Sports

One of the hallmarks that has added the success of Hon. Sunday Dare as Nigeria’s Youth and Sports Minister is the unprecedented revamp of sports infrastructures in the country. Since the start of Sunday Dare’s tenure, the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja has been revived and has gone on to pass the FIFA and CAF […]

Sunday Dare: Welfare of athletes, my priority as Sports Minister

By Wale Mustapha on July 8, 2022 News, Sports

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has reiterated that welfare of athletes has remained a priority for him since assuming office in 2019. In a chat with pressmen during an interactive session in Abuja, Dare said, “Before I assumed office, I knew that welfare of athletes will always be key to […]

Sunday Dare: NFF Congress is supreme

By Admin on July 7, 2022 News, Sports

The Minister of Youth and Sports,Sunday Dare has revealed that he is not against Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick third term agenda if there is any but he believes the congress decision is supreme.The Minister stated this in an interactive session with journalists in Abuja where he said the congress of NFF will determine […]

UFC: Sunday Dare congratulates Israel Adesanya on another successful title defence

By Wale Mustapha on July 3, 2022 News, Sports

Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare has congratulated Nigerian born UFC champion Isreal Adesanya on yet another successful title defence. Adesanya, early Sunday in Las Vegas, United States of America, defeated Jared Cannonier to retain his UFC Middleweight crown with a unanimous decision victory. Dare, in a statement, praised Adesanya for being a worthy […]

‘Sports journalism brought me to limelight’, Sunday Dare reveals as he celebrates 2022 World Sports Journalists Day

By Wale Mustapha on July 2, 2022 News, Sports

…says sports journalists in Nigeria amongst the most hardworking globally Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has felicitated all sports journalists in Nigeria and beyond, as the world marks the 2022 International Sports Journalists Day. The Minister, who is a journalist himself, stated that the profession is reserved for noble personalities […]

Benfica top officials hail Sunday Dare’s laudable sporting ideas, present Minister with official jersey

By Wale Mustapha on July 1, 2022 News, Sports

…minister advocates for domestication of Benfica’s youth football policy in Nigeria Vice Presidents at Portuguese giants Benfica Football Club, Manuel Debrito and Jose Gandarez have praised the laudable ideas of Nigeria’s Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, who is in Portugal alongside President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of deliberate efforts to continually develop sports in the country. […]

President Buhari, Sunday Dare off to Lisbon to sign pacts with Portuguese govt. on sports development

By Wale Mustapha on June 28, 2022 News, Politics, Sports

President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare will depart Nigeria tonight for Portugal to sign bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on sports . The MoU will be signed with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa appending their support. This MoU is coming on […]

Dare thumbs up NFF for implementing agreed principles on youth football development

By Wale Mustapha on June 28, 2022 News

Sports Ministry hosts, splashes N2m on victorious Golden Eaglets Sports and Youth Development Minister, Honourable Sunday Dare has heaped plaudits on the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation for making merit and competence its watchwords in selection of coaches for the age-grade National Teams, as agreed with the Ministry, and which has started to bear fruits with […]

NBBF lauds President Buhari on international basketball commitment

By Wale Mustapha on June 23, 2022 News, Sports

The Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has extended its gratitude to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari for rescinding the Federal Government’s decision, through the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sport, Chief Sunday Dare, to withdraw the national teams from international basketball. In its immediate reaction, following the press conference presided over by the Permanent […]

What Sports Minister, Sunday Dare told Super Eagles after Nigeria’s emphatic win over Saó Tomé

By Wale Mustapha on June 13, 2022 News, Sports

The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has described the Super Eagles’ emphatic 0-10 victory over Sao Tome and Principe in the 2023 AFCON qualifier played in Agadir, Morocco on Monday as soul lifting. The Eagles took their opponents to the cleaners in a devastating manner to position themselves at the top […]