Sen. John Owan-Enoh, minister of sports development, has pledged more support for the development of para-sports in the country. Mr Enoh made the pledge on Monday in Abuja following Nigeria’s…
The Minister of Sports, Sen. John Owan-Enoh has pledged more support for the development of para-sports in Nigeria. Enoh made the pledge on Monday in Abuja following Nigeria’s encouraging participation…
Team Nigeria will not participate at the maiden edition of Para All Africa Games due to paucity of funds. The Games will commence tomorrow, Sunday 3rd September in Ghana and…
As the maiden African Paralympics Games draw near, Team Nigeria says preparations are in top gear for the games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the games will…
Nigeria continued its dominance of the Para Games as the Nation’s Athletes won a total of thirteen medals at the just concluded All Africa Para-Badminton Championship held in Kampala to…
The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) have called for the inclusion of Para Sports in the 2022 National Sports Festival in Delta. President of ALDIN, Mr Daniel…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. Speaking…
The Gabify Initiative, a sports Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has tasked the Federal Government to put in place policies that will fast track the development of para-sports in Nigeria. Ifeanyi Amaobi,…
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Paralympic champion, Folashade Oluwafemiayo breaks her World Record to win GOLD in Powerlifting at 2022 Commonwealth Games
By Christopher Maduewesi Folashade Oluwafemiayo broke her own World Record (WR), to win GOLD for Team Nigeria in the women’s Heavyweight Powerlifting event. The Paralympic champion was in an incredible…
Para Power lifter, Innocent Nnamdi and wrestler, Blessing Oborududu have been named captains for Team Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham 2022) is…
Newly-elected president of the Nigeria Sitting Volleyball Federation (NSVF), Kayode Ladele, has said the federation will organise more competitions to revive the sport in the country. Speaking in Abuja, Ladele…
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Write your names in gold, Dare charges newly inaugurated para-sports federations’ boards
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Mr Sunday Dare, has charged the newly inaugurated boards of para-sports Federations to evolve creative models that would further lift sports development in…
Abidemi Abdulmumin, the newly elected president of the Nigerian Parafootball Federation, said on Friday that he would take the sport to a greater height in the country. The Nigerian News…
Mr. Amobi Chikwendu, Immediate Past President of the Nigeria Paraathletic Federation, emerged on Friday as the new President of the Nigerian Para Swimming Federation. The Nigerian News Agency reports that…
By Samuel Ifetoye Debutants in para-sport at next month’s Commonwealth Games, Innocent Nnamdi and Jubril Ademola Popoola have promised Nigerians exciting times at the Birmingham 2022 edition of the competition,…