Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has handed over the leadership of the Ministry to the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration ended on May 29, 2023. At the handing over ceremony which held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, the Minister thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for giving him the Read More
As part of celebration of the 8th convocation ceremony of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Lagos, some eminent Nigerias will be confered with Fellowship of the Institute. Speaking during a press conference to herald the 8th convocation ceremony, the Director-General of the Institute, Professor Olawale Moronkola, said five eminent Nigerians will be confered with the prestigious Fellowship of the Read More
A glorious return of the Nigerian football league to the good old days has been assured by Minister of Sports and Youth Development Sunday Dare. According to him, plans were under way to achieve this and ultimately produce players that would form the nucleus of the nation’s Super Eagles. The minister stated this Tuesday in Abuja at the PMB Scorecard(2015-2023) Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has told various sporting Federation Presidents, Secretaries and board members to leave up to expectations in order to bring the needed innovative and progressive ideas in the sports sector. Dare who spoke when he met with Sports Federation Secretaries in Abuja on the immediate implementation of the newly approved National Read More
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 at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes, the President said his Government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team Nigeria who ignited the spirit Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has described Nigeria’s football clubs as the fulcrum of the country’s domestic leagues. Dare specifically said the clubs represent the lifewire of Nigeria’s football development. Speaking while receiving the Club Owners Association led by its chairman, Barr. Isaac Danladi, at his Moshood Abiola National stadium office, Abuja, the Minister emphasised that Read More
The Federal Government has set up a 12-man committee to work towards the successful production and second launch of the Sports Book of Record, with a view to documenting athletes’ achievements for posterity. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, while inaugurating the committee on Friday in his office in Abuja, called on them to work assiduously Read More
As the Youth and Sports Ministry continues to revitalise and reinvigorate sports infrastructure around the country, the Moshood Abiola National Stadium playing turf is now wearing a new look and ready for use. The turf had been waned after heavy utilisation, however it is now enjoying massive transformation, once again becoming fit for international football activities. In the aftermath of Read More
The first batch of Team Nigeria athletes to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham left the country on Friday. A group left through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos while the other left through the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee(NOC) Engineer Habu Read More
Youth and Development Minister, Sunday Dare, has said that making merit and competence the watchword in selection of coaches for the age-grade National teams has started to bear fruits with excellent performances at U20 and U17 levels of recent. Dare spoke on Tuesday while hosting players and officials of the U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets, to a reception following their victory at Read More
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Saturday returned to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, day after they beat fellow West Africans Burkina Faso 2-1 in the final of just concluded U17 Championship in Ghana. The team awaiting reception by Minister of Youth and Sports development Chief Sunday Dare returned via Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport Abuja.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Hon. Sunday Dare has expressed his optimism that Nigeria can discover more athletes in the shape and form of Mary Onyali, Faliliat Ogunkoya and Olopade Adenekan as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria begins its National Trials today, in Benin. The Minister made this known in a message of support, as the country begins Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare will host the WAFU B U17 champions, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to a grand reception in Abuja in few days time. The Minister organised a similar reception for the U20 team, the Flying Eagles when they won the WAFU B U20 tournament in Niamey, Niger Republic last month. Dare saluted Read More
Chairman Editorial Board Blueprint Newspapers Hajiya Zainab Suleiman Okino (3rd right) presenting a letter of award nomination as Sports Icon to Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare (middle) during a visit by the newspapers’ management team to the minister in Abuja Monday, while Managing Clem Oluwole (3rd left), Editor Abdulrahman Abdulrauf (2nd right), Deputy General Manager Business and Strategy Durojaiye Hassan (2nd left), Head Admin and Human Resources Nuhu Sani (right) and Online Editor Ikenna Okonkwo watch
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, Friday, attended the grand finale of the Daura Emirate football competition held in honour of Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, in Daura, Katsina state. The final which was played on the rehabilitated Daura township stadium featured Hadi Sirika FC and Gakuwa Pillars which ended in a penalty shoot-out, 5-4 in Read More
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, has commended Nigerian youths for their active participation in the political process at all levels of government. Speaking ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth festival scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the Liberty stadium, Ibadan, the minister applauded the organisers of the event, adding that the youth Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, Sunday said the passing away of the Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi, was a huge loss to Yorubaland and Nigeria. Chief Dare who is the Agbaakin of Ogbomosoland in a condolence message described Oba Oyewumi as a leader with capacity, influence, affluence and wisdom, who was the architect Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has advised Nigerian youth to ensure total utilisation of every opportunity being made available to them, as it will greatly impact their lives positively. Mr. Dare gave the advice on Wednesday in his office, in Abuja when he received the officials of the Nigerian Tulip International College, (NTIC), Abuja who Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has advocated the drafting of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) into the fight against drug abuse in the country. Speaking Monday evening at the launch of the National Drugs Control Master Plan (NDCMP), 2021- 2025 by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Minister stated that the Read More
The federal government has reiterated its commitment to youth development-focused initiatives that would harness the potentials of the youth and upscale them towards achieving rapid socio-economic growth in the country. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Tuesday during the commemoration of the 2021 Africa Youth Day, which held in Abuja with the theme ”Defining Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, Thursday, saluted the tenacity and hardwork of staff of the Ministry, stating his achievement over the past two years wouldn’t have been possible without their cooperation. Speaking at the Town Hall meeting organised for Staff of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Dare lauded the commitment of the rank Read More
Minister of Youth and Sports development Sunday Dare (centre) receiving the report
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