Category: Sports

……Appoints Marketing and Public Relations Consultant With about 140 days left for the opening events of the World University Games, the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) has appointed Red Sapphire and Integrated Marketing Communications firm to secure sponsorship and partners for Nigeria’s active participation in the games. Chidiebere Ezeani, Acting Secretary General of NUGA, who spoke in Abuja over the […]

….appreciate Access Bank For Bayelsa State Sports Festival Sponsorship. Director General of the Bayelsa State Governor’s Cup tagged the Prosperity cup, Mr. Ono Akpe has given thumbs up to the Governor of Bayelsa State Senator Douye Diri, and Access Bank for sponsoring the inaugural state Sports festival. Mr. Ono in a statement hailed the governor’s drives toward sports development in […]

…..as Gov Diri Declares Sports Festival Close  By Hananeel Jackson Yenagoa Local Government Area have emerged champions of the inaugural Bayelsa State Sports Festival tagged “Access Bank Prosperity Unity Games” after six days of intense contest among the eight LGA’S in Bayelsa. Yenagoa LGA topped the medals table with 74 medals comprising 34 gold, 22 silver, 18 bronze, Kolokuma/Opokuma finished […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the promotion of unity among the people of the state was paramount to his administration. Governor Diri said this among others was the underlying factor behind the first Bayelsa State Sports Festival, which commenced on Sunday in conjunction with Access Bank. The governor flagged off the festival tagged the “Prosperity/Access Unity Games” […]

With 150 days until the start of the global sports event, Nigeria is preparing to send 100 of its best athletes to the competition. In a statement signed by Chidiebere Ezeani, Acting Secretary General of Nigeria University Games NUGA, “This is indeed a great opportunity for Nigerian Students to showcase their talents on a global stage and bring glory to […]

….Condole him on father’s demise The Local Organising Committee LOC of Nigeria’s largest grassroots football Tournament, the Prosperity Cup, has congratulated the Governor of Bayelsa state Senator Douye Diri, on his third anniversary in office. They also commiserated with the Governor on the demise of his father Pa Abraham Micheal Joseph Diri who passed on recently at the age of […]

….Bayelsa Gov Tasks Corporate Bodies On Sports Sponsorship Hamadjan Yaya from Cross River State and Lidiah Akuaho from Plateau State on Saturday emerged winners in the male and female categories of the 3rd Senator Douye Diri (SDD) 15km marathon race. The race was part of the activities commemorating the third anniversary of the Governor Diri administration. Other winners in the […]

The pervasiveness nature of Information Communication Technology could also be deployed and adopted in the sporting industry, the Director General of, the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa has said. According to him, Africans can leverage Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and other Emerging Technologies to create games with African characters, culture, and core values because most online sporting games are […]