By Amaechi Agbo Team Nigeria has officially opened its medal account at the ongoing African School Games in Annaba, Algeria, securing two silver medals in badminton and women’s 3x3 basketball. In a thrilling badminton mixed event final held on Tuesday, Team Nigerian put up a valiant fight... Read more...
Renowned sports philanthropist and President of Water FC Mr Makanjuola Nureni, popularly known as MK, has expressed his commitment to deepening grassroots sports development in Nigeria through strategic partnership with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). MK stated this when he paid a court... Read more...
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26/12/2024,
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Despite not securing any Olympic medals in Paris 2024, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) made enormous strides in national sports development and capacity-building initiatives. In 2024, the Committee successfully implemented various programmes to enhance the capabilities of athletes, coach... Read more...
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31/07/2024,
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By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s hope of winning a medal at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France have continued to nosedive. Ostensibly, this is caused by avoidable human error or act of negligence. While Team Nigeria’s table tennis athletes in singles have all crashed out, face... Read more...
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21/07/2024,
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By Amaechi Agbo The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) in collaboration with Sport For All Commission under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, is organising Seminar for Fitness Trainers to be held in Abuja from September 18 to 19, 2024. The seminar is organised for the State Sp... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC has poured encomium on the Super Eagles following their impressive victory against Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON Round of 16 clash on Saturday night. President of the NOC, Engr. Habu Gumel extended the heartfelt commendations ... Read more...
The Federal House Committee on Sports has invited the leadership of Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) and National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) over World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) threat to ban all Nigerian from participating in all sports. This follows Nigeria's inability to comply with ... Read more...
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21/06/2023,
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By Tony Nezianya Nigeria is set to participate in 11 thrilling events at the the 2nd African Beach Games, set to take place in Temament, Tunisia. The Games will run from June 22 to June 30, 2023, and serve as a crucial qualification phase for the upcoming ANOC World Beach Games in Bali, I... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The Chairman, Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC Sports For All Commission, Dr Ibrahim Abdul has called on members of the Commission to double their efforts towards ensuring that the 2023 Olympic Day Celebration on Saturday Is a success. Dr Abdul who is also the President of... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The President, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, Dr Ibrahim Abdul FCISM, OCP, CMC, has been appointed the chairman, Nigeria Olympics Committee, NOC Sport-For-All Commission. The appointment which is contained in a letter dated May 29, 2023 noted that Dr Abdul's e... Read more...