Sport tech startup, AMPZ has announced the launch of its sport talent mobile app and award of sports scholarships to 16 young talents. The announcements were made at an event tagged MatchMania designed to be a yearly talent showcase for grassroots sports first in Nigeria and then Africa in the nearest future. According to Co-Founder/CMO…

I love my country with all my heart and soul and body. That’s why I have given my all to her through all the decades since responding to my first national team call-up as a budding twenty-one-year-old undergraduate/football player.   Since then I have not looked back. My country too has done well for me. As an…

The Drake curse is truly a thing. For the uninitiated, here's the gist: it is believed that once the Canadian rapper takes a photograph with a sportsman, boom, the team of the sportsperson loses. Yep, just like that. In 2015, Serena Williams lost to little-known Roberta Vinci with Drake in her corner; Connor McGregor, who…

It took five years and four months for telecommunications giants Globacom to sign a new sports brand ambassador when it unveiled unified world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua at the beginning of the month.

Bayelsa State’s quest to create a new revenue avenue through sports will be enhanced by the state’s new airport, Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle, a sports facilities construction outfit, Ebi Egbe has said.   Speaking in Yenagoa, Egbe said sports and tourism would be the biggest beneficiary of the state’s international airport commissioned on Thursday…

Nigeria Team is in full training mode as they get ready to represent the country at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, with an 86-man delegate consisting of 60 Special Olympics Nigeria Athletes and 26 Officials. The Games will hold from the 14th – 21st of March 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Special Olympics…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom at the weekend expressed delight that sporting activities, particularly football, were gradually lifting the spirit of the people after a series of tragic invasions by cattle herders. Speaking at the Benue Peoples’ House in Makurdi while receiving trophies won by Benue-born international women football star, Francisca Ordega, Ortom said something…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems. Nigeria must narrow the gap between the technological potential…

President of Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Gbenga Lufadeju has called on government at all levels, corporate entities and well meaning Nigerians to provide sports facilities in all parts of the country to encourage more youth participation in sports. Lufadeju told The Guardian at the weekend that Nigeria has the potential to thrive in sports if the…

Despite the many challenges faced by the Nigerian sports industry in 2018, the year 2019 offers yet another opportunity to try to become bigger and more impactful economically. In this piece, I attempt to proffer some solutions to the problems and how Nigerian sport can make use of some of the available digital tools to…

The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) has condemned Niger State unsportsmanlike behaviour during the final match between Niger and Delta states at the 19th National Sport festival in Abuja. HFN’s President, Samuel Ocheho described the disruption of the final led by the Niger State Director of Sports, Alhaji Baba Sheshi, as disgraceful and shameful. He…

The organisers of the NorthWest Petroleum Football tournament have charged governments and corporate firms in the country to invest in sports in order for there to be gainful employment and great reduction in crimes. Speaking at the final that ended in Calabar at the weekend, the Head, Corporate Communications and Brand Northwest Petroleum & Gas…