Daniel Igali was the captain of the Nigerian wrestling team to the 1994 Commonwealth Games (Nigeria's most succesful Commonwealth Games). He defected to Canada after the games and won gold for Canada at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He came back to Nigeria to coach wrestlers from Bayelsa. He later became the technical director and then president of the wrestling association.
Akwa Ibom State hosted Super Eagles matches in 2017, while Lagos State has hosted the FA Cup final in the past 7 years. MFM of Lagos also came second in the league.
Fabio Lanipekun is a former sports journalist and commentator with the NTA. He presented sports programmes and ran commentary on football matches in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He rose to become the head of NTA Sports.
Here he is (along with Charles Ojugbana) commentating on the famous Miracle of Damman. This was a quarter final match at the 1989 Under 20 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. The match took place on February 25th, 1989. The Soviet Union led Nigeria by four goals to nil with just thirty minutes left, but Nigeria equalised and won the match on penalties.
Sportsman of the year - Aruna Quadri Sportswoman of the year – Odunayo Adekuroye Woman footballer of the year – Asisat Oshoala Footballer of the year (Men) - Victor Moses Ball sports person of the year - Evelyn Akhator Team of the year - D’ Tigress
Wrestler of the year - Odunayo Adekuroye Special sports person of the year – Hannah Babalola Discovery of the year – Georgia Oboh
Coach of the year – Akuh Purity
Journalist of the year (radio) - Anthony Bekederemo Journalist of the year (TV) – Promise Efoghe Journalist of the year (print) – Lekan Okusan Photo journalist of the year – Olusegun Aderinto
Sports governor of the year – Akinwunmi Ambode and Udom Emmanuel Sports administrator of the year – Waheed Enitan Oshodi and Daniel Igali Special recognition – Amaju Pinnick
Lifetime achievement – Pa Fabio Lanipekun (formerly of NTA Sports)
As is common before all major operations (including elections) the security services have staged a show of force in Anambra ahead of the governorship elections.
#ANAMBRA DECIDES DIG Joshak Habila, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations and supervising DIG for Anambra State Gubernatorial Election, meeting with other Security Chiefs in Awka, Anambra State on the strategic implementation of the Security Arrangements for the Saturday November 18, 2017 Gubernatorial Election as they embark on Show of Force to send serious signal of warning to any would-be miscreant planning to disrupt the election and also to reassure the people of Anambra State of Police readiness to protect them before, during and after the election.
ChangeIsCostant: Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, hosted some top-shots in his palatable residence in Abuja. Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna, governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, were mong the top political figures who paid the minister a visit. See photos below;
A popular Twitter user, Mallam Adamu Hayatu, claims that this is a broadcast by the spokesperson of the Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).
