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Sports Ministry/Media Relationship Waxing Stronger As Dare Continues To Show Love To Journalists
Fifteen of Nigeria’s finest pen pushers joined the long list of Sports Writers to benefit from the magnanimity of the sports ministry, under the able leadership of Chief Sunday Dare.
Never in history have sports writers enjoyed such a cordial relationship with the apex sport’s governing body in the land. In the recent past, a selected few were handpicked and blessed at intervals but all that has changed since 2019, with the coming of Sunday Dare, a former journalist who understands the need to give priority to media men and women because of the role they play in nation-building.
The latest beneficiaries from the ministry’s largesse were carefully selected from top media outfits in Lagos state, River’s state, and the federal capital territory. They were all mobilized by the Ministry to go support the Super Eagles in Kumasi and help spread the news of their performance to the world.
The ministry of youth and sports development is committed to making the Nigerian media, especially members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, partners in progress. The minister also sees the media as the perfect tool to promote the youth empowerment program, a project that is designed to provide small loans to support Nigerian youths with business initiatives to expand.
Since the assumption of office in 2019, the ministry has maintained a very cordial relationship with the media and has made sure that the media is carried along in all its activities.
For the match in Kumasi, fifteen sports journalists were offered an all-expense-paid trip. Also, at the last Nations Cup in Cameroon, more than sixty sports journalists benefitted from the ministry’s purse.
The same love was shown to journalists during the National Youth Games in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, the recent National sports festival in Edo state, and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
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Montage Community Football Tourney Registration Ends October 30
Cyril Ogar
Registration for the 2026 edition of the Montage Community Football Tournament will close on Friday, October 30, organisers have announced.
The tournament coordinator, Mr Raphael Ekpang, disclosed this on Thursday, urging interested teams across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take advantage of the remaining days to register.
Ekpang said registration had been ongoing since Monday, encouraging eligible teams to complete the process before the deadline.
The tournament, themed “Montage FM 99.7: Empowering Youth, Uniting Communities Through Football,” is scheduled to kick off on November 3, 2026, with playoffs across the six Area Councils of the FCT.
The grand finale will hold on December 5, 2026, at the Old Parade Ground, Garki Area 10, Abuja, where the top four teams will compete for first-, second- and third-place honours.
A total of 48 teams will participate in the competition, with eight teams representing each of the six Area Councils.
The participating teams will compete for cash prizes worth over ₦2 million and other valuable rewards.
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