Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has said that his ministry should not be blamed for Super Falcons and Falconets’ financial woes insisting the Nigeria Football Federation did not officially seek intervention of his office.
Both teams performed poorly in the ongoing African Women...
Nigeria's Sport Minister, Solomon Dalung, has stated that the country doesn't need to qualify for the 2018 world cup since she can't win the competition.
Speaking in an interview with Voice of America Hausa, Dalung said Nigeria’s participation in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers is a ‘waste of...
The Minister of Sport and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has advanced reasons for the current crisis rocking the governing ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Dalung said the crisis is largely about the ambition of some politicians for future offices.
Secondly, he said that the...
Nigeria's Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has shared his personal opinion on why there is strife between the leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Speaking on Thursday, he pointed out that "APC started as amalgamation of different political groups then graduated into a mass...
Nigeria's Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung on Wednesday said the sports industry has the potential to move the country out of recession, a report from Today.ng says.
Dalung said sports “remains the only industry that can move Nigeria out of recession. It is only in sports that you can enumerate...
Nigeria's Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, is 51 today. In a lengthy birthday message, he said the secret of his life is forgiveness and in the last paragraph added that he'll prefer to die with his ideas.
Today marks another turning point in my life as I remember the day I arrived this...
Minister of Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has blasted journalists who write unconfirmed, unverified and defamatory stories about him, urging them to desist from such acts.
Dalung, on a Facebook post titled 'Quote me Right' denied granting an interview to Brila FM where he was reported by...
Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has said that athletes do not need too much training to win medals.
Speaking to Brila FM on the amazing performance of the Nigerian athletes at the on-going Paralympic Games also in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dalung said “the disabled...
Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has insisted that he was not kept in the know as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed Gernot Rohr as the new Super Eagles coach.
The German has since been named Sunday Oliseh’s replacement on a two-year deal, but Dalung says he does not...
Coach of the bronze winning U-23 national football team at the Rio Olympics, Samson Siasia has said he no longer habours any ill-feelings for the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung for labelling him a ‘Human trafficker’ because “he has apologised to me”.
Widely travelled BBC World Football...
Nigeria's Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has declared a state of emergency in Nigeria's sports sector.
This is coming after the country's dismal performance at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, coupled with lots of administrative incompetence.
The Nigeria Olympics Committee, afterward compiled a...
Nigeria's Sports Minister Mr. Solomon Dalung have answered calls for his sack following the nation’s poor outing at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of the Olympics, Dalung said poor performance in Nigerian sports...
Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay former U-23 National team’s Coach Samson Siasia his outstanding salary.
The Minister gave the directive yesterday when the erstwhile Nigeria U-23 coach paid him a visit in his office...
Japanese surgeon, Dr Katsuya Takasu who donated $390,000 to the Nigeria U-23 Men’s National Team at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympics has lashed out at Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and top officials of the sports ministry.
Takasu lashed out at the officials after some of them called for...
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The Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has disclosed the reason why the ministry is short of cash which led which also affected the way preparations for the 2016 Olympics.
The minister who spoke with Punch in Brazil disclosed that part of the problem he inherited was the practical...
Despite making up with the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, coach Samson Siasia has admitted he does not know how he offended the Minister.
“The whole thing surprised me”, Siasia said in Johannesburg, while on a stopover to connect the final leg of...
Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has sent two U-23 players and 3 other 'unofficially accredited' officers with the Nigerian team back home from Brazil, Punch reports.
Two alternate players, Stanley Dimgba and goalkeeper Yusuf Mohammed, the team’s media officer, Timi Ebikagboro, curator and the...
A review of the 2016 budget of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development reveals that Nigeria is very far away from achieving any tangible development in sports.
Mr. Solomon Dalung is in charge of the ministry.
Out of the total N75.4bn allocated to the Ministry, only a paltry...
Nigerian Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, in a statement released on Friday has denied reports that Mikel Obi paid $4,000 hotel bill of the Nigerian Olympic team in Sao Paolo.
The hotel bills accrued from 8 unaccredited players and officials in Rio with the National U-23 team, reports said...
Solomon Dalung, minister of youth and sports, has apologised to players and officials of the country’s Olympic football team for the circumstances that led to the contingent’s late arrival in Brazil.
Dalung, a conspicuous presence in the stands as the 1996 champions pipped Europe’s best team...
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