Solomon Dalung

Former Minister of Youths and Sports Solomon Dalung has blamed Super Eagles disappointing outing on Friday on make shift preparation. The beret wearing Minister who was at the helm from 2015 to 2019, noted that while the Leone Stars…

Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung says the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has no reason to ban Nigeria for the refund of fund the world athletics governing body mistakingly paid the country. IAAF…

Sports Minister has commended the Nigeria Basketball Federation led by its President Engineer Ahmadu Musa Kida on taking D’ Tigers to number one team in Africa and 32nd in the world and D- Tigress to Number two in Africa and number 19 in…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has described the news of the death of former NFF scribe Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi as shocking. The sad news was announced by late Chief Ogunjobi’s Personal Assistant Tunde Shamsudeen…

The Ministry of Youths and Sports Development is having a two-day workshop on antidoping which would be rounded off on Tuesday in Abuja. The Sports Minister Solomon Dalung disclosed this shortly after declaring the workshop opened.…

Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by Nigeria’s Minister of Sports have arrived in London, United Kingdom for a series of meetings with sportswear behemoth, NIKE that have to do with optimizing the performance of the new,…

Barrister Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youth and Sports has described the late Sports journalist, Jide Fashikun as a warrior and a man who stood for justice. Barrister Dalung made the remark when he paid a condolence visit to the…

Barrister Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youth and Sports has been counting the gains of the just concluded 19th National Sports Festival held in Abuja. In an exclusive interview with some journalists on Tuesday, the Minister said that…

Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has confirmed that Cross River and four other States have signified intentions to host the next National Sports Festival expected to be in year 2020. The Minister disclosed this at the Package A of the…

Minister of Sports Solomon Dalung has disclosed that two unnamed States have agreed to host the next two editions of the National Sports Festival. The Minister gave this cheering news after receiving the Festival Torch from the Kogi…

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has dismissed a claim by one purported civil rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), that the sum of N7.5 billion has been “criminally diverted”…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has been presented with the Independence Hero's Award. The presentation was made to him on Monday in his office in Abuja. On the Occassion, the Chief Executive Officer, Face of…

An accident involving the convoy of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong has led to the death of one person while 20 others sustained various degree of injuries. Mr Sunday Jika, the Officer-in-Charge, Gombe State Marshal, a…

The Minister of Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung is working hard on ensuring that the pitch of the Abuja National Stadium is in good condition to host the Super Eagles' International friendly match against the Democratic Republic of Congo…

With less than 59 days to Nigeria's first Russia 2018 World Cup game against Croatia on June 16, not a dime out of the estimated N2.5 billion promised the Super Eagles' players and coaches by the Federal Government has been released,…

Athletes representing Nigeria at the 21st Commonwealth Games holding in Gold Coast, Australia are poised for a showdown with the sports ministry over unpaid allowances.

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung on Wednesday said that the Super Eagles loss to Serbia does not mean that the Nigeria team was not prepared to excel at the coming World Cup. 

Brig.-Gen. Joseph Ayeni, the Vice-President of Nigeria Boxing Federation ( NBF ), on Friday in Lagos said the federation’s one-day trial recorded success as the national boxers displayed  high level of competitiveness. The one-day boxing…