Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja called on private sector investors to join hands with the government in youth and sports development in the country. The President spoke at a ceremony to receive the “Torch of Unity’’ and flag-off of its movement across Nigeria, heralding the National Sports Festival scheduled to hold in Benin City, the Edo ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Vanessa Bryant, wife of 41-year-old retired NBA star, Kobe Bryant, has made her first public statement since the unfortunate death of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna alongside seven others in a tragic helicopter crash Sunday morning in Southern California. Vanessa posted on her social media platform (Instagram) yesterday  (Wednesday) for the first time ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau The Super Eagles new Nike kits which will be unveiled in the United States of America (USA) on February 5, 2020 will not be seen on the players till later in June. PromptNews exclusively learnt from an authoritative source in Nike that the new kits will be seen on the picth for the first time ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Nigeria’s opponent in the first round of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 African qualifiers, Guinea at the weekend held Guinea Bissau to a 3-3 draw to qualify to meet Nigeria on March 28 in continuation of the qualifying campaigns. Guinea had earlier defeated Guinea Bissau 5-0 at Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry in the first ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Barring any unforseen circumstances, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headquarters will seize to be at No. 2033 Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Zone 7, Wuse, Abuja next week. Instead, the NFF will now operate from the newly refurbished Sunday Dankaro House which is located inside Package B of the Abuja National Stadium renamed Moshood Abiola National Stadium ...

Harry Awuruibe, Head, Abuja Bureau World sports wears manufacturing giant, Nike has unveiled the 2020 Jordan Brand NBA All-Star Edition uniforms, inspired by host city Chicago and the train lines that unite its people. The unveiling of the uniform for the February 17 biggest basketball event in the world held yesterday (Thursday) in the iconic city of Chicago, United States ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report The Confederation of African Football (CAF) today in Cairo, Egypt kicked off a two-day workshop which brought together its eight-member CAF Safety and Security Experts Panel including Nigerian-born Dr. Christian Emeruwa to brainstorm and design safety and security training modules for the continental body. The Panel is composed of experts representing each of the six zones ...

Harry Awurumibe Zion Williamson’s debut is looming, with him set to make his long-awaited National Basketball Association (NBA) debut on later today (Wednesday) night against the San Antonio Spurs. The path back to the court hasn’t been easy for the No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 Draft, but he’s ready, at last, to play. “The rehab workouts are long ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Nigeria was one of the 40 African nations still in the hunt for a spot at the next FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which have discovered their fate yesterday in Cairo, Egypt where the draw was held in front the public including representatives of the participating nations, world media and officials of African football ruling ...

Harry Awurumibe with FIFA report World football governing body’s boss, Gianni Infantino was invited by Donald Trump to make the introduction speech at a dinner hosted by the President of the United States at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the FIFA President said that he hopes that “the ‘American dream’ becomes reality…all over the world” when addressing ...