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Stakeholders congratulate new Ondo SWAN executives

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 22:19:42 +0000

Football stakeholders in Ondo State have congratulated the newly inaugurated executives of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in the state. The stakeholders are; the State Football Association, former Chairman of Ondo State Football Agency and the management of Sunshine Queens Football Club. The new executives of SWAN Ondo State Chapter were sworn in […]

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Oyo State SWAN solicits support for families of deceased referees

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:30:15 +0000

The Oyo State chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has solicited the support of the state government and Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) for families of the departed referees. The chapter’s Chairman, Niyi Alebiosu, in a condolence message on behalf of the association in Ibadan on Monday urged them to initiate the support for […]

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AIPS President congratulates new SWAN leadership

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:09:35 +0000

Mr Gianni Merlo, President, Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (AIPS), has congratulated Isaiah Benjamin, the newly elected President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). He also extended same warmth to other members of the National Executive Committee (NEC). A statement signed by Ikenna Okonkwo, Secretary-General, SWAN, indicated that Merlo felicitated with the […]

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SWAN congratulates new CPS to Kano deputy governor

Gbemi Banks — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:08:53 +0000

The Kano chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN), has congratulated its member, Ibrahim Garba-Shuaibu, on his appointment as Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Kano Deputy Governor, Alhaji Aminu Abdulsalam. In a congratulatory message by its secretary, Abdulgafar Oladimeji, on Saturday in Kano, the association described the appointment as “a round peg in […]

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Bauchi SWAN official urges governor to appoint competent sports hands

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 25 May 2023 11:45:19 +0000

Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Bauchi State, has urged Gov. Bala Mohammed to appoint competent managers to run sports affairs in the state. Yakubu, in a statement in Bauchi on Thursday, said this would help to save the sports sector in the state from collapse. “This is necessary […]

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Katsina chapter rejects timing, venue of SWAN’s national triennial delegates congress

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 17 May 2023 07:39:44 +0000

The Katsina state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has opposed the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) on the upcoming National Triennial Delegates Congress. The chapter, during its congress on Tuesday in Katsina, stated that it strongly rejected the timing and venue of the Delegates Congress as picked by NEC. It stated its […]

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SWAN lauds Buni for endorsing new Yobe Desert Stars leadership

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:00:15 +0000

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Yobe Chapter, has commended Gov Mai Mala for approving the new management committee for Yobe Desert Stars. The commendation was made in a statement signed by Ahmed Amshi, the SWAN Chairman, Yobe Chapter on Monday in Damaturu. Amshi said “the gesture would no doubt continue to lift up […]

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SWAN decries collapse of sports in S/E, seeks immortalisation of late Imo boxer

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:04:40 +0000

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Southeast Zone, has expressed worries over the collapse of the sports sector in the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. The body said this in a communique issued after a meeting of chairman and secretaries of state chapters and national officers of the association in […]

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SWAN organizes security, peace, unity football competition

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 06:46:32 +0000

The Security Peace and Unity football Competition organized by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Katsina State chapter, has kicked off at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina. The SWAN Chairman, Mr Nasir Gide, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the opening of the event on Sunday that eight security agencies were […]

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FCT SWAN says sports in Nigeria urgently needs court of arbitration

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:02:39 +0000

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) needs to urgently work with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to establish a branch of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Nigeria. The FCT chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) made the call on Sunday in Abuja while congratulating the NOC on its […]

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SWAN crisis deepens as Lagos chapter accuses national body of illegalities, dictatorship

Roland Edwards — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:04:38 +0000

The Lagos State chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has dissociated itself from the national body for what it termed “illegalities and irregularities” in running the affairs of the union. The association’s position is contained in a communiqué issued after its Congress on August 31 at the SWAN Secretariat, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos […]

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SWAN disagrees with Dalung over position on Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Robby Akeju — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:54:05 +0000

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) says Nigeria’s performance at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast could have yielded better results if the right things had been done. The association said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, following a review of Team Nigeria’s performance in Gold Coast and in comparison with […]

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Crisis hits SWAN as Lagos chapter moves against Sirawoo

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:19:32 +0000

Lagos chapter of the Sports Writers association of Nigeria (SWAN), on Friday, passed a vote of no confidence on Honour Sirawoo, National President of SWAN, in its emergency congress held in Lagos. Sirawoo as President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, refused to endorse the candidacy of veteran journalist, Mitchel Obi, to re-contest for […]

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Daniel: Sports key to economic development, as SWAN announces him National Patron

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:58:33 +0000

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has described sports as a veritable tool for economic development, just as he called on financially-muscled Nigerians to invest in sports. Daniel, made the remarks on Friday in Sagamu, while playing host to members of the National Executive Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) […]

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SWAN gives Oliseh seven-day ultimatum to name journalists who demanded money for report

Freedom Online — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:58:04 +0000

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh to name the journalists who demanded money from him for reports. Oliseh had through a YouTube broadcast on February 7 made several unsavoury comments, including allegations against the media. He had alleged that some Nigerian journalists […]

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