Ogun Gateway Games 2024

Organisers promise another spectacle as 22nd National Sports Festival closes

After 11 days of intense competition across multiple sports featuring some of the country’s top and emerging athletes, the curtain will finally fall on what many have described as one of the best-organised editions of the National Sports Festival. The closing ceremony is scheduled to take place today (Thursday) at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta. While the grandeur of the…

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Flamingos’ coach Olowookere hails NSC, NFF over team’s participation at Gateway 2024

Head Coach of the national U-17 team, the Flamingos, Bankole Olowookere, has praised the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the opportunity given to the team to participate in the 22nd National Sports Festival ongoing in Ogun State. The Nigerian side represented the Invited Junior Athletes (IJA), an initiative of the NSC. The FIFA U-17…

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Gateway Games: Ogun State athletes’ protest disrupts festival schedule

There was palpable tension at the 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF) on Wednesday as athletes representing Ogun State, the host of this year’s competition, staged a protest over unpaid allowances. The demonstration disrupted major events and forced the postponement of key finals scheduled for the day. The protesting athletes, demanding the immediate payment of their entitlements, blocked the main entrance…

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Gateway Games: Nigeria’s U-17 Boys clinch football bronze medals

Nigeria’s U-17 national team, representing Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival, has won the bronze medal in the men’s football event. The Golden Eaglets, as they are called, defeated Kaduna State 2-0 in the third-place match played at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne-Remo on Tuesday. Abdulmuiz Adeleke scored the opening goal and later pressured…

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Gateway Games 2024 – through my eyes, by Olusegun Odegbami

Daily Diary – the corn season begins! Day Five I leave for Lagos very early. At 7:00 o’clock I am on the Island within the premises of TVC. The popular television station is owned by the most powerful man in Nigeria today. It is understandable, therefore, that it is located within the most expensive Estate in Africa – The Atlantic…

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Dapo Abiodun lists gains of National Sports Festival, says games draw 12,000 participants

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has highlighted the economic and social benefits of hosting the ongoing National Sports Festival, stating that the event has attracted over 12,000 participants and significantly boosted the state’s economy. Speaking on the sidelines of the festival, Governor Abiodun said the surge in commercial activities—especially in tourism, hospitality, and local industries such as Adire fabric—underscores the…

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Gateway Games: Flamingos qualify for final as Golden Eaglets lose to Team Ogun

The Golden Eaglets will contest for the bronze medal in the male football event of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival, after losing 1–2 to Team Ogun in the second semi-final held in Ikenne-Remo on Sunday. In the first semi-final, Team Kwara defeated Team Kaduna by a lone goal to qualify for the final of the male football event, scheduled…

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NSC boss highlights economic gains of Gateway Games 2024

The Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Shehu Dikko, has highlighted the numerous economic benefits derived from the ongoing National Sports Festival tagged Gateway 2024. Dikko made this disclosure on Sunday during a press conference at the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) office in Abeokuta. He stated that hoteliers, transporters, food vendors, and other service providers were making significant…

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Ogun vows to maintain sports facilities, retain athletes

Ogun State Commissioner for Sports, Honourable Wasiu Isiaka, has assured that the state will put mechanisms in place to maintain the facilities provided for the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival. He gave the assurance at a press conference held at the Media Centre of the MKO Abiola Sports Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Honourable Isiaka, who also serves as Chairman of…

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Hon. Etti rates Gateway Games facilities, organisation high

The President of the Para Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Honourable Rafiu Olawale Etti, has commended the organisation of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, describing the facilities provided by the Ogun State Government as world-class. Speaking to journalists at the MKO Abiola International Stadium on Friday, Honourable Etti, who is also part of the Lagos State contingent, acknowledged…

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