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    Politics Dalung Speaks on APC Crisis, Lists 2 Things Responsible For Party Woes

    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...
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    Politics Why APC Leaders Are Bitter Towards Each Other- Minister Dalung

    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...
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    Sports Minister Dalung Goofs Again, Says Only Sports Can Pull Nigeria Out of Recession

    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...
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    Sports Sports Minister Dalung: I Prefer to Die With My Ideas

    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...
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    Sports ‘Quote Me Right’ – Solomon Dalung Blasts Journalists

    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...
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    Sports Dalung - Winning Medals is Not About Training, Ask Paralympics Team

    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...
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    Sports I Am Not Aware of Rohr’s Appointment, I Only Read it Online – Sports Minister Dalung

    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...
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    Sports Dalung Has Apologised To Me – Siasia

    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...
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    Sports Minister Dalung Declares State of Emergency in Nigeria Sports

    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...
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    Sports Solomon Dalung Reacts to Calls for His Sack as Sports Minister

    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...
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    Sports Pay Siasia His Salary or Expect War – Dalung Threatens NFF

    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...
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    Sports ''The Sport Minister is Actually a Psychiatric Patient'' - Nigerians Apologize to Japanese Surgeon

    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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    Sports Why There Was No Fund For Rio Athletes – Sports Minister, Dalung Opens Up

    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...
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    Sports Siasia Reveals More on Clash With Sports Minister, Dalung at Rio Olympics

    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...
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    Sports Olympics: Sports Minister Sends Two U23 Players, Officers Back to Nigeria

    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...
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    Sports Shame: Messy Revelations in N4.6bn Budgeted for Capital Projects by Sports Ministry

    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...
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    Sports Sports Minister Reacts to Reports Mikel Paid Hotel Bill of Nigerian Olympic Team

    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...
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    Sports Dalung Visits Dream Team VI Players in Rio, Apologises for Neglecting Them

    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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    Sports Buhari is Proud of You - Sports Minister Hails Dream Team VI for Beating Japan 5 - 4

    Nigeria’s Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has praised the U-23 team for beating Japan in their opening game at the Rio 2016 Olympics despite arriving in Brazil 7 hours before the game. “I heartily congratulate the national U-23 football team for their outstanding 5-4 victory over Japan in...
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    Sports Rio Olympics: Dalung Had No Right to Name Mikel Team Captain - Henry Nwosu

    Henry Nwosu, former Green Eagles captain, Henry Nwosu, has faulted the action of the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung in naming Chelsea of England star, John Mikel Obi, Team Nigeria Captain to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. “The minister or the sports ministry has no business naming or...
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