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The minister made the pledge in an interview after receiving the Team Nigeria contingent which participated in the 12th African Games at Morocco.

Team Nigeria arrived in Abuja to a rousing welcome on Sunday after finishing second overall at the just-concluded 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Friday succumbed to a 0-2 defeat in the hands of Burkina Faso in the final of the men’s football event at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has revealed plans to establish Athletes Sustenance Fund to take care of the welfare of Nigerian athletes and sportspersons.

Olajide Omotayo gave an inkling of what he has in stock again at the 12th African Games as the Nigerian defeated one of the continent’s most celebrated star – Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh – 4-3 in the quarterfinal of men’s singles to berth in the semifinal of table tennis.

The Federal Government has paid the allowances of all Nigerian athletes to the ongoing 12th African Games in Rabat.

Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, will be battling for the gold medal of the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco after penalty shoot-out defeat of Mali in the semi finals on Tuesday.

A former national junior lifter, Emmanuel Appah, won three gold medals in the men’s 61kg, having lifted a total of 271kg, with 120kg in snatch. He also lifted 151kg in Clean and Jerk.

The victory has now set the stage for the final against Algeria later on Sunday.

Waidi Enitan-Oshodi, former President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, says the loss of the two gold medals in the male and female team events of the 12th African Games is sad.

“I am so happy that we were able to achieve our dream of avenging the 2015 loss in 2019, and I think this is the most important match for us because we had prepared very well for it in the last five months,’’ Saleh said after the defeat late on Friday in Rabat.

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles got their first three points of the football event of the ongoing 12th African Games with a 2-1 win over South Africa at the FAR Sports Complex in Rabat on Tuesday.

Segun Toriola, Team Nigeria’s captain at the 12th African Games in Morocco, on Sunday in Rabat said Nigerian athletes and officials were set to dazzle at the competition.

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw by Burkina Faso U20 in their 12th African Games men’s football first Group A encounter at the Stade Hassan Moulay, Rabat on Friday.

Nigeria men’s volleyball senior team is ready to win the event at the ongoing 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco, their coach, Japheth Nuhu, has said.

The President, represented by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja at the handing over of athletes to the Nigeria Olympic Committee and farewell ceremony for Team Nigeria to the Games.

Babatunde Fatai-Williams, President of Nigeria Aquatic Federation, said on Tuesday the swimmers who would feature at the 12th African Games in Morroco are not under pressure of winning medals.

Nigeria’s first batch of contingent to the 12th African Games holding in Rabat, Morocco have arrived in the North African country for the Games, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Flying Eagles’ head coach, Paul Aigbogun on Tuesday in Abuja, expressed confidence in his young home-based team doing the nation proud at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday assured Nigerians of a good outing for both the national under-20 male and female teams at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.