The AfricaNews articles of gia009

  1. How Nigeria`s sports minister was consumed


    In the wake of the confusion that rocked Nigeria`s host rights for next year`s Under-17 FIFA World Cup, the chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Abdulrahman Gimba, who also doubles as sports minister, has bit the dust. - The debacle, which drew scorns from different parts of the country and Africa, is examined by our reporter and the role of Gimba in the whole saga. The odds were definitely piled on him. He had goofed by making unguarded statements over Nigeria’s rights to play host to the world next year. Erstwhile National Sports Commission (NSC) chairman, Abdulrahman Gimba, before he was shown the exit door was a man walking alone against the cabal in the sports circle …