SWAN: Lagos, not National, by Patrick Omorodion
The Lagos state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN has been the strongest arm of the body of sports writers. This is because SWAN started in the city of Lagos in 1964 when the founding fathers came together to form an association of journalists who specialized in sports writing. Majority of Nigerian […]
Kaduna SWAN Week: MD urges NNN’s representatives not to give up
The Managing Director of New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN) Limited, Tukur Abdulrahman, on Wednesday urged the company’s representatives in the ongoing Kaduna State SWAN Week sports competition not to give up.
NTA win maiden FCT SWAN 5-a-side football cup
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Headquarters beat their counterparts from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) 2-1 on Thursday in Abuja to win the 2017 FCT SWAN five-a-side football competition.
SWAN appeals for financial support for Bekom family
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commenced an appeal for financial and material support for members of the family of Eddie Bekom, its Vice-President (South-South), who were involved in a gas explosion.
Nigerian Navy pledges collaboration with SWAN in sports development
The Nigerian Navy on Monday in Abuja pledged to collaborate with the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) to develop sports for the upliftment of the country’s teeming youths.
Lagos SWAN hails LMC on action against violence
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos chapter, has commended the League Management Company (LMC) for its decision to sanction Remo Stars FC for the assault on a sports journalist by supporters of the club during the Nigeria Professional Football League match day 16 game in Sagamu.
SWAN: Ndubuoke faults Sirawoo
Former Heartland FC of Owerri chairman, Fan Ndubuoke, has warned embattled national President of the Sports Writers Association, Honour Sirawoo, to leave him out of the crisis rocking the body.
SWAN Crisis: Call emergency Congress now, NUJ tells Sirawoo
THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has waded into the crisis rocking the Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) as it urges parties in the conflict to refrain from provocative utterances.
Sokoto gets new SWAN Exco
The first ever Executive Council of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Sokoto State has been inaugurated on Saturday.
LMC v Club Owners: Lagos SWAN calls for caution
The Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has called on club owners and managers in the Nigerian Premier Football League to exercise caution on the issue of the tenure and mandate of the League Management Company, advising that any attempt to frustrate or abort the on-going reforms would throw the league and Nigerian domestic football back into the dark recesses from which it has just been salvaged.
