{"id":72317,"date":"2025-08-06T19:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72317"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:35:58","slug":"nigeria-to-host-2027-african-school-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/nigeria-to-host-2027-african-school-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to Host 2027 African School Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku\u00a0Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has officially secured the hosting rights for the 2nd African School Games scheduled for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was confirmed in a letter dated August 5, from Mustapha Berraf, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), to Habu Gumel, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC).<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria clinched the bid to host the continental event during ANOCA\u2019s Extraordinary Executive Committee Meeting, where the country\u2019s proven track record in organizing international sporting events and its robust infrastructure were cited as key factors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that the 2027 edition will not only uphold the values and objectives of the African School Games but also match or surpass the success of the maiden edition held in 2025,\u201d Berraf stated.<\/p>\n<p>ANOCA expressed full confidence in Nigeria\u2019s ability to deliver a world-class event, commending the nation&#8217;s commitment, hospitality, and organizational capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Hon. Bukola Olopade, Director General of the National Sports Commission, expressed immense pride in the country\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the hosting rights reflect Nigeria\u2019s rising profile in global sports and the government&#8217;s unwavering support for youth and grassroots development.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 African School Games are expected to attract young athletes from across the continent, further strengthening unity, sportsmanship, and talent development in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku\u00a0Chijioke Nigeria has officially secured the hosting rights for the 2nd African School Games scheduled for 2027. The announcement was confirmed in a letter dated August 5, from Mustapha Berraf, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), to Habu Gumel, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). Nigeria clinched the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72318,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72317\/revisions\/72318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}