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Former Super Eagles media officer, Toyin Ibitoye becomes sports minister’s adviser

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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has appointed ace sports journalist,  Toyin Ibitoye, as his Special Assistant, Multimedia.

Ibitoye, a former media officer of the Super Eagles,  is expected to bring his wealth of experience to bear on the job.  

He is the Executive Producer of Sunrise Sports, a sports broadcast and marketing company based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a very well-travelled sports broadcaster.

He was the press officer of Nigeria’s senior men’s football team, the Super Eagles from 2015 to 2020 and is currently a member of the Nigeria Football Federation media committee.

Apart from his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Ibadan,  he also holds a FIFA/CIES Sports Management post graduate diploma from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) now NMU in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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