Seminar Takes Centre Stage As Lagos SWAN Week Continues...

With the successful kick off of the 2015 Lagos SWAN Week which started on Sunday, The 26th, July 2015 with the ceremonial match between the SWAN veterans and ex-internationals which ended in a 2-2 draw, followed by group games on Monday and Tuesday, the Seminar and Health talk will take centre stage on Wednesday, 29th, July 2015.

The seminar which will be held at the secretariat of the Association situated inside the National stadium, Surulere by 11:00am and will be chaired by Rev. Moses Iloh

According to the organizers, the keynote lecture will focus on “Funding Sports in Nigeria” to be delivered by Director General of the National sports commission, Alhassan Yakmut while President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick will speak on “Globalizing Nigerian sports: A challenge for the Nigerian media”.

According to the Chairman of the Local organizing committee for the 2015 SWAN week, Debo Oshundun, this initiative is a continuation of the vision of the last year’s committee in their quest to improve the standard of sports reportage in Lagos which will have a ripple effect on the profession in Nigeria.

Oshundun also revealed that Lagos SWAN member Colin Udoh as been scheduled for a brief presentation on the "Effective Use of Social Media For Journalist" and this is supposed to serve as a teaser to the Upcoming workshop on Social Media being planned for later this year by the LagosSWAN Exco. Rounding off the Seminar is brief talk on "Healthy Living" and a medical team will be on ground from 10:00am to conduct free health checks for journalists, interested members of staffs of the National sports commission and the general public.

Lagos SWAN Cup 2015 Results

Group A

Game 1

City FM 3 Radio Nigeria 0

VON 1 Supersports 1

Game 2

Radio Nigeria 0 vs VON Radio 3

Supersports 0 City FM 0

Game 3

VON 3 City F 0

Radio Nigeria 0 vs Supesports 3

Group C