The best sports daily newspaper in Nigeria is Complete Sports Newspaper. Dr. Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase founded it in December 1995. A retired soldier in the Nigerian army who also doubles as the editor in Chief.
It remains the most-read sports bulletin in Nigeria by lovers of sports. A research study conducted by AMPS (All Media and Product Survey) in 2008 and 2009, respectively, provided support for this assertion.
Complete Communications Limited
Complete communications limited, a news media firm, publishes Complete Sports as one of its products (CCL).
According to rumors, the CCL is a venerable sports publishing company from Nigeria. It was established in 1984, and it was fully registered in 1987.
The company also had in existence other publications like Complete sports under its umbrella. Some of them include; Complete Football Magazine which was founded in 1985, and International soccer (i-soccer) formally known as International soccer reviews (ISR) in 1990.
Staring from the year 1984, CCL had published other sports periodicals.The first is the 1984 founding of the sports journal Climax. Climax magazine in 1988, Complete Football International in 1994, and Complete Football Extra in 1995.
CCL most popular company is the Complete sports Newspaper according to many. This is because it remained its best and finest daily sports publication. In addition, it was known for its wide recognition and acceptance in Nigeria.
Complete sports Saturday is the name of the Saturday version of the publication. The sports news publishing company has its headquarters in Isolo, which is a local government area in one of the South West states of Nigeria, Lagos state.
The newspaper is always written in English. It is interesting to note that the newspaper does not only spread its tentacles to various parts of Nigeria alone but to some parts of the Benin Republic as well as Cameroon. By far, we can say that it is one of the most read and circulated newspapers in West Africa.
The newspaper has different social media handles which it uses to spread the news as well. It has up to 68569 followers on Twitter up to 38903 on Instagram and close to 3520 subscribers on YouTube.
Aims And Objectives Of Complete Sports Newspaper
- The primary aim of complete sports and CCL as a group is to report sports news, particularly about Nigeria and Nigerians who are sportsmen and women
- The news talks about their ordeals as sportsmen wherever they may find themselves, either on home soil or in the diaspora.
- It focuses on all sporting activities and competitions but much emphasis is placed on Football due to the fact that it is the most popular sporting event in the world.
Readership
Statistics have shown that 75% of those who read the Complete sports newspaper are males between the age grade 13 to 55 while 25% of those who read the newspaper are elderly men and women.
The Editorial Team
The editorial team of this newspaper is as follows;
- PRINT Editor
- Dare Esan
- ONLINE Editor
- Nnamdi Ezekute
- Photo Editor
- Ganiyu Yusuf
- Reporter
- Suleiman Alao
- Reporter
- Adeboye Amosu
- Reporter
- Sab Osuji
- Reporter
- James Agberebi
- Reporter
- Yemi Ogunseyin
- Programmer
- Demola Aloko
- Website Administrator
- Elvis Iwuamadi
- Graphics Designer/ Social Media
- Ekomobong Otu
- Advertising Intern
- Adekemi Olatunji
Achievement
One major achievement of this newspaper was that it had a landmark achievement in redefining and bringing Nigerian sports to lamplight.
For instance, this newspaper was instrumental in ensuring Nigeria’s first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in 1994 and the Olympics in Atalanta, USA in 1996.
These two events were a defining moment for sports generally in Nigeria and Complete sports was a witness to this greatness.
