Complete Sports

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Complete Sports
Complete Sports logo.jpg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Founder(s) Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
PublisherComplete Communications Limited
Editor-in-chiefSunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
EditorMumuni Alao
Dare Esan
Kazeem Tijani
Deputy editorOladimejo Loko
General managerLydia Oyekanmi
LaunchedDecember 1995;28 years ago (1995-12)
Language English
Headquarters Isolo, Lagos
CountryNigeria
Circulation 124,000
Readership13–55 years
Sister newspapersSuccessDigest Extra
Website completesports.com

Complete Sports is a Nigerian daily national sports newspaper and has its headquarters in Isolo, a local government area in Lagos State. It was first published in 1995 as the flagship newspaper of Complete Communications Limited and has gone on to become one of the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. [1] The newspaper focuses primarily on Nigerian sports personalities particularly Nigerian footballers.

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Complete Sports is circulated around Nigeria and some parts of Benin and Cameroon thus making it one of the most circulated newspaper in West Africa. [2]

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References

  1. "Profile Of Publisher- Complete Sports Magazine In Nigeria". Media Nigeria. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "About Us". Complete Sports. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.