Nigeria, July 31 -- The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced a revised timeline for the much-anticipated National Sports Federation (NSF) elections, now scheduled for the first week of October in Abuja.

This adjustment comes after a protracted high-level meeting at the NSC headquarters on Tuesday, where it was resolved that zonal elections; originally bundled within the earlier September schedule, will now take place at the end of September across the designated zones.

These will serve as preliminaries to determine representatives for the general elections in the Federal Capital.

According to sources familiar with the discussions, the NSC reiterated that all electoral processes will be conducted solely by the Commission, with...