The Jolly Nyame Stadium is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Jalingo,
Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches and is home for
Taraba FC
Taraba F.C. is a Nigerian football club based in Jalingo, Taraba. They played in the top-tier division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Premier League after promotion in 2013 until a last place finish in 2015. Until 2007, they were based in A ...
. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built in 2002. It was named after the then Executive Governor of the state, Hon. Jolly Nyame.
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Sports venues completed in 2002
Football venues in Nigeria
2002 establishments in Nigeria
21st-century architecture in Nigeria
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