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EGUNJOBI APPRECIATES TEAM AGEGE LG
.. offered free vocational studies and cash gift
The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi received Team Agege LG in his office on Thursday 12 December, 2019. Recall that Team Agege LG won Silver Medals in the just concluded Special Olympics Nigeria 2019 Finals held at Campus Stadium, Lagos Island. The competition was co-sponsored by the French Embassy. Alhaji Egunjobi, while appreciating the team for making Agege LG proud, encouraged them to put in more efforts in the their carrier and remain good ambassadors of the local government. In fulfilling his promise to always support the team, the council boss offered the team free vocational studies to boost their respective carrier and also offered the team a cash gift in the sum of One hundred thousand naira (N100,000). The team in appreciation expressed their joy and gratitude to the erudite council boss for his full support to the team all through the competition. They also thanked him for his commitment to ensure they have meaningful carrier and promised to always make Agege LG proud at all times. The Coach Educator, Mr. Moses Adepoju eulogized good gesture of Alhaji Egunjobi since the inception of the Football Academy 2015, and his interest then is fully realized now that he became the Executive Chairman by providing enabling environment where the team can utilize their skills. Adepoju enumerated successful impact of the empowerment in Agege community and those that have left the country to overseas to continue their football carrier. The Team Chairman, Alhaji Omodele Morufu thanked the council Chairman for his support from inception of the team powered by Premier Skills Academy, Agege. Alhaji Morufu assured the council boss that Team Agege LG will continue to prosper and will also continue to positively project Agege in sports arena. The Chief of Staff to the council boss, Mr. Ade mola Oriade, who was on the playing ground with the team representing the Executive Chairman, in his remark attested to quality performance of the team and urged the council not to relent its effort on the team as they as found promising team that can represent Lagos and the country at large in future. Mr. Oriade advised the team players to always be of good conduct and be focused with determination to succeed wherever the find themselves.
The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has passed away at the age of 91.
The respected monarch reportedly died on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend and former President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Mourning his passage, a prince of Ijebu, Prince Adedoyin Alatishe wrote on X, “Baami Ogbagba agbatewole , Erin wo. Omo anikilaya saagbu.”
Adetona, who ascended the throne in 1960, was one of Nigeria’s longest-reigning traditional rulers and widely revered for his contributions to the sociopolitical development of Ijebuland and Ogun State at large.
Former president muhammadu Buhari has died at a hospital in London this afternoon according to the family, He was former military head of state in 1983.
The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
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Breaking : Tinubu returns to Abuja tonight after diplomatic visits to Saint Lucia, Brazil,Says Onanuga
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to arrive Abuja later tonight following a two-nation diplomatic tour that took him to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean and Brazil in South America.
His return was confirmed in a message posted on Saturday afternoon by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after his two-nation visit to Saint Lucia and Brazil,” the presidential aide stated.
The President departed Nigeria on Saturday, June 28 for what was described as a strategic outreach aimed at strengthening ties with regions historically under-engaged in Nigeria’s diplomatic matrix.
His first stop was Saint Lucia, where he made a historic visit to build new ties and explore emerging partnerships with Caribbean states.
While in Saint Lucia, Tinubu interacted with regional leaders under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), reinforcing Nigeria’s growing interest in Caribbean diplomacy and South-South cooperation.
He subsequently proceeded to Brazil to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu held a bilateral meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The leaders co-chaired the Nigeria-Brazil high-level bilateral meeting , where they discussed mechanisms to boost trade, infrastructure financing, and cultural cooperation between Africa’s most populous country and Latin America’s largest economy.
With the President’s return, focus is expected to shift to domestic engagements and follow-up actions on the diplomatic and investment commitments made during his foreign tour.
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