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BFN unveils Nollywood star as Brand Ambassador
The Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) has unveiled Nollywood star, Ali Nuhu as its latest Brand Ambassador.
The move is in line with BFN’s vision of promoting badminton through partnership with celebrities in the entertainment industry. Nuhu, who has become popular in the film industry especially in the northern part of the country where ‘Kannywood’ reigns supreme, will help propagate the game of badminton in the country.
Apart from Nuhu, the Federation also has Alibaba, Mozez Praiz, Kunle Bamtefa, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Sound Sultan and Kunle Afolayan, notable names in the entertainment and sports industry as Brand Ambassadors.
The addition of Nuhu as a Brand Ambassador is in continuation of BFN’s efforts towards getting celebrities in the entertainment industry from the northern part of the country to endorse and create more awareness for badminton all over the country.
The initiative to engage celebrities is informed by the vision of the federation to have a synergy between sports and entertainment which is the trend world over and popularly referred to as “Sportainment”.
The BFN intends to use its ambassadors to drive followership of badminton as they will become an integral part of its publicity and awareness campaign for its activities and programmes.
The BFN President, Francis Orbih, while expressing confidence in the move, said the involvement of Ali Nuhu will pave the way for other celebrities from the northern part of the country to join hands with the federation in making badminton one of the most popular sports in Nigeria.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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