Sports

All Set for Ajegunle Football and Sports Golden Awards

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3 years ago

November 8, 2021

By Akeem Busari
Plans have reached advanced stages for a successful maiden edition of Ajegunle Football and Sports Gold Awards.
The event which is being organized by Kobis Global Multidimensional Projects Limited has a theme: ‘Football No.1 Global Industry &Unifier’.

The event scheduled to hold at the high-brow Abayomi Hall, Ajegunle would take place on December 4, 2021.

According to the Chief Executive Officer of Kobis Global, Prince Ogaga Wowo, the annual awards is aimed ostensibly to recognise and celebrate heroes and heroines from Ajegunle that have contributed to present enviable status of the community as Nigeria’s biggest sports talents factory.

” The Ajegunle Football and Sports Golden Annual Awards is conceived out of a long overdue desire to properly recognize and immotalize the heroics and immense contributions of our indigenous sports personalities, who have distinguished themselves and variously contributed towards sports development and the “AJ Brand” both locally and internationally,” Prince Wowo explains.

” The award is also in celebration of our very rich football and sports heritage, as well as, reviving the traditional AJ creed of excellence, education, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, community, service, peaceful coexistence, and unity through sports – with the aim of stimulating and attracting vital investments from within and outside into the Agegunle sporting economy.

” Drawing from football and sports as a foremost global industry and unifier, this annual football awards shall progressively capture all eras and facets of Ajegunle sports, including the athletes, coaches, sports media, administrators, club proprietors, mentors, public and private sector investors. And with the awardees selected strictly on merit by a board of distinguished independent selectors.

” I tell you, this is the people’s award, by the people, for the people – a statement of excellence,” the youthful and highly resourceful sportspreneur,” added conclusively.

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Nigeria Customs Service Embarks on Training Tour

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3 hours ago

March 19, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

As part of preparations for the 2025 African Women’s Club Championship, the Nigeria Customs Service women’s volleyball team has embarked on a training tour in Benin Republic.

The tournament is scheduled to take place from April 1 to 14 in Abuja, Nigeria.

The team departed for Benin Republic on Wednesday.

The Sports Secretary of the Nigeria Customs Service, Samuel Onikeku, appreciated the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, and his management team for approving the training tour.

He emphasised that the tour would allow the players and coaching crew to assess their level of preparedness for the upcoming championship.

Onikeku expressed confidence in the team’s potential to make a strong impression at the tournament, citing the support received from the Federal Government of Nigeria, particularly through the First Lady, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON.

He said, “The volleyball team has traveled to Benin Republic for a 10-day training tour. The players have been in camp since February, and this tour will provide them with an opportunity to compete against teams outside the country.

“I want to appreciate the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, and his management team for approving this training tour.

“During the training tour, Nigeria Customs Service will take on strong opponents from Benin Republic, Ghana and Togo.

“The support we received from Nigeria’s First Lady, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON, has been tremendous, and the team is committed to making the country proud.”

He said the service is determined to better their position after finishing fourth place in 2021.

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