Featured

Ecstasy, As 18 country Rumbles in Abuja for Africa track Cycling tournament

Published

3 years ago

July 12, 2022

Joel Ajayi

All is now set for the commencement of the 2nd edition of the Africa Cup Track Cycling championship as 15 countries out of 18 countries that indicates interest to participate arrived in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja for the event.

Nigeria is hosting the second edition of the championship slated for July 14th to July 17th, at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

Addressing the Journalist ahead of the event, in a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the President of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria CFN, Giandomenico Massari said the federation has put in place the necessary preparation for the smooth and successful event.

According to him, Nigeria is hosting, we have a similar event in 2019. we are expecting a very really very good show in terms of cycling. Our athletes are committed we are expecting a good performance

“It’s showing interest that this type of specialty in cycling is getting and we are ready and we have some challenges, we try to overcome and we are trying to put in full gear for the Africa tourney that is starting next tomorrow with the opening ceremony and eventually the race will be according to the program and the race will be interesting program and we are hoping that everything will be smooth and up till time, we are expecting to have a good performance as we proceed to the championship.”

He however lamented the lack of sponsors for the championship and game of cycling: “We are not getting support in spite of our achievement we are not getting any support from anyone even government.

“Sports must be supported because as we speak no one or company that’s supporting sports us, they should know that support to sports is a support for the country, support to the youth and not only the youth. I am appealing to Nigeria to lend a hand of support for cycling for more growth and development.”

Share on Facebook

Featured

CSO Salutes Trump

Published

2 weeks ago

January 20, 2025

The Gleamer

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.

Share on Facebook