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FCMB Pension Emerges Winner 2022 Edition Of PFA Games In FCT

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2 years ago

November 27, 2022

Joel Ajayi

The impressive First City Monument Bank Pension Administrator, FCMB Pension team on weekend crowned the winner of the 2022 edition of Pension Fund Administration PFA Games after beating their counterpart tangerine AP pension 2-0 in the final.

The popular home of sports in Federal Capital Territory FCT, the Turf Arena saw a five-day event full of excitements between Tuesday 22nd November, 2022 as over seven Pension Fund Administration teams in the city will be slugged it out in a fierce battle in the second edition of the Turf Arena PFA Games but at the end of the day FCMB perform credibly.

Speaking after the final organizer of the event, Mr Muhammed Kamarudeen said TURF ARENA is the leading sports service company in Abuja and what distinguished TURF ARENA was that, over the years, it has had more growth.

“It’s really 5 days of entertainment, fun, intense, and personal, where all Staff of PFA gathered to celebrate themselves.

“And as you can see, the aim of the tournament is to bring the pension Industry together to interact, share ideas, and have fun and enjoy themselves. I can boldly say that that has been achieved.”

He saluted all the management and all the teams that participated in the games for excellent display during and after the games.

Mr Kamarudeen however, pledged for more improved and better games saying that the organizer is working hard to ensure more PFA teams participated in the next edition.

The teams participated in the seven sports which include Football 7 a side, coed volleyball 6×6, Table tennis, Snooker, scrabble, Chess and team bonding games.

In the overall medal table, Norrenberger APT pension finished second, Trust fund Pension third, Premium pension who came first in the maiden edition dropped down to fourth while Tangerine APT pension and Nupemco finished fifth and sixth respectively.

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Mahanaim FC too good for Green Lock in first match of the year

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2 days ago

February 2, 2025

The Gleamer

Mahanaim FC kicked-off year 2025 with a victory over Greenlock FC on Saturday, at the Bwari Township Stadium. Goals from Aliyu Imran and Nambou Roman were enough to secure victory for the boys in our first match of the year.

Both teams hadn’t met since 2023 when we cruised to a 2-nil win over them. That result set the tone for our match on Saturday, with our opponents hoping to get one over us this time.

Our Coaches, Saheed Jimoh and Jackson Mbuk had set up a line up which had a blend of young players and the experienced ones, including Haruna Abdullahi, who also got a goal the last time we played GreenLock.

After the opening exchange in first few minutes, Haruna bursted through the middle into the opponents 18-yards, Dribbling his way past three players before setting up Aliyu Imran who finished the move with a goal from close range. The game became very close from that point onwards with only the goal separating the teams.

After the break, the match became more open as we pushed forward searching for the second goal. GreenLock FC came close a couple of times before finding an equaliser through a low free- kick from Samuel Daniel, that went past our Goal-Keeper, David Adolphus.

Barely two minutes after the equaliser, Haruna Abdullahi once again conjured a magical pass that found Nambou Roman who had replaced Aliyu Imran in the attack. Roman’s well timed run was complemented by Haruna’s defence spliting pass. Roman lobbed the ball over the on-rushing goalkeeper into the net, to restore our lead.

GreenLock FC fought fiercely to find an equaliser but our defence line which had Nura Yahaya, Jesse Mokele, Salisu Hamisu and Marcus Haruna stood firm with the help of the midfielders, Daniel Egwuatu and Ikoh Danjuma, as we gained another victory over GreenLock FC in our first match of 2025.

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