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Kamaru, Adesanya ready to breathe life to Nigeria’s Mixed Martial Arts-NMMAF President
Joel Ajayi
The President of the newly formed Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation, NMMAF, Ambassador Henry George has revealed that the duo of Kamaru Usman and Isreal Adesanya will cooperate with the federation to ensure Nigeria develops her MMA artists to become world beaters.
In a chat with a section of the media on Thursday night, Ambassador George share the vision and mission of the newly berthed federation by the Federation Ministry of Youth and Sports.
He explained that developing the potential of Nigeria’s MMA grassroots fighters is one of the cardinals of the Federation and revealed that NMMAF is looking forward to working with the two Nigerian UFC greats in achieving this noble objective.
The NMMAF chief believed that the passion shown by the duo for developing the art in Nigeria is superb and having a federation makes it easier for them to reach the grassroots and develop it faster.
“We are confident they will join us and because we have seen the passion they have shown and we are trying to create a wider reach developing our MMA athlete, we are looking at having better cooperation with them”
“Looking at our brothers Isreal Adesanya and Kamaru Usman, we can see that they have passion about what is happening in Nigeria”
and our homegrown fighters”.
“No wonder you see what Kamaru is doing with his promotion, faceoff, where he tries to organize and get fighters together, and now that we have a federation he knows and it’s an opportunity for him to reach out more to the grassroots.”
He then registers his optimism of collaborating with the megastars to develop MMA artists in Nigeria
“We are confident they will join us and because we have seen the passion they have shown and we are trying to create a wider developing our MMA athlete, we are looking at having better cooperation with them”.
it’s a known fact that, Kamaru Usman and Isreal Adesanya are the most popular Nigeria Mixed Martial Art fighters, currently fighting professionally in the UFC.
The duo has massive followership in Nigeria, the former world champions have expressed their desire in different fora to return to Nigeria to develop more world beaters in the nearest future.
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CLTC DG Reaffirms FG’s Dedication to Nurturing Innovative, Productive Nigerian Youth
By Joel Ajayi
The Director-General of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), Ms. Rinsola Abiola, has reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to raising young Nigerians who are productive, innovative, and imbued with patriotism, service, and integrity.
She gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja in her goodwill message at the ongoing two-day Retreat on Presidential Priorities and Deliverables — 2025 Mid-Term Review, where she also commended the Ministry of Youth Development, led by Hon. Ayodele Olawande, for championing youth-focused initiatives under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Abiola, the retreat provides a unique opportunity to review and realign efforts to ensure that government policies and programmes translate into measurable impact in the lives of Nigerian youths.
“This retreat is both timely and strategic. It provides a platform to collectively review, align, and sharpen our focus on the priorities of Mr. President. More importantly, it allows us to deepen collaboration within the youth development sector to ensure that government policies deliver real change to our young people,” she said.
Highlighting the Centre’s achievements, Abiola disclosed that over 6,000 youths have been trained in value orientation and re-orientation in the just-concluded half-year period. She emphasized that the CLTC, with its long history of building citizenship values, leadership capacity, discipline, and volunteerism, remains steadfast in supporting the Ministry’s mandate and national priorities.
“We see ourselves as partners in this great task of nation-building. Our goal is to raise young Nigerians who are not only productive and innovative but also committed to the spirit of service, patriotism, and integrity,” she added.
Abiola urged stakeholders and participants at the retreat to bring forward actionable strategies that would strengthen coordination, eliminate bottlenecks, and accelerate delivery on presidential mandates.
She concluded by reaffirming CLTC’s readiness to collaborate with the Ministry and other agencies to advance youth development across Nigeria.
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