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Participants took lead reading oath at NOGIG opening ceremony

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3 years ago

April 22, 2024

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The much waited 2024 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) kick off on Sunday with team Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), turning out in glamour, pomp at the opening ceremony of the games in Abuja.

This year NOGIG theme for the 2024 game is, ‘Empower Wellness, Ignite Productivity officially kicks off with colorful opening ceremony, team NNPCL impresses.

At the end of the march past by the 13 companies to be represented by about 1500 participants,the Vice Chairman of Chevron,Mr Chido Okoli declared the games open to a very loud applause.

“ The aim is to promote healthy workforce that will be productive at all times and give its best to its employer,

“ Let go out and compete and have fun and most especially do it safely.

“ We appreciate all the organizers, companies,the executives that made it here today and want to encourage all to enjoy and would be expecting all on Saturday for the closing ceremony , ” he said.

On his part,Olutayo Akande, the Head of Technical Committee said that this year is different from the past editions.

“ This is the first time of taking the athletes oaths.I will recite and athletes recite after me.

“ The oaths “ At the 19th editions of NOGIG,I pledged to take part in the sporting events; respectful and abiding by the rules that governing them.

“In the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the honor of our industries ,while empowering wellness and igniting productivity. So help me God.”

He said that the reasons for the oaths is because we needed every individual participant to commit to what we want them to be this time around.

“ Yes, there are medals but we don’t want participant doing beyond just participating in getting the medals. We will play fair and get our medals cleanly,” he said.

On her part, Senior Human Resources Manager for Policy and Employee, Seplat Energy ,Obiageli Ezeoke , said that the game should continue to progress , more companies to come up to participates and increase the numbers of games.

The reports that the companies taking part in the games include; NNPCL, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).

Others are; Nigeria Liquified National Gas (NLNG) the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB),Nigerian Downstream and Midstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Total Energies, Aradel, Seplat Energy and Oando.

The 13 games include; football, Badminton,basketball , volleyball, golf, tennis, table-tennis, squash, athletics, swimming, chess, 8-ball pool and scrabble.

The reports that the events which started on Sunday ( today) and end on April 27 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

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Agada Shines with Brace as Orijent Beat Karlovac 2-0

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11 hours ago

October 24, 2026

The Gleamer

Nigerian forward Charles Adah Agada scored twice as HNK Orijent secured a 2-0 away victory over Karlovac 1919 in the Croatian SuperSport Prva NL on Saturday.

Orijent produced an impressive performance at the Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadium in Karlovac to claim all three points in the league encounter.

Agada, a former Mavlon FC of Lagos attacker, was the standout performer, finding the net twice to help the visitors overcome their hosts and strengthen their position in the league campaign.
Orijent went into the half-time break with a 1-0 advantage before extending their lead in the second half.

The Nigerian striker completed his brace with the goal that made it 2-0 in the 57th minute.
Karlovac were unable to find a response as Orijent held on to their advantage to secure victory away from home.

The result represents an important boost for Orijent, who will look to build on the performance in their subsequent league fixtures.

For Agada, the brace underlines his value to the team as Orijent continue their campaign in Croatia’s second-tier football competition.

He has built an important role on loan at the club and has successfully established himself as a regular fixture in their lineup, appearing in all 8 league matches so far this season.

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