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Sports, The Best Tool To Cripple Poverty In Nigeria-Amb. Olutoke

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5 years ago

February 8, 2022

…Launches Poverty Fighters Handball Club In FCT

Joel Ajayi

The group known as Creativity Poverty Chapter Squad of Abuja, has launched Handball club as well as the first-ever handball supporters club in the country to ameliorate the suffering of many young Nigerians.

At the official launching of Poverty Fighters Handball and supporters’ club, the CEO Creative Leaders’ Concept Limited, Amb. Dr. Edward Olutoke, said that sports is one of the best tool to cripple the monster called poverty in the country, if properly used.

Amb. Olutoke expressed that, the President Ikeja Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture said the poverty fighter squad is using three tools to fight poverty, which are agriculture, Housing and entertainment sports.

According to him, Nigeria was declared as the poverty capital of the world, it’s annoying that they can call a great nation like Nigeria such name, something is fundamentally wrong with that; that is why we are using everything to fight poverty.

“And one of such is sports because, we know it has the capacity to pull people out of poverty and we want to take handball to that level.

“Everything about sports should not be football that is why we are forming the Handball club called poverty fighters Handball club in FCT.

“We want to look at young guys who train endlessly and no headway, they are hopeless, we can put ourselves together and lift them up, that is what we are trying to do with the new team we are forming.

“They will be duly engaged, we are going to put them on salary.”

Talking about the innovation it will bring to Handball in FCT he said: “we have pushed some ideas to the association. The first thing we are going to do, is to turn old parade ground around, that place is like facilities in waste. “We are going to turn it around, I am sure work is going to start by next week to remodel the place and by the grace of God, that place will wear a new look by the end of April, God’s willing.” He said

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Drogba, Amuneke, Eguavoen Lead African Legends’ Arrival in Lagos

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13 hours ago

November 7, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

With just one day to the much-anticipated Legends of Africa Football Game, Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba has arrived in Lagos, joining an impressive assembly of former African internationals already in the city ahead of Sunday’s star-studded encounter.

Drogba’s arrival further heightens anticipation for the game, which will bring together some of the continent’s most celebrated football figures at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.

Also in Lagos are Nigerian football greats Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Austin Eguavoen and Mutiu Adepoju, alongside other members of the legendary Super Eagles generations of 1994 and 1996.

The African contingent also features distinguished names including Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor, Senegal’s El-Hadji Diouf, Ghana’s Stephen Appiah and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song, among other former international stars.

The excitement will extend beyond the legends’ reunion, with popular Nigerian entertainers and celebrities preparing for a special Celebrity Match as part of the event. Yhemolee, Sheggz, Jeriq, Teddy A and Charles Okocha are among the personalities set to feature in the celebrity fixture, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

The Celebrity Match will form part of a wider programme of activities designed to give fans a full day of football, entertainment and celebration before the main legends’ fixture, which kicks off at 5pm. Gates open at 1:30pm.

Organized by Toptier Sports Management in collaboration with Afreximbank and CANEX as part of CANEX WKND 2026, the game will feature 15 Nigerian legends taking on 13 African icons in a celebration of the players whose achievements helped shape the history of football on the continent.

Beyond the match, the programme includes a football clinic involving 500 young players, entertainment and special recognition for the heroes of African football.

The Legends of Africa Football Game promises a memorable gathering of football royalty, bringing together generations of fans to celebrate the enduring legacy of the continent’s finest players.

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