2nd Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament Kicks-Off On Saturday the 12th of December 2015

The 2015 Edition Of the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament Kicks off this Saturday the 12th of December 2015 at the Onikan Stadium Lagos. Following a very successful first outing in 2014 and also due to increased interest in the tournament the organizers have decided to make it bigger to accommodate a few more teams.

The Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament which was first staged last year as a one day event at the Campos Mini Stadium on Lagos Island and it is put together by friends and colleagues of Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi as part of activities to mark the Birthday of the Football Administrator who also happens to be the Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) and 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Seyi Akinwunmi has been involved in charity work for over ten years now and the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament as been put to together to raise funds for the various charity work that the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Foundation is involved in.

One of the major highlights of Last year’s event was the star match between the star studded Lagos All Star Team led by erstwhile Governor of Lagos State Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN and The association of professional footballers of Nigeria (APFON) Selected side, The Lagos team All Stars won the match by 4 goals to one.

This year’s Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament will run for three weekends in December with the first set of games kicking off this weekend Saturday the 12th of December 2015 at the Onikan Stadium.

A total of 8 (eight) teams have been drawn into two groups of 4 (four) teams each, which will see the two best teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals while finalist will emerge thereafter.

The opening game of the Tournament will see Team E-600 take on Team MTN kick-off is 9am at the Onikan Waterfront, this game will be followed by 36 Lion Investments versus BURUJ immediately after the first game also at the Onikan Stadium.

Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, NFF 1st vice president and LSFA chairman with some of the Kids that took part in last year’s SACMT

The Third game of the day will commence at the 1pm between Team LCM and Team WOZA, followed immediately by the last game of the day Between Team ICOBA and Team TRINITY HOUSE at 3pm also at the Onikan Stadium.

Sunday the 13th of December will see all the teams converge at the Capos Mini Stadium for the second round of games. Team E-600 will once again play the first game of the day as they take ON Team ICOBA this game is scheduled to kick off at 9am, this will be followed by the game between Team BURUJ vs Team LCM, while the 1pm kick off is between Team WOZA and 36 LION INVESTMENT. Team MTN versus Team TRINITY HOUSE is the last game of the day and its scheduled to kick off at 3pm.

Speaking during the draws Chairman Of the LOC Mr Mojeed Adegbindin explained that the Charity mini Tournament was expanded to accommodate more teams hence the need to spread the games across 3 weekends in December.

Adegbindin stated that All the eight teams participating in the Tournament will return to the Onikan Stadium in Lagos Island on Sunday the 20th of December for the last set of group games.

Team BURUJ will tackle Team WOZA in the first game of the tournament at 9am followed by TeamTRINITY HOUSE who will square-off against Team E-600, The third game of the day is between 36 LION INVESTMENT and,Team LCM, the final game of the group stages is between Team ICOBA and Team MTN.

The top team from group A will face off with the second placed team from Group in the first Semi-Final game, while the top team from Group B will do battle with the Second placed team from Group A.

former Governor of Lagos Barister Babatunde Raji Fashola Speaking to the media after leading his Lagos All Star team to victory at the SACMT 2014

Member of the LOC and President of the Nigeria Referees Association Alhaji Tade Azeez revealed that The Final game of the Tournament will take place on 27th of December 2015 at the Campos mini Stadium Lagos, and it will be preceded by an exhibition game between the Lagos Based Glo NPFL Flag Bearers MFM FC and Ikorodu United FC. “This is to show Lagosians what the new NPFL Season has got in store for football loving Lagosians who have been clamouring for top flight football in Lagos for years now”

Azeez also seized the opportunity to call on Corporate Nigeria and also well meaning individuals to come support the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament, as proceeds from the tournament will be used to support “Courage Education Foundation” a charitable organisation that is responsible for the the upkeep and education of well over 130 Indigent Nigerian Students, and several activities and projects of the foundation.

BIGGEST PAYOUT IN SPORTS BETTING HISTORY IN NIGERIA RECORDED AT 1960BET

History was made last weekend, as a Professor of Computer Engineering at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Godwin Ighalo became the proud winner of N58,945,553.

The sum was undoubtedly the biggest payout in the annals of sports betting in Nigeria and Africa.

The sexagenarian accomplished the feat after placing bets on two different bet slips of different amounts (N500 and N300).
On the N500 ticket, the dark skinned Don won N36,840,971.25, while the N300 slip won him N22,104,582.75.

Professor Godwin Ighalo in company of two of his relatives were at hand on Wednesday at the Corporate Head Office of Nigeria’s number one Sports betting company, 1960Bet at 5 Campos Street, off Broad Street, Lagos Island to receive his cheque.

BIGGEST PAYOUT IN SPORTS BETTING HISTORY IN NIGERIA RECORDED AT 1960BET

He praised I960BET for their honesty and commitment to their customers. “1960BET have just demonstrated they are the numero uno in terms of sports betting in Nigeria by what they did today.

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On how he was able to achieve the feat, Professor Ighalo said his strong interests in probability, relationships and special
intelligence since his childhood days played a key role.

“Since my childhood days, I used to have strong interests in probability, relationships and special intelligence.

“All these with adequate sports betting research I conducted over the years, helped in making it possible”

BIGGEST PAYOUT IN SPORTS BETTING HISTORY IN NIGERIA RECORDED AT 1960BET

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2015 Lagos Ramadan Cup Ends In Grand-style

The 2015 edition of the Lagos Ramadan Community football Tourney came to an end, on sunday at the Campos Mini Stadium Lagos.

The tourney which saw 24 teams jostle for one trophy was sponsored by Hon. Sola Giwa a member of Lagos State House of Assembly.

2015 Lagos Ramadan Cup Ends In Grand-style

In the final, flaming Mahury of Lagos Island defeated G12 football club also of Lagos by 4-1 to win the tourney.

Organiser of the tourney, and chief host hon sola giwa of Lagos state house of assembly said sponsoring a football tournament during the ramadan was borne out of his passion for the round leather game during his childhood days.

Aside this, giwa said he also wants to contribute his own quota to football development in Lagos,’as everyone knows lagos island is a big place where top footballers are produced, the likes of obafemi martins, ladi and ayo makinwa, are all product of Lagos Island so we need to start from the grassroot and give the young footballers a chance, I am also organising this to get kids off the streets and to help the youths in my constituency to get engaged in sporting matters and events.

2015 Lagos Ramadan Cup Ends In Grand-style

Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament 2014 Holds December 28th In Lagos

Activities to mark the birthday of the First Vice President of the NFF who also doubles as the Chairman of the Lagos FA Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi were unveiled over the weekend by the Chairman of the LOC for the one day event and board member LSFA Mojeed Adegbindin at a media parley in Lagos.

Adegbindin explained that the Event was conceived as a vehicle to help Barrister Akinwunmi expand the scope of the charity work he had been carrying for so many years.

Seyi Akinwunmi and a few of his friends have been the driving force behind the “Courage Education Foundation” a charitable organization that is responsible for the the upkeep and education of well over 120 Indigent Nigerian Students.

Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament media parley

The event has been designed as a day of Fun and fundraising using one of the LSFA Chairman’s passion (football) to raise funds for another of his passions (Charity).

The Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament 2014 comes up on Sunday the 28th of December 2014 at the Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos Island, Lagos.

The event kicks off at ten am prompt with a match between the Under 15’s of Ekofootball, which also includes some members of the Nigeria National Under 15 team.

This match will be followed by a game between two female football teams in Lagos.

6 teams have been penciled down to do battle on the Sunday December the 28th and they are:

•1, NFF/LSFA All Stars
•2, APFON
•3, ALL Stars International
•4, Trinity House Team
•5, Friends of Seyi (FoS) 1 – ICOBA
•6, Friends of Seyi (FoS) 2 –- WOZA

The association of professional footballers of Nigeria (APFON) will take on the All Stars International team parading the likes of ALIBABA, Victor Agali and Friday Ekpo just to name a few.

Also taking part in the Mini Tournament are The Trinity House team, and two teams formed by friends of Seyi Akinwunmi namely 1, Friends Of Seyi (WOZA) and Friends of Seyi (ICOBA), plus the sixth team made up of members of the NFF and LSFA.

Also on hand to lend his support to the project was the Special Assistant on football Matters to the Governor of Lagos, Gov Babatunde Raji Fashola, Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye.

Adeboye extolled the virtues of the LSFA Boss while pledging his unflinching support to the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini Tournament.

Speaking at the media parley Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi said “One of the closest things to my heart is children, they are the very essence of being that’s why at Ekofootball we encourage children a lot”

“The main aim of the event and project is to empower the kids” by raising funds for children who cannot afford their education”

he added that “our foundation (I.E Courage education foundation) is about indigent intelligent children”.

Akinwunmi also stated that the princely sum of 1 million Naira will be set aside for indigent ex internationals who are bed ridden, or those with health issues while a certain percentage of the 1 million Naira will be set apart as seed money for an health insurance scheme which he intends to help guide the players union on how to set up and manage.

Finally Seyi Akinwunmi revealed that the event is going to be a yearly event and structures will be put in place to make it bigger and better going forward, Urging Corporate Nigeria and well meaning individuals to come onboard.

Lagos Junior League 2013/2014 Season Award to hold on May 13th

As the May 13th date for the Lagos Junior League 2013/2014 Season Award Ceremony edges closer the anticipation and buzz is physically evident. For the first time in the history of the League, total cash prizes in excess of five million Naira (5,000,000.00) will be shared amongst victorious teams in all divisions of the League. The success of the last edition has heightened the allure of this years edition.

2013/2014 AWARD NOMINEES LIST

*NOTE; SOME AWARDS DECIDED BY ACTUAL MATCH STATISTICS AND NOT VOTES HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST BELOW

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – SALAMI AZEEZ (MUSHIN), AKEEM TAIWO (IFAKO IJAIYE), QUDUS JESSY (SURULERE)

COACH OF THE YEAR – CHINEDU OGBENNA (ONIGBONGBO), BILI TANNI (SURULERE), STANLEY AGBATA (OJO)

BEST GOALKEEPER (PREMIER LEAGUE) –PRECIOUS EKONG (KOSOFE), ABU LAWRENCE (AGEGE), MAKAMBI SAMSON (OJO)

BEST GOALKEEPER (LEAGUE 1) – DAIRO MICHAEL (ORILE AGEGE), EDWIN IKECHUKWU (SHOMOLU), OREMADE OLAWALE (BARIGA)

MOST IMPROVED TEAM (PREMIER LEAGUE) – IFAKO IJAIYE, AGEGE GIANTS, OJO

MOST IMPROVED TEAM (LEAGUE 1) – ORILA AGEGE, IBEJU LEKKI, OJODU,

TEAM OF THE YEAR – OJO, SURULERE SPORT CITY FC, ORILE AGEGE,

BEST REFEREE (MALE) – WINJOBI AYODEJI, GANIU YUSUF, SODIQ SONIBARE

BEST REFEREE (FEMALE) – NIKE ADEGBITE, TOBI OGUNDE, RUTH OKAFOR

BEST MATCH COMMISSIONER (MALE) – FATAI KASUMU, YOMI PETERS, BODE KENKU

BEST MATCH COMMISSIONER (FEMALE) – MRS JUMOKE DUROSHOLA, OMOTAYO DARANIJO, OLAYINKA OGUNJOBI.

POSITIONS

PREMIER LEAGUE

FIRST – SURULERE SPORT CITY FC

SECOND – OJO Y.M.D. BABES

THIRD – IFAKO IJAIYE FKJ UNITED

LEAGUE 1

FIRST – ORILE AGEGE FC

SECOND – IBEJU LEKKI FC

THIRD – EGBE IDIMU FC

Surulere Sport City FC Clinches 2013/2014 Lagos Junior League !

The 2013/2014 Season of the Lagos Junior League came to a climax with Surulere Sport City FC sealing the Premier League title with a hard fought 2-0 victory over Onigbongbo Ultimate Strikers at the Epe stadium on Sunday evening.

Despite Y.M.D. Babes of OJO winning their final match 3-0 against whipping boys Apapa Iganmu their chances of securing a title victory relied solely on Onigbongbo Fc causing an upset in their match against the boys from Surulere.

Onigbongbo FC wasn’t up to the task and restricted OJO to a second place finish. The OJO team will rue missing the title but will be delighted with their consistency after finishing second two seasons in a row.

Ifako Ijaiye FKJ United sneaked into third place on the final day at the expense of Apapa Golden stars who failed to pick a point against relegation bound Ayayo Fc of Imota. Apapa Golden Stars have now finished fourth place two seasons in a row and both times have slipped close to the finish line.

Agege Giants took advantage of Onigbongbo FC’s loss to hold on to fifth place. The Agege team will be pleased with their 2013/14 season coming fifth in their first season in the premier division of the LJL.

In League 1 final round of matches, Orile Agege sealed the 2013/2014 League 1 Title with a 3-0 victory over Ikorodu Central. Ibeju Lekki edged out Egbe Idimu to second place on goals aggregate while Lekki FC and Bariga FC completed the top five teams in League 1.

Lagos Junior League : WEEK 19 MATCH PREVIEW

The final week of the Lagos Junior League 2013/2014 Season has finally arrived, Surulere FC suffered a first half scare in their outstanding match against Oshodi Isolo but rallied back to win the game 2-1 at the Legacy pitch on Wednesday evening.

Oshodi who virtually extinguished Apapa Golden Stars’ title hopes last week looked set to repeat the feat against Surulere FC scoring a goal early in the first half. The Surulere side looked stretched and struggled to contain Oshodi in a torrid first half.

After the restart the Sport City boys looked more composed and quickly returned the favour exposing Oshodi’s weaknesses and scoring two goals in quick succession to finally take pole position in the final round of matches.

Surulere FC have to contend with Onigbongbo ultimate strikers at the Epe stadium on Sunday evening. It is a must win for Surulere team if they intend to win the Premier League title this season.

Y.M.D. Babes of OJO will take on Apapa Iganmu in what is most likely a mismatch at Alade stadium on This evening. A win for OJO is the most plausibe scenario but OJO FC’s focus will be on the result of the match at Epe between Onigbongbo Ultimate Strikers and Surulere FC.

In other Premier League encounters, Eti Osa East will take on Lagos Island, Oshodi will face Lagos Island East while Ajeromi Ifelodun will host Itire Ikate. Mosan Okunola will travel to face Odi Olowo while Agege and Mushin will tango at the Legacy pitch, surulere on Sunday evening.

In League 1, Orile Agege only require a draw to win the division when they face Ikorodu Central on Saturday afternoon.

Egbe Idinmu drubbed Ojodu 5-0 in the final match of the season and will fall to third if Ibeju Lekki win their final match against Ifelodun FC. Lekki FC’s fate as fourth is sealed inspite the outcome of their match against Epe Alaro.

Bariga FC narrowly edged Ojodu Fc to fifth place on goals difference. Shomolu FC, Yaba FC, Ikosi Isheri and Agbado Oke Odo are set to complete the top ten.

Lagos Junior League: Surulere Sports City FC secures vital away win as Ifako Ijaiye hammers Ajeromi Ifelodun 7-2

Surulere Sport City FC achieved an almost impossible feat when they defeated Y.M.D Babes of OJO in their LASU stronghold on Sunday evening. Surulere held on to a single goal scored early in the second half and played confidently to subdue the highly rated OJO side.

This score line has once again thrown open the title race with Ojo, Surulere, Apapa and Ifako Ijaiye all back in contention.
Ifako Ijaiye continued their impressive form as they routed Ajeromi Ifelodun 7-2.

Two goals in the first ten minutes of the game from Akinde Surah and Akeem Taiwo set the mood for a rout, Koku Mensa pulled one back for Ajeromi Ifelodun in the 12th minute but after two first half goals and three more in the second half the game was out of Ajeromi’s reach.

In League 1 Orile Agege have had a lovely week first peeping Lekki in their rescheduled encounter then they pulled off a grand coup as a lone goal over Egbe Idimu helped propel them to the top of the League 1 table, Ibeju lekki also trumped local rivals Lekki Fc 2-1 to drag themselves back into contention.

Weekend Results

Eti Osa East 3 Kosofe 0

Lagos Island East 0 Apapa 3

Lagos Island 4 Apapa Iganmu 0

Oshodi Isolo 3 Mushin 0

Lagos Mainland 3 Oriade 0

Imota 0 Mosan Okunola 3

Odi Olowo 0 Onigbongbo 3

Agege 3 Itire Ikate 0

Ifako Ijaiye 7 Ajeromi Ifelodun 2

Ojo 0 Surulere 1

Ikoyi Obalende 0 Ikosi Isheri 3

Agboyi Ketu 0 Yaba 3

Egbe Idimu 0 Orile Agege 1

Lekki 1 Ibeju Lekki 2

Ojodu 0 Epe 1

Bariga 3 Ayobo Ipaja 0

Ikorodu Central 0 Eti Osa 3

Otto Awori 0 Agbado Oke Odo 3

Iba 0 Eredo 3