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  • Lemo, Ajunwa, Aboyeji to inspire young professionals at TOUCH 2025 leadership forum

    Lemo, Ajunwa, Aboyeji to inspire young professionals at TOUCH 2025 leadership forum

    Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tunde Lemo; Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa; and founder of Future Africa, Iyin Aboyeji, are among the high-profile speakers expected to mentor young professionals at TOUCH 2025, a leadership and empowerment programme aimed at nurturing a new generation of business and career leaders.

    The initiative, organised by Foursquare Church Without Bounds, is scheduled for December 6 at Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Lagos.

    It is designed to equip young entrepreneurs with practical tools for business success, support career advancement, and mobilise young Nigerians toward national transformation.

    Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, the convener, Rev. Faith Oluwagbesan, said the 2025 edition seeks to reignite confidence in Nigeria’s potential and encourage young people to contribute meaningfully to its growth.

    “TOUCH is our annual career, entrepreneurship, and nation-building initiative created to inspire the next generation of leaders,” he said. “We designed it to encourage young people to remain committed to building this country rather than giving up on Nigeria.”

    Oluwagbesan disclosed that the event is expected to attract over 500 participants from within and outside the church, with mentoring sessions bridging the gap between experienced industry leaders and emerging talents.

    He noted that in previous editions, the church facilitated free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration for 20 entrepreneurs as part of its start-up support efforts.

    He emphasised the importance of government policies in the survival of small businesses and called for stable, supportive regulations to help young entrepreneurs thrive.

    This year’s discussions will cover business growth strategies, access to capital, and building sustainable ventures.

    According to the convener, Nigerian youths possess the creativity, energy, and resilience needed to strengthen the economy and drive national development.

    Other speakers expected at the programme include Oluyinka Adebiyi, Chief Client Officer, Guinea Insurance PLC; Kola Olugbodi, CEO, Background Check International; Mojibade Sosanya, award-winning MC and presenter; Bright Ukwenga, Principal Consultant, Sixth Sense Leadership; Adewunmi Onofomi, CEO, Acornville Learning Limited; and Dafe Richards, content strategist.

  • Invest more in peace education, Ajunwa tells FG, others

    The Co-Founder & Project Lead of Galaxy4Peace Precious Ajunwa has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to invest more in peace education to reduce violent conflicts among youths in Nigeria.

    She spoke at the 5th edition of the annual Sweat4Peace in commemoration of the International Day of Peace in Lagos.

    Over 500 participants from Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Ibadan witnessed the event.

    Ajunwa said: “At a time hate crimes are on the increase, we must more than ever continuously invest and teach children the values of love, peace, forgiveness, empathy, tolerance and non-violence not only on this global day but at all times.

    “We want to have them commit to peace despite their inherent differences, while highlighting their roles in achieving SDGs No. 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.”

    Sweat4Peace Team Lead Abuja, Adebote Oluwaseyifunmi, challenged youths to become ambassador of peace within their communities.

  • Ajunwa: Why govt must develop grassroots sports

    Ajunwa: Why govt must develop grassroots sports

    CHIOMA Ajunwa, Olympic gold medalist, says governments at all levels must fund development of grassroots sports in the country in order to raise young talents.

    While speaking at the inter-house sports competition of Good Shepherd Schools, held at Atan-Ota, Ogun, Ajunwa said if the nation must raise young talents in the area of athletics, it must begin from the grassroots, where young talents could be developed.

    In her words: “We have future champions at this Good Shepherd Schools inter-house sports competition. The challenge is that the people handling sports in schools don’t know the efficacy

    of inter-house sports and because they do not attach much importance to it, it ends there. They don’t know why government said we should be doing inter-house sports.”

    According to her, ever since the state government stopped employing athletes to head vital sporting positions, raising talents nose-dived, adding that Local Governments had also failed to fish out young talents at the grassroots.

    Ajunwa appealed to the private sector to take more interest in sports, saying that government’s handling of sports would not help much, while charging private companies to own athletics clubs.

    Director, Good Shepherd Schools, Dr. Adebayo Oyeyemi, said the aim of inter-house sports was to give every child the opportunity to develop their God-given talent in the area of sports, while charging organisations to partner with schools to develop grassroots sports.

    Oyeyemi appealed to the government to improve on providing provisions or grants for the development of sports in the country, saying that a case where athletes who had done the nation proud were allowed to protest before they could be rewarded was very unpleasant.

  • Ajunwa’s 7.12m jump is Africa’s best-Omatseye

    Ajunwa’s 7.12m jump is Africa’s best-Omatseye

    Neisima Omatseye, the Technical Director, Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Saturday said that Chioma Ajunwa’s Atlanta ‘96 long jump record of 7.12m remained Africa’s and Nigeria’s best.

    Omatseye was reacting to Blessing Okagbare’s jump of 7.14m on Friday at the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League holding in Doha, Qatar.

    The director told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that since Okagbare’s jump was wind assisted with about +2.2m, it could not be ratified as a national record.

    “Her jump was wind assisted thus; it cannot be ratified by AFN as a national record.

    Omatseye, however, added that Okagbare’s record was an improvement from her 6.88m jump in Beijing, where she won bronze.

    He added that in spite of that, the AFN was glad with Okagbare’s recent performance at the IAAF, saying he hoped the athlete would improve on her record at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

    The director said he believed that it was just a matter of time before Ajunwa’s record would be broken.

    Rotimi Obajimi, an IAAF lecturer, applauded Okagbare for her achievement for improving on her previous record in 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    “I had believed that she will concentrate on long jump and ignore sprints, but why she did not, I do not understand.

    “Because I believe she would have passed the record a long time ago.

    “It is a good development that she now knows her strong point, whether wind assisted or not it is a good result,” he said.

    Tunde Suleiman, a long jump coach, said that whether it was wind assisted or not it was the best long jump record in Africa and worthy of commendation.

  • Ajunwa’s 7.12m jump is Africa’s best-Omatseye

    Ajunwa’s 7.12m jump is Africa’s best-Omatseye

    Neisima Omatseye, the Technical Director, Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Saturday said that Chioma Ajunwa’s Atlanta ‘96 long jump record of 7.12m remained Africa’s and Nigeria’s best.

    Omatseye was reacting to Blessing Okagbare’s jump of 7.14m on Friday at the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League holding in Doha, Qatar.

    The director told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that since Okagbare’s jump was wind assisted with about +2.2m, it could not be ratified as a national record.

    “Her jump was wind assisted thus; it cannot be ratified by AFN as a national record.

    Omatseye, however, added that Okagbare’s record was an improvement from her 6.88m jump in Beijing, where she won bronze.

    He added that in spite of that, the AFN was glad with Okagbare’s recent performance at the IAAF, saying he hoped the athlete would improve on her record at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

    The director said he believed that it was just a matter of time before Ajunwa’s record would be broken.

    Rotimi Obajimi, an IAAF lecturer, applauded Okagbare for her achievement for improving on her previous record in 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    “I had believed that she will concentrate on long jump and ignore sprints, but why she did not, I do not understand.

    “Because I believe she would have passed the record a long time ago.

    “It is a good development that she now knows her strong point, whether wind assisted or not it is a good result,” he said.

    Tunde Suleiman, a long jump coach, said that whether it was wind assisted or not it was the best long jump record in Africa and worthy of commendation.