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  • Warri Wolves host Nasarawa in Oleh

    Warri Wolves host Nasarawa in Oleh

    AS a result of the African Youth Athletics Championship (AYAC) holding at the Warri Township Stadium this week, Warri Wolves Football Club will on today, 28th host Nasarawa United in their alternate venue, Oleh Township Stadium.

    According to a release made available to journalists by the Media Officer of the Club, Etu Moses, the match will kick off by 4pm with all the rules guiding the league.

    Etu appealed to the fans of the club to bear with the team as it will return to Warri immediately after the Athletics Championship.

    Meanwhile, all the players of Warri Wolves fresh from their well deserved away draw with highly rated Rangers at the Nnamidi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu have relocated to the Isoko Town to prepare for the Nasarawa boys.

    Speaking on the match, Coach Solomon Ogbeide said there will be no hiding place for the Lafia-based team as what the boys needed was the draw with Rangers which he described as the turning point.

    “This is the turning point and from the way they played against Rangers, Nasarawa will bear the brunt as the boys are rearing to go. The boys were not happy to have missed the bonus against Heartland and it showed in their match against Rangers. You could see the hunger in them”, said an elated Ogbeide.

    Meanwhile, the Club Captain, Azubuike Egweke who was on an assignment with the Super Eagles will team up with others in Oleh. He will only play if he is fit because we have enough players who are fit and rearing to go.

    In the words of Ogbeide” Azubuike is our Captain and we are happy to have him back but he will only play if he is fit. All my players are fit and waiting to devour Nasarawa United before heading for Aba to confront the former CAF Champions, Enyimba International Football Club,

  • Senator Tinubu to host constituents on Monday

    Senator Oluremi Tinubu will on Monday host constituents in her Lagos Central Senatorial District to a quarterly Town Hall meeting.

    The meeting is the fifth in the series of such parley where the former Lagos First Lady usually presents her scorecard to those who elected her.

    Monday’s meeting will afford her the opportunity to explain his activities at the various committees to which she belongs.

    The senator will also get a feedback from the electorate at the parley tagged: “Rekindling Hope”.

    A statement issued from her constituency office said the meeting will begin at “The Event Place” on Lekki-Epe Expressway by 9am.

    Expected as guests are: roral fathers, senatorial leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), community leaders, students, traders and representatives of all interest groups within the district.

    At the last meeting which held last December, Senator Tinubu launched the “Elderly Citizens’ Assistance Scheme” (ECAS). Under the programme, 1,300 elderly citizens got N10,000.00 each as part of the senator ’s constituency development initiative.

    Since the maiden Lagos Central Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting on December 19, 2011, the quarterly event has become an occasion for the celebration of dividends of democracy and development while reinforcing calls for social change.

    Senator Tinubu, whose era as First Lady witnessed people-oriented and youth development initiatives, has sponsored two bills to provide social security for the aged and to amend sections of the Labour Act which restricts employment opportunities for women.

    She is currently spearheading efforts for the National Assembly to grant Lagos state a special status under the constitution.

    Previous editions the meetings witnessed novel initiatives including: the launching of her Post-Secondary School Scholarship Scheme (PSSS) in which 26 beneficiaries are being paid N100, 000 annually for four years and 598 students of tertiary institutions receiving N10, 000 bursaries to help defray the cost of procuring academic books.

    She also launched the Petty Traders Empowerment Capital Scheme (PETECS) to help 624 residents in her constituency re-capitalise existing small scale business.

    Beneficiaries of the above and other constituency development programmes are chosen without consideration to political party affiliations.