Category: Sports

Wale Jagun This year’s edition of the Oba Kabir Shotobi Independence Day Mini – Marathon promises to be a great and interesting outing as many of the participants have said that they are not just going to participate but also aiming for the star prizes. Some of them spoke with THE IMPACT during the medical screening that ended last Saturday at the Ikorodu Constituency Office of Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the initiator and sponsor of the annual race. This year’s edition would be the 6th since its commencement about seven years…

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Kunle Adelabu All is set for this year’s annual Oba Shotobi Independence Day Mini in Ikorodu as winners in both female and male categories in the last edition are set to defend their titles. The duo of Ifeanyi Alloy John, a student of Imota Senior Grammar School, and Akanbi Muslimat, 16 year senior secondary school student of Luwasa High School, Ijede, who are the champions of the male and female categories of the race in 2019 respectively, attended the unveiling of the 2021 logo and trophies for the race,  to…

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Our Editor Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, became the cynosure of the global soccer lenses on Wednesday, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was joined by the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, at the opening round of the maiden Aisha Buhari International friendly tournament. Nigeria’s Super Falcons played against Mali’s Les Aiglonnes in the international tournament hosted by the Lagos State Government at Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick,…

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Kunle Adelabu The U -17 athletes, who emerged champions in some of the games at the just concluded IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) Indoor Games Youth Championship, have commended the socio – cultural and developmental body for the initiative. They said that the championship provided them with the opportunity to develop in their chosen games and also helping in taking young people off the street. The maiden edition of the championship, which hosted Snooker, Chess, Scrabble and Table Tennis competitions, started at the Ita – Elewa Youth/Sports Centre, Ikorodu,…

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Kunle Adelabu The 14 – year-old Scrabble champion in Ikorodu Division and number three in the state (U – 15), Michael Ogbonna Ugochukwu, has stated that some funny moves that he made while competing at the just concluded IKODASS U-17 Indoor Games Championship opened ways for his opponents and  consequently cost him the gold medal. Michael, who is a student of the Ikorodu Senior Grammar School, Ikorodu, came third with 4 (plus 468) points. The Scrabble prodigy, who said that he has learnt his lessons, also hinted that he is…

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Wale Jagun -All participants get certificates of participation The IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) U – 17 Indoor Games Youth Championship ended on Thursday, September 9, 2021, with all the winners receiving their cheques and other gift items from the organizers. Certificates of participation were also issued by the organizers to all the 80 participants. Seven winners (both in the male and female  categories) of the four games – Scrabble (both male and female), Chess (male and female), Table Tennis (Male and female) and Snooker (male only), got N50,…

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Wale Jagun It was a final that lived up to its expectations as Omodara Blessings, 17 year-old, emerged the new table tennis champion in Ikorodu, after beating the national and divisional champion, Kuti Mathew, 12 year-old, in three sets. He was presented with N50, 000 prize money, gold medal  and other prizes by Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, the Chairman of Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), while Mathew got N30, 000. Master Blessing, a student of United High School, Ikorodu, beat Mathew, a national cadet and mini – cadet champion and…

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Wale Jagun -Tournament records upset as top rated young player placed third There was an upset yesterday, at the ongoing IKODASS Indoor Games Youth Championship as the third best U -15 player in the state and number one Scrabble player in Ikorodu Division settled for the third position in the male category, while Soaga Mayowa emerged champion of the Scrabble game with 4 (plus 617) points. The event, which held at the Dreamland RHODA Youth Centre, Abiodun Ogunleye Street, Solomade, Ikorodu, also saw Miss Adisa Emmanuella with 2 (- 256)…

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Wale Jagun About 100 U – 17 youths across Lagos State are set to participate in the maiden edition of the IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) Indoor Games Championship which will be held in Ikorodu between September 4 and 9, 2021. The championship commenced yesterday (Saturday, September 4), with accreditations of participants at the Ita – Elewa Youth Centre, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The Eroz Place, located at 71, Borokinni Street, Aga, lkorodu, will also host some of the games. Participants will be competing in four games –…

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Kunle Adelabu Engr. Monsuru Oladipupo Akanbi, the Chairman of the Lagos State Scrabble and Monopoly Association, has revealed that the driving force behind popularizing the games and going to the grassroots is to have divisional and state leagues for Scrabble and Monopoly in the state. He made the revelation in an interview with THE IMPACT during the Ikorodu Divisional U -15 Scrabble and Monopoly Tournament for students, which was held at the Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun Hall, Oreyo Community Grammar School, Igbogbo, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Engr. Akanbi also added…

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