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Green House Garners 15 Gold To Win 15th Edition of LATLAM Sports Competition

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU The 15th edition of the Lateef Lamina Memorial (LATLAM) Montessori, Nursery and College held at the Oriwu Model College playing ground on Thursday, April 11, 2019, has been won by the Green house with 15 gold, 13 silver, and 6 bronze. The house also scored 72% to win the match past of the sporting competition which was chaired by Comrade Japheth Odesanya, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of the Factor Newsmagazine and former Secretary to the Ikorodu Local Government. Blue house emerged the 1st runner-up with 14 gold, 6 silver and…

LASG Pays Over N16m Benefits To LSSC Retirees

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Lagos State Government has again redeemed its promise to some of its retired officers with the payment of benefits worth over N61 million to the retirees of the defunct Lagos State Sports Council, now renamed Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC, from 2015 to date. Speaking during the presentation of bond certificates to the beneficiaries at the Commission’s office in Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Dr. Kweku Adedayo Tandoh, Chairman of LSSC, stated that the Commission is the first agency to pay its retirees from the year 2015. The Chairman commended Governor…

Play As A Team To Win, Hon. Agunbiade Charges NTAB FC

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Jare Olukotun The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ikorodu Constituency I State Assembly seat, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has charged NTAB football club to play as a team in the final match of the Sanwo-Olu Cup slated for March 3. The lawmaker, who was a former footballer, gave the encouragement on Thursday, at his Constituency Office in Ikorodu when the players were presented to him. ‘I want to commend you for your efforts so far. That you are in…

Ethiopian Athlete, Legese wins Lagos City Marathon

February 2, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Ethiopian Athlete, Sintayehu Legese, on Saturday won the 2019 edition of the Lagos City Marathon. PM NEWS reports that Legese, who finished the race with a time of 2:17:26 won the grand prize of $50,000. The second runner up, Joshua Kipkorir from Kenya had a finish time of 2: 18:16 while the third runner up William Yegon also from Kenya had a finish time of 2: 19: 04. Both second and third placed runners are expected to go home with $40, 000 and $30, 000.

Photos: Azeezat Oshoala Unveiled For Barca

January 31, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala Joins Barcelona Women On Loan

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Impact Newspaper

The Ikorodu-born and Nigerian female striker, Azeezat Oshoala has completed a loan move to Barcelona women until the end of the season. BBC reports that the 24-year-old joins from Chinese champions Dalian Quanjian, while the league is in its off-season. The former BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year and The three time CAF Women footballer of the year is keen keep in shape ahead of June’s World Cup in France. Oshoala has been with Quanjian since February 2017 after she left English side Arsenal Ladies. She won…

Mohamed Salah Crowned African Player of the Year, Second Time In A Row

January 9, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Mohamed Salah of Egypt is the African Player of the Year 2018, for the second time in a row, it was announced in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday night. He beat two other competitors shortlisted with him, Liverpool team mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang of Arsenal. “I have dreamt of winning this award since I was a child and now I have done so twice in a row,” Salah said soon after receiving his trophy. “My thanks go to my family, my team-mates and my fans and I dedicate…

Sports Commission Chairman, Tandoh, Charges Boards To Develop Talents

December 5, 2018 Impact Newspaper

The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr. Kweku Adedayo Tandoh has charged newly inaugurated Boards of 40 Sports Associations in Lagos State to scout for more talents from the grassroots in order to develop more sporting activities in the State. Tandoh, who stated this while inaugurating the Board of Chairmen and Members of the Sports Associations at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun, Surulere, added that the crop of people chosen to serve in the various associations are people of proven integrity. He said…

Lagos Set To Inaugurate Boards of Sports Associations

November 29, 2018 Impact Newspaper

The Boards of 40 Sports Associations in Lagos State will be formally inaugurated on Monday, December 3, 2018, at 10 am. The Inauguration which will take place at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere will be conducted by Dr. Kweku Adedayo Tandoh, Executive Chairman Lagos State Sports Commission. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had recently approved the reconstitution of the Boards of the Sports Associations for four-year terms, excluding the Lagos State Football Association. The appointment of the Chairmen and Members of the…

Sports Remains Veritable Tool For Nigeria’s Unity, Cohesion – Ambode

November 26, 2018 Impact Newspaper

Our Reporter Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday stated that sports remain a veritable tool to engender the unity and cohesion the nation actually needs while receiving the Torch of Unity to herald the forthcoming 19th National Sports Festival coming up in Abuja next month. Speaking at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja after receiving the torch, the Governor said he was glad that the Festival after the last edition hosted by Lagos in 2012 was staging a grand comeback, adding that the State would send a strong…