BALOGUN JORJOR ANNOUNCES MAY 27TH, 2025 GRAND FINALE FOR MAIDEN SPORTS FESTIVAL

The Executive Director of the Balogun Jorjor Empowerment Leadership Initiative, Alh. Abeeb Muyiwa Abdulamid (BALOGUN JORJOR), has officially announced that the Grand Finale of the maiden edition of the Balogun Jorjor Sports Festival will take place on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in celebration of the Children’s Day.

This announcement marks the final phase of what has been a historic and unifying sports journey across Iwoland, which comprises Iwo, Ayedire, and Ola-Oluwa Local Government Areas of Osun State. The festival, designed to foster youth engagement, talent development, and community bonding, has featured a series of impactful sporting events since its commencement.

So far, the Marathon Race and Table Tennis Tournament have been successfully held, drawing enthusiastic participation from across the three LGAs. The Indoor Games segment also witnessed high-spirited competition among youth, reinforcing the message of unity and healthy rivalry.

As we approach the festival’s climax, all eyes are now on the highly anticipated Football Final, which will see the defending champions, ROVET FA, go head-to-head with the resilient FC DYNAMIC. This match promises to be a thrilling spectacle that will crown the champions of the 2025 Balogun Jorjor Football Competition.

In addition, the festival will feature a special Calisthenics Display by selected secondary school students. This event, purposefully scheduled on Children’s Day, is aimed at honoring and celebrating the potential of our young ones, who represent the hope and future of our nation.

As part of the closing ceremony, the Balogun Jorjor Empowerment Leadership Initiative will also recognize and honor key individuals who have consistently supported youth empowerment, leadership growth, and societal development. Distinguished mentors, prominent dignitaries, and dedicated community supporters will be presented with awards for their unwavering commitment to the progress of Osun State and Nigeria.

To crown it all, Posthumous Awards will be given in remembrance of remarkable personalities who were instrumental to the vision and mission of the Balogun Jorjor Initiative before their passing. Their legacies remain a source of inspiration and motivation to all.

This festival is not just a celebration of sports,it is a reaffirmation of our collective belief in the power of youth, the importance of leadership development, and the pursuit of excellence for community and national advancement.

We invite the entire public, partners, stakeholders, and the media to join us in celebrating this historic moment and making it a truly memorable occasion.

REACTIONS TRAILS AS FIYIN HELD BUSINESS SUMMIT, GIVE START-UP GRANTS TO STUDENTS WITH SMSE BUSINESS INITIATIVES.

In the early hours of Saturday 8th of March, the Fiyin and Friends Initiative (FAFI), an initiative conceived by Comr. Mofiyinfoluwa John Ogunwale held a business summit and pitching contest at the Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State.

The initiative, which was aimed at empowering students with thriving business initiatives with appropriate business knowledge and a grant to sponsor their business initiatives, was recorded as a success as participants trailed encouraging reactions appreciating the conveners for such a great initiative on the campus.

Mofiyinfoluwa John, Ogunwale who was popularly known as FIYIN, the convener and principal of Fiyin and Friends Initiative, was a one-time SUG Financial Secretary of the institution; he has facilitated diverse programs, including the SUG Financial Summit in 2024, frontline the Nescafe campus tour, and Partners with multi choice, transportation initiatives, among many others.

The Business Summit has more than 150 attendees across all the faculties in the institution, with the Winner and Second Runner Up in the Pitching Contest from the Engineering Faculty while the First Runner Up is from the School Of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT).

Taking to social media, one of the student stakeholders from the School of Science and Technology Education (SSTE) in Bosso, Comr. Felix Ugorji, kudos to the convener of the program for conceiving such an initiative.

Likewise, one of the beneficiaries of the Start-up grants also took to his social media page, expressing how she gained confidence while making his business presentation after being encouraged by Fiyin. In appreciation, she references to associate herself with the campaign trail of the convener, Mofiyinfoluwa Ogunwale (FIYIN), who rumors have captured that he will be contesting for the SUG President.

As captured by our correspondence, the rumors saying He, Mofiyinfoluwa Ogunwale is engaging in all these activities because he's nurturing an ambition to contest for the SUG President in the forthcoming election of the institution; though he has not issued any official statements debunking or acknowledging his participation in the election as the electioneering period is still far, he rather comment while discussing with our correspondent that the Business Summit and Grants Empowerment was birth out of passion for community service and seeing students with small and medium scale enterprises thriving in their endeavors even while pursuing their academic career.