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The 2025 Port Harcourt International Polo Tournament is expected to feature 68 polo players from South Africa, England, Argentina, and Nigeria.
The Nigerian Polo Association (NPA) and the Port Harcourt Polo Club will host the competition, which is scheduled for January 12–18.

The tournament has become one of Nigeria’s main flagships as it has drawn polo fans and patrons from both inside and beyond the country throughout the years.

Prince Henry Agbodjan, president of the Port Harcourt Polo Club, stated that the competition, which has as its theme “Unity in Motion,” intends to give polo fans all around the country a fun and exciting experience.

In addition to the contests, he said, fans may anticipate entertainment performances and chances to buy reasonably priced goods from the tournament’s Micro Market.

Agbodjan said, “The event will serve as a major commercial boost for the Rivers State economy.”

throughout addition to thanking the Rivers Government and the tournament’s sponsors for their support, he urged the media to spread the word about polo throughout Nigeria.

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At a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Dolapo Attoni, the chairman of the tournament’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), announced the announcement.

Attoni predicted that this year’s competition, which featured the best polo players from Nigeria and throughout the world, will outperform past iterations.

Eight players from Argentina, England, and South Africa will compete for four trophies and other incentives, along with about 60 players from 20 teams throughout Nigeria, according to Attoni.

Attoni highlighted the teams that are taking part, which include eight from Rivers, three from Lagos, one from Nasarawa, and two each from Adamawa, Plateau, Kano, and Katsina.

The teams are divided into three groups: low, medium, and high goal.

The TY Danjuma Cup, Alfred Diette Spiff Cup, TJT Princewill Cup, and Governor’s Cup are the four trophies they will be vying for.

“Winners and runners-up will receive trophies, medals, and individual prizes, and sponsors and individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of polo in Nigeria will also receive recognition,” he continued.

According to Attoni, who is also the Port Harcourt Polo Club’s vice president, games would be played every day from midday to six o’clock.

In the meantime, Ikenna Nebolisa, the captain of the Port Harcourt Polo Club, said he was confident his squad was prepared to play.

He continued by saying, “Our players and horses are ready to claim victory and make our fans proud.”

The appointment of Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo has been approved by Mr. Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State.

According to a statement from Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Owoade was proposed by the Oyomesi and accepted by Governor Makinde following extensive deliberations and divinations.

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The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ademola Ojo, has released a statement to this effect, according to the commissioner, who claims that the announcement has resolved all legal and sociopolitical disputes that have arisen since Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III passed away on April 22, 2022.

Ojo urged everyone in Oyo State to support the new Alaafin of Oyo and help the government celebrate this historic occasion.

The commissioner hoped that peace, prosperity, and unity would be brought to the ancient Oyo Kingdom during his rule.

On Saturday, January 11, 2025, President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja to take part in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025).

President Tinubu is attending the conference, according to a statement sent by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Friday.

which, at the invitation of his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will be held in the UAE from January 12 to 18.

Leaders from around the world will gather at the summit to promote socioeconomic advancement and sustainable development.

Policymakers, industry, and civil society leaders will be able to discuss ideas to accelerate the shift to a sustainable economy and usher in a new era of prosperity for all at the event, “The Nexus of Next; Supercharging Sustainable Progress.”

Held yearly for more than 15 years, ADSW is a tribute to the strength of collaboration and offers a global platform to promote multi-stakeholder cooperation in addressing global challenges and advancing progress.

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It has sparked meaningful coalitions and advanced the global sustainability agenda by fostering high-value agreements and strategic partnerships between governments, business titans, and renewable energy pioneers.

President Tinubu will highlight his administration’s reforms at the ceremony, including those pertaining to public health, transportation, energy sufficiency, and economic development.

In order to discuss matters of mutual interest, the Nigerian leader and his delegation will also meet with the leadership of the emirate.

The president is scheduled to return to Nigeria on Thursday, January 16, 2025, accompanied by Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a few other high-ranking government officials.

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested an unidentified officer who was caught abusing naira in a widely shared video featuring Wahab and Raheem, the sons of billionaire businessman Chief Razaq Okoya.

On Friday, Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi revealed this on his X account.

He claimed that the police officer’s behavior in the video was unethical and against the force’s standards, and he emphasized that disciplinary action was being taken to address the transgression.

Adejobi wrote: “The police officer who was shown mistreating naira in the recently circulated video that the sons of Lagos businessman Chief Okoya released has been identified and placed under disciplinary arrest.

It has been declared unethical for the cop to have been involved. Upholding the police’s integrity, credibility, and fundamental principles will always be our first priority. Regards.

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Remember how the video of the two Okoya boys mistreating naira last week sparked a lot of outrage? Many people thought that since their father was a national hero, nothing would happen to them.

Wahab and Raheem Okoya are shown in the video wearing white agbada attire and showing off stacks of fresh N1000 notes in support of the latter’s brand-new song, “Credit Alert.”

The video went on to show the mobile police officer carrying bundles of N1000 notes as the billionaire’s sons danced and threw the money into the air.

Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory’s minister, has drawn criticism for rejoicing over his son’s recent graduation from an international university.

When Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, posted the celebration on his X handle, many, especially Rivers natives, took exception.

Critics pointed out that Wike stopped sponsoring Rivers State students studying overseas through the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, or RSSDA, in 2015, not long after taking office as governor.

The scholarship programme, initiated by Wike’s predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, became dormant during Wike’s tenure, leaving students and their families in distress.

Wike was accused by irate locals of denying Rivers youths access to international education while paying for his own son’s study abroad.

Also making a comeback online was an old video of Wike speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

In the clip, Wike argued that certain courses, including law, should be studied in Nigeria rather than abroad—coincidentally the same course his son studied overseas.

A Port Harcourt-based youth activist, Charles Jaja, described the situation as hypocritical, questioning why Wike prioritised his son’s education abroad while cancelling similar opportunities for others during his administration.

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According to him, “Years back, former Governor Wike pulled out all Rivers children sent abroad to study at various foreign universities by Rotimi Amaechi’s administration, claiming that Amaechi only wasted Rivers money in sending those children abroad to study courses that could have been offered here in Nigeria.

“Today, he’s on his handle celebrating the graduation of his own son in the UK, where he studied law. Isn’t this hypocritical in every way?

“He acts one way while saying another. Why didn’t he allow his own son to study law here in RSU (Rivers State University) or in any other university in Nigeria?

“It is a complete injustice on his own part to have deprived these children of benefiting from what the state had to offer them, by returning them to Nigeria and not allowing them to complete the course of their dreams where they were sent to study.

“I certainly believe that the cry of these children has risen to God as a memorial and that God will certainly avenge their cries for them. If not now, certainly later.”