Celebrate Ajibade Kunde Babalade on His birthday

Ajibade Kunde Babalade (born March 29, 1972) is a former Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender and is current Team Chef of Shooting Stars FC.

Club Career

He played for FC Seoul of the South Korean K-League, then known as Anyang LG Cheetahs.

Coaching Career

On October 17, 2008 he was named as manager of the Shooting Stars F.C..

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Celebrate Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu on His birthday.One love

Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria in 1993. This election was just prior to a military take-over in December 1993. After the return to democracy, he was elected governor of Lagos State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. 

He is an influential member of the All Progressives Congress party; he also holds both the chieftaincies of the Asiwaju of Lagos and the Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in Niger State, Nigeria. He has been routinely referred to as the national leader of the APC during the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari. .

Background

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu,(Jagaban of Borgu) was born on the 29th of March, 1952, in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. He attended St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos and Children's Home School in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria. Tinubu then went to the United States in 1975, where he studied first at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago, Illinois, and then at Chicago State University. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

Tinubu worked for the American companies Arthur Andersen, Deloitte, Haskins, & Sells, and GTE Services Corporation. After returning to Nigeria in 1983, Bola Tinubu joined Mobil Oil Nigeria, and later became an executive of the company.

Early Political career

His political career began in 1992, on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (where he was a member of the faction of the Peoples Front led by Shehu Musa Yar'Adua and made up of other politicians such as Dapo Sarumi and Yomi Edu). 

He was elected to the Nigerian Senate, representing the Lagos West constituency in the short-lived Nigerian Third Republic. After the results of the 12 June 1993 presidential elections were annulled, Tinubu became a founding member of the pro-democracy National Democratic Coalition, awhich group which mobilized support for the restoration of democracy and recognition of the results of the 12th of June. He went into exile in 1994 and returned to the country in 1998 after the death of the military dictator Sani Abacha, which ushered in a transition to civilian rule.

In the run-up to the 1999 elections, Bola Tinubu was a protégé of Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders Abraham Adesanya and Ayo Adebanjo. He won the AD primaries for the Lagos State gubernatorial elections in competition with Funsho Williams and Wahab Dosunmu, a former Minister of Works and Housing. In April 1999, he stood for the position of Executive Governor of Lagos State on the AD ticket and was elected.

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Obolo Itiki. Celebrate Joshua Princewill on His birthday

Today is a day we will not easily forget even though it may past. Because today a son of Obolo was born among other men, He is Joshua Princewill. We as mortal out of love and concern for humanity with our whole celebrate him today as he light another candle and cut cake to remember today.
We pray that God should bless we everything he need in life.
We wish him long life and prosperity.

Happy birthday from all of us at Ephraimsolution.blogspot.com

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Celebrate Olubankole Wellington on His birthday

Olubankole Wellington (born 27 March 1981), known under the stage name Banky W, and credited in film as Banky Wellington, is a Nigerian singer, rapper and actor.

Life and Career

Early life and career beginnings

Banky W was born in the United States to Nigerian parents. His family moved back to Nigeria when he was five years old. He started singing at a young age in the church choir. He schooled in Lagos for his primary and secondary education and returned to further his tertiary education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York on a scholarship. He started his record label E.M.E in 2002 while still studying. After moving to Nigeria in 2009, he established the label in Lagos.

 He signed artists like Niyola, Shaydee, Skales and Wizkid to the label at the time. His breakthrough debut studio album, Back in the Building was released in 2005.. He and Sasha P were the first official ambassadors of Samsung electronics in Nigeria. He is also a brand ambassador for Ciroc ultra-premium vodka.

2012–2013: R&BW

A day after Valentine of 2013, he launched his new album "R&BW" with a concert tagged the "Grand Love Concert" at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos, which featured several other artistes including Iyanya, Waje and more. The first two singles from the album are "Lowkey" and "Yes/No".

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Celebrate General (retired) Augustine Aniebo on His birthday

General (retired) Augustine Aniebo (born March 23, 1950), was the Military Administrator of Borno State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.He then became Administrator of Kogi State, Nigeria from August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian governor Abubakar Audu on May 29, 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.

Borno State Administrator

In May 1997 Nigerian security agents, working with Islamic leaders, stormed a Christian church in Maiduguri, Borno State and ejected the pastor and church members. The church leaders appealed to Aniebo to act quickly to avoid a religious crisis. In 1998 he said that the Borno State task force against smuggling had been strengthened to reduce cross-border smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring countries.

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Celebrate Anthony Nwakaeme on His birthday

Anthony Nwakaeme (born 22 March 1989), also known as Tony, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a Forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in Israeli Premier League.

Club Career

Arieșul Turda

Anthony Nwakaeme began his career in 2010 at Romanian club Arieșul Turda from Second Division, which was given on loan from Universitatea Cluj. He played 8 games and scored 5 goals.

Universitatea Cluj

In January 2011, He returned to Universitatea Cluj and his most productive season came in 2011–12, when he appeared in 28 matches and scored 7 goals.

Petrolul Ploiești

In the 2012–13 season, he spent the first half at Petrolul Ploiești, And played only 3 games.

Return to Universitatea Cluj

In February 2013, He returned to Universitatea Cluj and appeared in 10 matches and scored 2 goals.

Hapoel Ra'anana

On 13 August 2013 he signed to Hapoel Ra'anana. On August 31, he scored a goal on his Israeli Premier League debut, a 1–1 draw against Hapoel Haifa.

Anthony became a star in Israeli football, his technical abilities are causing big clubs keep an eye on him.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

On 24 June 2015 he signed to Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 3 October 2015, he scored his debut goal for Be'er Sheva. This goal was also the debut goal in Turner Stadium.

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Celebrate Raphael Edereho on His birthday

Raphael Edereho (born March 21, 1983 in Delta State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football forward playing with Oulun Palloseura. He played for KuPS, Rovaniemi Palloseura, VPS all in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Club Career

Edereho started his career at the Saudi Arabian club Al Sarha FC in 2000. The following year, he moved back to his homeland, Nigeria, and played for Ebiedafe FC, and then transferred in 2002 to another Nigerian club, AS Racine FC. In 2004, Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to KF Prishtina playing in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, Tervarit Oulu and KuPS Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to Iranian giants Persepolis FC in 2006.

 In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio did not receive the transfer fee for Edereho from Persepolis. FIFA was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee. In 2011, he moved to OPS In 2012–13 he played with Najaf FC, in 2013–14 with Duhok SC, in 2014 with Naft Maysan, and in 2014–15 with Masafi Al-Shamal, all in the Iraqi Premier League.

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Celebrate Solomon Makfan Alabi on His birthday

Solomon Makfan Alabi (born March 21, 1988) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Fukushima Firebonds of the B.League. He attended Florida State University where he helped them to a third-place finish in the ACC standings and a trip to the NCAA Tournament where they fell to Gonzaga in the first round. The 7-foot-1 Alabi was a two-time ACC All-Defensive team selection in both his freshman and sophomore years. He played soccer before taking up basketball at age 15.   Early Life Alabi grew up in Zaria, Kaduna state of Nigeria before moving to Clermont, Florida at the age of 17. He attended high school at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida where he was coached by Kevin Sutton.    Alabi was an all-state performer and helped lead Montverde Academy to a perfect 30–0 record during his senior season. He attended the same high school as Minnesota's Luc Mbah a Moute. Alabi started for the Nigerian Junior National Team at the 2007 Nike All-American camp. He also helped Nigeria qualify for the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He was selected for the 2007 Nike Hoop Summit, representing the World Select Team, where he led all players in blocked shots.

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Celebrate Obinna Nwaneri on His birthday

Obinna Nwaneri (born 18 March 1982) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as centre back or right back position but also can play as a forward.

His name, Obinna, means "Father's heart" in Igbo. He is described as mobile central defender with pace, control and timing. A natural leader, which had earned him the captain armband in Enyimba and FC Sion respectively.

His star has steadily continued to rise, first with top Nigerian side, Julius Berger, then with African Champions Enyimba, where he won the CAF champions league and then he signed with Swiss club FC Sion during the 2007 January transfer window, a club he later captained before leaving the following summer.

Career Breakdown

·         2000: Broke into a talented Julius Berger side that had an amazing turnaround season, going from barely escaping relegation the season before, to annexing the Nigerian Pepsi League crown.

·         2001: Had a standout season with the 'Bridge Boys', proving to be one of the League's best defenders. Berger, unfortunately, failed to retain their League title and were knocked out of the African Champions Cup.

·         2002: Won the Nigerian Cup with Julius Berger, after defeating Yobe Stars 3–0 in the final.

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·         2003: Moved to League Champions Enyimba, forming a dream partnership at the back with Romanus Orjinta. Had a standout season in an historic season for Enyimba, as they won the Nigerian League for the 3rd year running and became the first Nigerian club to win the continents' most prized club trophy – The African Champions Cup.

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·         2004: Captained Enyimba as they successfully defended their African Champions League crown, by defeating Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia with a 5–3 penalty victory. Scored the vital fifth penalty that secured the win. However, this time around, Enyimba would not win Nigerian League. Agreed personal terms with South African side Orlando Pirates in July, but the deal fell through as the clubs could not agree on a fee.

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·         2004–05: Moved to Tunisian powerhouse Espérance, in early 2005, where he has had an outstanding season.

·         2005–06: Selected for the Nigerian national football team for the 2006 African Cup of Nations tournament.

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·         2006–07: Signed for Swiss Super League team FC Sion until June 2010.A team he captained until he left the following summer.

·         2008: Obinna score his first ever goal for Nigeria national football team at 45 minutes during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round against South Africa national football team.

·         2010: After a proposed loan spell in the United Arab Emirati football club Al Dhafra did not fell through Obinna Joined Kuwaiti club Kazma.

·         2011: Kazma Obinna finished his contract with Kazma and has since been linked with a host of European clubs.

·         2012: After being a free agent for 3 months, Obinna joined the 2010 Malaysia Super League champions, Kelantan FA. Obinna later won treble by winning Malaysian Super League, FA Cup and Malaysian Cup with Kelantan FA in his debut season.

·         2014: On 23 April,he was released by Kelantan FA

·         2015: After less than a year out the game he signs with ATM

·         2016: Signs with Perlis FA in Malaysian Premier League

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Celebrate Benedict Uloko on His birthday

Benedict Uloko (born March 19, 1984) is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category.

He competed at the 2007 All-Africa Games, but did not finish.

At the 2008 African Championships he won overall gold with a total of 341 kg.

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category finishing 13th with 339 kg.

At the Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal for Nigeria, just being beaten by Scotland's Peter Kirkbride.

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Celebrate Dele Giwa on His birthday.RIP

Dele Giwa (16 March 1947 – 19 October 1986) was a Nigerian journalist, editor and founder of Newswatch magazine.

Early Life and Career

Sumonu Oladele "Baines" Giwa was born on 16 March 1947 to a poor family working in the palace of Oba Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife. He attended local Authority Modern School in Lagere, Ile-lfe. When his father moved to Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife as a laundry man, he gained admission to that school. 

Dele Giwa travelled to the USA for his higher education, earning a BA in English from Brooklyn College in 1977 and enrolled for a Graduate program at Fordham University. He worked with the New York Times as a news assistant for four years after which he relocated to Nigeria to work with Daily Times.

Dele Giwa and fellow journalists Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese and Yakubu Mohammed founded Newswatch in 1984, and the first edition was distributed on 28 January 1985. A 1989 description of the magazine said it "changed the format of print journalism in Nigeria [and] introduced bold, investigative formats to news reporting in Nigeria". 

However, in the first few months of the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida, who took power in August 1985, the magazine was shamelessly flattering. It printed his face on the cover four times and even criticised "anyone who attempted to make life unpleasant for Babangida". Later, the paper took a more hostile view of the Babangida regime.

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Celebrate Rabiu Ibrahim on His birthday

Rabiu Ibrahim (born 15 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Slovak club ŠK Slovan Bratislava as an attacking midfielder.

Club Career

Ibrahim was born in Kano. In summer 2007, he signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal for €450,000, in a joint ownership agreement with his previous club Gateway FC. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that Premier League sides Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Arsenal were interested in signing him, but nothing came of it.

In late 2007, Ibrahim was included by World Soccer in its 50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers list and, in March of the following year, he was featured by InsideFutbol.com in an article on young African footballers including Emmanuel Adebayor, Mario Balotelli and John Obi Mikel.

 In January 2009, he appeared in Goal.com's list of 10 African Players to Watch, and The Times' Football's Top 50 Rising Stars.

With Sporting, Ibrahim participated in the 2008 Bellinzona Under-19 International Tournament, with the Portuguese eventually winning the trophy. In the competition, in which he was eventually voted as the best player, he was deployed as a classic number 10 in a 4–2–3–1 system; one year later, he again led the Lisbon club to the final stage of the same tournament.

In October 2009, Ibrahim twice rejected Sporting's offer of a professional contract, and was at that time sent on loan to Real S.C. in the third division. In January 2010 he drew interest from Scottish Premier League's Celtic, but the deal never materialised due to undisclosed reasons believed to involve work permit issues.

In summer 2010, Ibrahim left Sporting as a free agent. Subsequently, Dutch side VVV-Venlo tried to sign him in partnership with a United Kingdom-based consortium, but the negotiations broke down due to financial issues. In December, shortly after Damien Comolli was appointed director of football at Anfield, the player was again linked to Liverpool.

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