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The Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) hosted the Silver medalist Team Lagos men's and women's football teams at the just concluded 2020 National Sports Festival in Benin City on Sunday at the Soccer Temple, Agege. LSFA Chairman who also double as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi appreciated Team Lagos Football teams and urged the players to focus on their career and education. "We are here to welcome you back home and to say thank you to the team's contingent, coaches, players, and backroom staff, we are proud of you all. We appreciate your attitude and the kind of football you played. Your progress is our mission, you have got the experience and you all will be stronger. You all have made us proud," emotional Akinwunmi said. Akinwunmi commended the Lagos State government and the Sports Commission for their support despite the challenges the team encountered during the qualifiers and accreditation...

Desperate times are here again in Lagos Football fraternity as delegates prepare to go to the polls on May 27th for elections into the Executive Board of the Lagos State Football Association. With just few days to the elections, there are claims by some stakeholders that the incumbent board led by Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi has resorted to vote buying and intimidation in his bid to win a third term mandate. According to information made available, Akinwunmi and his group are so desperate to win the next election of the association by directly inducing delegates with money. Investigation revealed that Akinwunmi led board recently gave FC Robo and Dreams Stars Ladies a sum of 500,000 naira (Five Hundred Thousand) each ahead of the new Women’s football league campaign of which the kick-off date has not even been announced. It discovered that the money was given to both clubs without the approval of the board which has not meet since January, 2019. The FA said the money which ...

Vice President President Of the Nigeria football Federation Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi supported Nasarawa State Premier Football League Season with the cash price of 100 thousand naira  to the Most Valuable Player this term, according to a report from Maxinews24.com. The Last Contest Of The League Took place between Goriya United and Mallam Dr. FC at Keffi Township stadium where Goriya United Wing wizard voted,  jemilu Abudualli, Most Valuable Player by Journalists, and Relevant Football Stakeholders due to his Huge Contributions throughout the league season, especially with Outstanding Performance at final match. The Promising Jemilu who done Jersey number 22 for his Team was a major point of reference having Been involved in 3 of the goals scored by his side in a Four nil Demolition of Mallam Dr. FC. The Gesture by The Debonair Lawyer Seyi Akinwunmi Tingle the head  of Nasarawa State Fa Chairman Mohammed Alkali who is also Member of Nigeria football Federatio...

Johannesburg – After the much-awaited clash between the Super Eagles and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, the focus switched to the bright lights of Sandton where the African Football Alliance (AFA) bestowed recognition awards upon Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State who earlier led the Nigerian delegation to the match at the FNB Stadium. Awards were also handed out to NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and NFF 1st Vice- President, Seyi Akinwunmi. Governor Lalong received the much-coveted African Football Development Excellence Award for his long-standing and continued support to the beautiful game, not only in his State but also across the whole of Nigeria. Lalong in his acceptance speech of the award indicated that the recent success of the Super Eagles is testimony to the fact that if Nigerian people have one common vision, anything is possible both on and off the field of play. The Governor also recommitted himself and the State to continue focusing and prioritising ...

The newly appointed Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club director, Barrister Davidson Adejuwon, has joined hundreds of Nigerians to celebrate Lagos State Football Association chairman, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who has just been re-elected as the 1st vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday in the city of Katsina. The big event tagged 'NFF 2018 Elective Congress' was witnessed by top government officials and football administrators from world football governing body, FIFA, CAF and every part of Nigeria among which was Adejuwon, who was in Katsina as an observers and also to support Akinwunmi. "For us it's a welcome development and we are also delighted to have our own Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi returned and elected," said Davidson. "The success is a sweet one to us at MFM FC bearing in mind that we are situated in Lagos State. Even though the club is meant for all the youths in Nigeria and...

Football today has become a veritable tool, used to drive social change. Football has given life to the lifeless, help promote world peace and contribute to happiness. In Africa, it’s becoming a viable economic tool and contributing to infrastructural development. In essence, football can become what you project it to be. Seyi Akinwunmi is a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation and chairman Lagos State Football Association, belonging to the ‘digital age” of Nigeria Football, which breaks from the norm of rigidity found in the conventional way of doing things. Akinwunmi’s life as a philanthropist is well documented. He has contributed in no small measure to various charities aimed at the development and improvement of children. He is devoted to the promotion of human welfare and social reforms. His stellar works include his involvement with the Parents Against Autism Initiative (PAAI) Courage Education Foundation (CEF): a not-for-profit organization which he ...

  The New Media Journalists (NMJ) have congratulated Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi on his 54th birthday anniversary celebration which falls on 29th December, 2016. "A statement signed by Adepoju Tobi, Spokesman of NMJ, said, "On this day that you mark 54 years of existence on earth, there is no doubt that you have chalked remarkable successes, exemplified by the your astute knowledge and handling of the round leather game." "54 years of existence is no mean an achievement as many have come and gone, but the great Seyi Akinwunmi has survived all manner of turbulence, whilst creating an indelible mark in the soccer history of the nation." "He has continued to work tirelessly through the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Foundation to build a better world for thousands of children out there. And he's not slowing down anytime soon. If anything, he's grown more passionate about helping others." "Whenever ...

The stadium announcer’s regular refrain that “it’s getting bigger and better” simply spoke the minds of all who were there as the second edition of the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Mini-Tournament held with much funfare at the Campos Square, Lagos on Sunday. Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila was there, as well as NFF President Amaju Pinnick, Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission Deji Tinubu, NFF 2nd Vice President Shehu Dikko, NFF Board Member Sunday Dele-Ajayi and Hon. Nduka Irabor. There were also the Seirki of Egbaland, Oba Tosin Fadare, President of the Nigeria Referees Association Tade Azeez, President of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club Rafiu Oladipo and Chairmen of Football Associations of Ogun and Oyo States, Ganiyu Majekodunmi and James Odeniran. Former Ekiti State FA chairman Isaac Ayodele was also in attendance. Akinwunmi, who captained the Igbobi College Old Boys Association and Friends in the veterans...