The co-founder, SAIL Empowerment Foundation, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA has commended athletes for their gallant performances at finals of the 2nd Edition of the Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championships (2.0) on Saturday, at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The unrelenting Oyo team stunned the field to emerge champions at the Championships, led by the dynamic duo of Wasiu Azeez and Halima Hussein, Oyo defied the odds in a tournament featuring 30 teams from Nigeria, Togo, and the Benin Republic. Despite being unseeded, Oyo and Bayelsa battled their way to the final, outplaying top-seeded teams such as Lagos, Edo, and Kwara. The final, witnessed by the tournament’s financiers and sponsors, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and his wife, Feyisola, showcased thrilling rallies and dazzling skills that captivated spectators. Oyo took an early lead by winning the mixed doubles, but Bayelsa’s Hope Udoaka leveled the score. Azeez then delivered a spir...
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has reaffirmed his unwavering support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, at the Lagos State All Progressives Congress, APC, Stakeholders Forum 2025 held on Tuesday in Lagos, describing President Tinubu’s leadership as courageous, visionary, and transformative. Abiru lauded President Tinubu’s bold reforms, including the removal of fuel subsidy, unification of the Foreign Exchange market, and redirection of resources to key sectors, which according to him have restored economic stability and fiscal discipline. “Two years ago, Nigerians entrusted him with the leadership of our nation at one of the most difficult moments in our modern history. The economy was distressed, public confidence shaken, and our national direction uncertain. Yet, true to his courage and visionary spirit, President Tinubu chose the harder but more honourable path: the path of reform...