Olashore Alumnus Wins 2016 BET Awards

An Olashore International School Alumnus, Mr Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has just won the 2016 Best New International Act for BET Awards under the Viewers’ Choice category. This was presented at the weekend ahead of the main event which is to take place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles in the United States of America.

Falz had been nominated earlier in the month of June, amongst peers in South-Africa, France, Australia, and UK. The Nigerian Comic Rapper and fast rising entertainer slugged it out with other talented up and coming artists around the world to emerge the best. He was nominated at award shows winning Best Actor in a Comedy Movie/Series at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards for his role as ‘Segun’ in Funke Akindele’s TV series ‘Jenifa’s Diary’. The 2016 BETS Award was hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross. The BET Awards recognizes artists, entertainers, and athletes across 20 categories. The nominations are selected by BET’s Voting Academy, which is comprised of fans and an esteemed group of entertainment professionals in the fields of television, film, music, social media, digital marketing, sports journalism, public relations, and the creative arts.

While at Olashore International School, he started out with a music group by friends and released a compilation mixtape titled ‘Shakara’ in 2009. By 2011, he released another album titled ‘Waz Up Guy’, ‘High Class’ and ‘Currency’ which gained him grounds in the Nigerian Music Industry. Later in 2015 he released ‘Stories that touch’.

Recently, Falz also won the award of the ‘Most Influential Personality’ at the Friends of Olashore Event organized by the Alumni of the school and concerned personalities.  He got this award based on the fact that he had shown exemplary strides in his profession and in life generality, and has been able to shape how people act or how things occur in their sphere of influence and beyond. Receiving the award on his behalf, his father, a legal luminary and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) spoke, “We are glad our son has carved a niche for himself on the sands of time through passion. We actually sent him to school to study Law but he went ahead to marry his passion with his course having been nurtured to his full potential by the Olashore International School which he attended then. He chose to go into music and today he is doing well for himself. I’m proud of him. I also appreciate Friends Of Olashore for giving him this award”. 

At the Friends of Olashore Event, several awards were given out to those who deserved it for their contributions and impacts.  One of those who also won awards was the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Olashore International School, Prince Bimbo Olashore. He won the Significant Achievement Award for his outstanding performance in service and accomplishment of his profession and industry that has a positive effect on humanity. He spoke concerning this, “I’m happy that I’m being recognized today. It’s interesting to find our ex-students come back again to unite under the umbrella of an Alumni association. It is far more interesting to see that our alumnus and alumna are doing great wherever they are. Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz has made us proud, same goes with others. This is a validation of what we do at Olashore International School. We train the students academically based on standards, but we also believe that there’s a need to nurture a child to his or her full potentials knowing fully well that some students may grow into becoming an admirable brand outside their profession, just like Falz did. So we teach them a whole lot of music, dance, leadership projects and many more. We hope that more graduates of this school joins the alumni. We hope to see many more stars emerge having had the best education from our school. I’m glad once again that I was recognized for my impacts, and I hope to keep doing more for the betterment of humanity.”

On his part, the Chairman Committee Friends of Olashore, Mr Ladi Smith, said “I’m happy that we were able to organize the first edition of the Recognition Nite Awards of the Friends of Olashore International School. We believe that we have a duty to start a movement in honour of Olashore which binds us all. Olashore International School has produced young leaders who have gone to do great exploits in their chosen careers, and the graduates are distinct in all they do. These young individuals who see needs and diversify ways to meet the identified needs in their immediate community. Some of the alumni have gone on to be top students in various higher institutions worldwide obtaining even two or more degrees, created startups and so on. Some of them have also seized the opportunities of the extra-curricular activities to be in fore-front of the entertainment industries. Indeed Olashore has produced world class disciplined leaders. We are proud of them. With God on our side, we all promise to try our best to surpass the achievements of our founding father”.

Friends of Olashore is a group of people made up of Parents, Staff, Old Students, Organizations or any group of people with common interests geared towards the preservation of the legacy that is Olashore International School in all its different facets.

Fun Times For Kids On Emirates Air with Toys

                    

 Children will always be who they are. They enjoy companion a lot. They love to play and at least have something to play with. To this end, airlines provide companion for kids which ranges from movies to music, and the likes. Toys have also been introduced to keep them busy. That way, they wouldn’t have to disturb their parents or relatives they are travelling with, but rather concentrate on the playing with their new found love.

One of Emirates offerings on air is the toy. Emirates has got lots of toys, and now the ‘Fly with me Animal toys’. The toys are light in weight, and soft in nature like a teddy bear, appearing in various shapes and colours as it will appeal to children, with eyes, ears, hands and legs. It’s lovely to behold. It’s soft nature will endear children to want to play with. It’s not harmful either. The blanket located inside is equally soft enough for baby use, thus playing up an added advantage.

In less than a year now,  Emirates launched a set of Fly with Me Animal toys, which made their debut on board the Emirates flight as soon as it was launched for use. The set of toys included, Lewis the Lion from Africa, Peek U the Panda from China, Enrico the Monkey from Latin America, and Leila the Camel from the Middle East.

Appearing in various colours, these newest range of Fly with Me Animal toys were made for infants and toddlers while the Fly with Me Lonely Planet activity was specially designed for those aged between six(6) and twelve(12) years old Emirates’ young flyers have got lots to benefit, as Emirates is out to make their trip a memorable one, given that young travellers are one of the most important customers of the brand. These toys are made available to kids at the kids play area at both First Class and Business Class lounges in Dubai.

The beauty of these toys is that they come with extra features in it for children’s play time. These toys in the pictures below, have blankets in them for cuddling babies. However, infants and toddlers when playing with these toys as though they were babies will have something to cuddle their babies while keeping them entertained. Also, parents can make use of this blankets to cuddle their new born babies.

Emirates’ Fly with Me Animals is a replacement of the popular Fly with Me Monsters for both entertaining and educational purposes. The animals were designed with unique features - The Travel Buddy which comes with a plastic toggle allowing the toy to be hung in the car, on a pram or in the cot; the Carry Buddy, a dual purpose toy and blanket; as well as the Magnetic Sketcher for young ones to express themselves creatively. It is hoped that four new Fly with Me Animals will be introduced every six months. 

During this summer, toying with kids toys will certainly be a reality, as they vacate for the long holiday period from school.

                                         

                                          

WIMBIZ Co-Founder Charges Olashore International School Graduates For Excellence

The Co-Founder of Women in Business, Management, and Public Service (WIMBIZ), Mrs Ibukun Awosika, has charged Olashore International School graduates for excellence as they celebrated their Valedictory recently in the school premises at Illoko-Ijesha, Osun State.

As a Guest Speaker, and being an Achiever, she spoke to the Year 12 graduands on the expectation from their parents, families, alumni, and society at large. Her words: “I congratulate you all as you end this phase of life in preparation for another. If you sum up all the school fees your parents paid all through your stay in school, you will understand that you’ve got an inheritance. Your parents have done their parts, now it’s up to you to do yours. It’s all about you, and what you’ll do with the inheritance. If you’ve written your story up till the end of Olashore, you can as well ask you self the next step to achieve more, such that when you attain the age of 60, you will look back and be proud of yourself. Based on the decision you make each day of your life, your life book will be written. If you understand the value of the cost your parents have bestowed on you, it’s better you turned them into personal decisions to make them proud”.

“Ultimately your association has a way of influencing you. Be nice and tolerant of every person that come across your way in life.  Your certificate and future is what you are working for. Times and seasons are different and it doesn’t take so long. Your parents may have achieved much, but you are expected to achieve much more. Your competitiveness is relative to the future of your generation. In the same vein, your relevance in the society is based on your contribution by the competitiveness of your generation, so you can rule and reign. It’s not about money but doing great and relevant things that can change your life.  Whatever position you find yourself to occupy, try to be yourself and make the best out of it. Failure has lessons that success can never teach. When you fail, all you need do is review the circumstances of your failure and continue with your journey of life. Your life is a performance on stage. Don’t change what is wrong to what is right because others are doing it, rather make a choice of who you want to be.” She admonished.

The Principal rated the graduating set uniquely. His words; “The graduating set has been outstanding in their IGSCE exams and in initiating good ideas. They’ve been very good academically.  In this graduating set, we have been able to see outstanding leadership skills. Once again, the selected prefects have excelled. They took on the role of leaders in the school and developed new ideas. They initiated the Olashore School Award. The event which they planned and organized allowed students to identify role models within the school and celebrate them. This commitment to the Olashore Standard is something that has been evident not just in the prefects but across the year group. He commended the graduating students, while reiterating that each graduating set gets better than the other, and that this set has done much more than expected”.

In the Euphoria of the Valedictory service, the Best Graduating Student, Miss Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe, an 17 year old lawyer-to-be, explained that Olashore International School has helped her literary and leadership skills to be brought up to date by giving her in the midst of peers the opportunity to be exposed to different scenarios in various leadership positions. The Ogun State born graduands with awards in nine (9) subjects confessed that hard work, focus, dedication to God, getting priorities right, walking with the right set of people, and maintaining good relationships, are some of the qualities that helped her scale towards greater heights. She however advised her juniors to take same steps in order to climb the ladder of success.

In the same vein the outgoing Head Girl, Miss Iremide Arowolo, explained that Olashore International School has taught her time management, responsibility, friendliness, confidence and punctuality, amongst others. She however advised her fellow graduands to keep pushing forward despite challenges, and to her juniors, to keep striving for the best without taking anything for granted.

Finally, the Outgoing Head Boy, Master Unokiwedi Patrick, pointed out that the school has taught her to be a good leader through the skills instilled in him. He then advised his fellow graduands never to forget their roots and rather make impacts, while to his juniors, he advised to keep up with hard work as they trust in God.

Mrs Awosika is the Founder & CEO of The Chair Centre Group, Co-Founder and one time Chairperson of WIMBIZ, Chairperson of First Bank of Nigeria, and serves on number of corporates and non-for-profit boards such as Cadbury, Convention on Business Integrity, and Nigerian sovereign Investment Authority. She is also a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), amongst others.

Established in 1994, on 60 acres of land, Olashore International School is a co-educational school which offers high quality education in a wide range of subjects at Junior Secondary and  Senior Secondary along with a University Foundation Programme in partnership with Lancaster University and the Institute of Education, Dublin. Over the past 20 years, the school has succeeded in developing a cluster of world class services around the school including a first class hotel, a golf course and a leadership training centre that all combine to give the school a unique identity. The school is particularly appealing to discerning Nigerians at home and abroad, as well as expatriates residing in Nigeria, who desire a school with a strong value system, demonstrable track record and a clear sense of purpose. @olashore_s

The Principal, Olashore International School, Mr Derek Smith; The Guest Speaker and Founder & CEO, The Chair Centre Group, Mrs Ibukun Awosika;  and , The Chairman Board of Governors, Prince Abimbola Olashore, at the Valedictory Service of the Year 12 students, recently at Illoko-Ijesha, Osun State.

The Principal, Olashore International School, Mr Derek Smith; The Best Graduating Student, Miss Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe; The Guest Speaker and Founder & CEO, The Chair Centre Group, Mrs Ibukun Awosika;  at the 2016 Valedictory Service of the Year 12 students, recently at Illoko-Ijesha, Osun State.

The Principal, Olashore International School, Mr Derek Smith; The Guest Speaker and Founder & CEO, The Chair Centre Group, Mrs Ibukun Awosika;  The Chairman Board of Governors, Prince Abimbola Olashore, and selected graduands cutting the ceremony cake at the Valedictory Service of the Year 12 students, recently at Illoko-Ijesha, Osun State.

Emirates Honors Winners on Femi and the Gang Show

“Femi and the Gang” is a Nigerian popular Sports Show airing on Cool FM, Wazobia and Nigeria Info Networks sponsored by Emirates Network.

Prizes were won by various members of the public and gifts were handed over to them for their contributions on the show. 

See photos in the gallery below

Alloy Emedo receiving gift from Femi & Gang crew

Peter Okpara receiving gift from Femi & Gang member

Anthony Ekene receiving gift from Femi & Gang crew

Emirates Honors Winners on Femi and the Gang Show

“Femi and the Gang” is a Nigerian popular Sports Show airing on Cool FM, Wazobia and Nigeria Info Networks sponsored by Emirates Network.

Prizes were won by various members of the public and gifts were handed over to them for their contributions on the show. 

See photos in the gallery below

Alloy Emedo receiving gift from Femi & Gang crew

Peter Okpara receiving gift from Femi & Gang member

Anthony Ekene receiving gift from Femi & Gang crew

Magna Carta Wins African PR Consultancy Of The Year

Reputation Management agency, Magna Carta, won the Africa PR Consultancy of the year category at the SABRE Awards in Berlin, Germany recently.

The awards were hosted by the Holmes Report, with their editors having reviewed the performance of 400 agencies based on their Report Card research process.  

The judging process was extensive, involving hundreds of submissions from the best public relations and strategic communications firms from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Five African PR agencies were in the running for the prestigious Africa PR Agency of the Year award: Epic MSGLROUP, Atmosphere, Burson-Marsteller, Djembe Communications and Magna Carta.

“We were delighted to be amongst top agencies as finalists for Africa PR Agency of the Year and we are thrilled to be recognised by the industry and our peers,” says CEO Vincent Magwenya.

With an ever-growing pan-African network of 19 countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Angola, Mozambique and, most recently, Zimbabwe, Magna Carta’s philosophy of continuous evolution remains a key driver in integrating global best practice, while keeping a finger on the pulse of local services and offerings.

Breaking - Senate Receives Buhari’s Ambassadorial Nominees - Full List

                                  

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded a list of his ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, read the President’s letter at plennary on Thursday.
According to him,  the list comprises of 47 nominees who are “career diplomats”. They will be posted to the nation’s Missions abroad upon confirmation.
The Senate is however yet to fix date for the screening and subsequent confirmation of the nominees.
Prompt News Online recalls that President Buhari, recalled the Ambassadors on assumption of office last year.

Below is the full list:
1. Obinna Chukwuemeka
 Salisu Umoru
3. Iyang Udoh Iyang
4. okeke Vivian Nwanaku
5. Niman Munir
6. Edem Jane Ada
7. Muhammed Hassan Hassan
8. Martin Young Cobham
9. Janet Molegbo Olisah
10. Itegbuoye Sunday
11. Olatunde Adesesan
12. Lilian Ijekwu Onu
13. Manaja Tulahi Isa
14. Ngozi Ukeje
15. Bello Kazaure Huseini
16. Inoc Pierre Ducci
17. Garba Baba
18.Usman Bakori Aliyu
19. Umar Zainab Salisu
20. Momoh Seyidou Umieza
21. Kadri Ayinla
22. Balogun Hakeem
23. Nosa Ahmed
24. Ibrahim Isa
25. Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye
26.  Ibidapo Obe Oluwasegun
27. Ogundayo Sakirat
28. Eric A. Belgam
29. Ateru Aliru
30.Ramata Bulima
31. Musa Rahman
32. Kabiru Bala
33. Damu Shuaibu
34. D. A Agiv
35. TK Gonglong
36. Ibrahim Hamza
37. KC Nwachukwu
38. Q.R Lolu
39. E.K Oguntuwase
40. A.I Paragauda
41. L.A Gasharga
42. Olufemi Abikoye
43. Abubakar Ibrahim
44. Rabiu Kauru
45. Odeka Janet Biong
46. Adekunbi Abibat

GTBank Host Lagos State Principals Cup (Season 7) Finals on Friday 10th, June 2016

The Teslim Balogun Stadium will on Friday, June 10, 2016 host the finals of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup; the biggest grassroots soccer competition in West Africa. Now in its 7th year, this season’s finals promises to be an exhilarating encounter between two teams as they stake their claim as ultimate champions of the prestigious tournament.

In the boys’ category, Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School who won the title in 2012 & 2014 will be seeking to permanently retain the trophy as they go in search of their 3rd title. Debutants Ejigbo Senior Secondary School will be playing for glory, having eliminated Keme Balogun Grammar School in a keenly contested semi-finals battle.

In the girls’ category, defending champions; Ikotun Senior High School will be playing for glory as they seek to defend their title against their old nemesis; CMS Senior Girls Grammar School, in what will be a rematch of the 2013 finals wherein the latter lost 4-2 on penalties. Will history continue as we know it or will history be rewritten; is a story that will be told when these titans collide at the Teslim Balogun stadium.

Winners will be rewarded with the sum of N750,000.00, N500,000.00 and N350,000,00 for the 1st ,2nd and 3rd place winners respectively in both male and female categories.

Over the years, the GTBank Lagos State Principals Cup has produced exceptional players at country and club levels. Yetunde Fajobi of Government Senior College, Agege, and Esther Adeboye of State High School, Alimosho (2014 edition players) were part of the Nigerian U-17 national team (The Flamingos) that qualified for the 2016 FIFA U17 World Cup. Amongst some of the notable players discovered in this year’s competition are; leading goal scorer in the Girls category, Edemekop Ndiana from CMS Girls Grammar School, Anusilem Amarachi from Ikotun Senior High School with 6 and 5 goals respectively.

Commenting on the significance of the competition in Nigeria’s educational framework, the MD/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank plc Segun Agbaje, believes “the competition paves the way for youths to cultivate their sporting talents, whilst fostering and building a healthier lifestyle at a critical stage in their lives”. He enjoined the students to imbibe the spirit of fair play, hard work, and discipline, which are some of the core values of GTBank.

Guaranty Trust Bank, a youth oriented brand maintains the lead in providing support for education and sports to enable young boys and girls explore their talents and reach for their dreams. It is one of the few Nigerian financial institutions that have maintained a defined Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, most especially in sports education. The Bank actively supports in-classroom and out-of-classroom educational programmes, infrastructure development, students’ scholarship and teachers training across Africa.

Alongside the Lagos State Principals Cup, GTBank also sponsors the Ogun State Principals Cup, and the Masters Cup tournament in Lagos

Opebi Grammar School Old Students Association Reunite in style...

Opebi Grammar School Old Students Association recently held its 2016 Reunion party, which was well attended by 80s, 90s & 2000 sets.

Check out photos from the event....

                                                 Yummy!Yummy!! ...Tasty Cake 

                                              The Protem Excos and Party committe

                                            The President and members of the 80s set

                                                       Group Photograph 

                                       The kids are not left out...they sure had a nice time

                                                   Ademola, Kemi, Justin and Bode 

                                    Mr Bunmi Kole Chairman 89 set addressing members

                                          Mr Adebola Ogunnaike addressing members

                                                  The powerful MC Mojeed...

    Mr Charles Udegbe, Adebola Ogunnaike, Helen Osayande, a guest and Iwuji Kennedy

                                         President's (Lanre Falubi) addressing members

                                                 Mr Charles addressing members

                                                         Segun, Lanre and Edward

                                  Pastor Erinfolami Yinka leading the opening prayer session...

                              

Congrats guys for the successful outing.