{"id":831532,"date":"2025-03-04T14:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/pomp-as-football-bigwigs-celebrate-ojo-oba-at-70\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:12:05","slug":"pomp-as-football-bigwigs-celebrate-ojo-oba-at-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/pomp-as-football-bigwigs-celebrate-ojo-oba-at-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomp as football bigwigs celebrate Ojo-Oba at 70\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January 8, 2025 by
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Eminent Nigerians\u00a0 within\u00a0 the sports sector\u00a0 yesterday converged in Ibadan to celebrate former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF)<\/a>, Dr. Raufu Bolaji Ojo-Oba as he marked his\u00a0 70th\u00a0 birthday anniversary amid pomp and ceremony\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

The Platinum jubilee event which attracted\u00a0 personalities from within and outside Ibadan, was an opportunity for hundreds of friends, associates, residents and well-wishers in the Nigerian football family to show their appreciations to the celebrant.<\/p>\n

Dr. Amos Adamu, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, the Chairman Shooting Stars Sports Club, (3SC) Babatunde Olaniyan Akoro, Prof. Babatunde Asagba from the University of Ibadan, Dr. Ademola Olajire of the NFF , the Oyo FA Chairman, HRH Oba James Odeniran all gave\u00a0 fitting tributes to the celebrant.<\/p>\n

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Former Director General of the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC),Dr. Adamu in his remark,\u00a0 described Chief Ojo-Oba as a passionate individual who has left an indelible mark on the Nigerian sports landscape, particularly in the realm of football. <\/p>\n

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\u201cDr\u00a0 Ojo-Oba has exhibited versatility and expertise throughout his career, serving in a variety of roles, including Commissioner of Sports in Oyo State, Instructor and Commissioner for the Confederation of African Football.\u201d<\/p>\n

The celebrant on the other hand,\u00a0 thanked all the dignitaries that left their busy schedules from far and near to honour him on the occasion of his 70th\u00a0 birthday while sharing some of his remarkable experiences using them as a point of contact to appreciate the Lord\u2019s protection over his life.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ojo-Oba\u2019s illustrious career spans several decades, during which he has demonstrated exceptional leadership, versatility, and expertise. He was\u00a0 Secretary-General of the NFF between 2007 and 2010.<\/p>\n

He was\u00a0 for many years a security\u00a0 chieftain\u00a0 for both CAF\u00a0 and FIFA\u00a0 \u00a0which\u00a0 he served meritoriously.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Tyisha Noren
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Sports January 8, 2025 by Our Reporter Eminent Nigerians\u00a0 within\u00a0 the sports sector\u00a0 yesterday converged in Ibadan to celebrate former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF), Dr. Raufu Bolaji Ojo-Oba as he marked his\u00a0 70th\u00a0 birthday anniversary amid pomp and ceremony\u00a0 . The Platinum jubilee event which attracted\u00a0 personalities from within and outside Ibadan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":831533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142210,3790],"tags":[142209,7229],"class_list":{"0":"post-831532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bigwigs","8":"category-football","9":"tag-bigwigs","10":"tag-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}