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Meet Nigerian Artist, Olaolu Who Designed 2024 FA Cup Trophy
Olaolu Akeredolu-Ale, popularly known as Olaolu Slawn, has designed the English FA Cup trophy for the 2024 final between Manchester City and Manchester United, set to be displayed at Wembley on Saturday.
The Football Association Challenge Cup, widely known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football tournament in English domestic football.
First held in the 1871-72 season, it is the oldest national football competition globally and is organized by The Football Association (The FA), after which it is named.
A talented young Nigerian artist, Olaolu Slawn, crafted the English FA Cup trophy for the 2023-2024 season.
Here are some key points about his life and career:
Olaolu Slawn, born on October 24, 2000, in Lagos, Nigeria, is a British-Nigerian designer and artist known for his vibrant works featuring spray paint, large-scale pop art canvases, graffiti, caricatures, and murals.
At 23, he made history as the youngest person to design the Britannia statuette for the annual BRIT Awards in 2023.
In his late teens, Slawn worked at Wafflesncream, Nigeria’s pioneering skate shop, where he met friends Leo and Onyedi. Together, they created art, skated, and made films.
This collaboration led to the formation of an apparel group named Motherlan, which gained popularity in Nigeria and attracted the attention of Virgil Abloh.
Slawn moved to London in 2018 and began studying graphic design at Middlesex University in 2019. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, he started painting more prolifically, distributing his artwork at parties and building a social media presence.
His first exhibition took place in September 2021 at Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. In 2022, Slawn organized a charity auction for Sotheby’s, where Skepta showcased his first painting. Slawn also served as the statuette and set designer for the 2023 BRIT Awards.
On May 22, 2023, he opened BeauBeau’s Cafe, a family-run restaurant in East London named after his son.
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Reps Direct Ministry of Health to Provide Detailed Report on Nutrition Interventions Amid Malnutrition Crisis
By Gloria Ikibah
The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Health to submit comprehensive information on the federal government’s and donor agencies’ nutrition interventions aimed at combating malnutrition in Nigeria.
Chairman Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Rep. Chike Okafor during a budget defense session eemphasised the need for detailed figures for 2024 and clear projections for 2025, including an overview of contributions from 27 development partners.
Members of the committee also questioned duplications in budgeted nutrition supplies, stressing the importance of transparency and effective utilization of resources to address the nation’s nutrition challenges.
The Ministry, led by Permanent Secretary Daju Kachollom, proposed ₦2.9 billion for nutrition interventions in the 2025 budget, focusing on therapeutic supplies and expanding successful community-based programs. Efforts to reduce reliance on imported therapeutic foods and promote local manufacturing were also highlighted.
The committee underscored the need for effective collaboration between government agencies and the private sector to ensure better nutrition outcomes across the country.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
US President-elect, Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants after his inauguration.
Chicago is expected to be the first major city targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of Operation Safeguard, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with planning the undertaking.
The massive deportation operation is expected to target criminals and gang members in the United States illegally and run for one week.
Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation program in U.S. history.
Up to 200 ICE agents are being sent to Chicago to help kick off the operation on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency has already asked agents to volunteer for the post-inauguration raids.
“There’s gonna be a big raid across the country,” Tom Homan, who will be in charge of U.S. borders once Trump takes office, told Fox News in an interview.
Homan has previously said he will instruct ICE agents to carry out raids on illegal immigrants at their workplaces.
In addition to Chicago, the sweeping crackdown will also target other major U.S. cities with large immigrant populations.
Trump is set to take the oath of office on Monday, January 20, in an inauguration that will take place indoors.
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