Thirty-two teams are competing for a N5m prize package as the Lagos State Government unveiled the second season of the Lagos Street Soccer Stars Oshodi tournament on Sunday, August 2, 2026, with teams presented with playing kits ahead of a two-week knockout competition, The PUNCH reports.
The tournament, themed “Oshodi Hidden Talents,” is designed to discover and promote grassroots football talent across the state while steering young people away from drug abuse.
It is organised by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Grassroots Sports, Adebanji Atewogboye, popularly known as SKIBANJ, in collaboration with First Bank Nigeria Plc, under an initiative of Sporty Lagos Naija Limited. It forms part of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration’s efforts to fund grassroots sports development across the state’s fifty-seven local government areas.
Atewogboye said the programme, which has run since last year, was designed to give young people structure and show that the state
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