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LRSO Facilitates Sports for Development Training in Taraba State to Promote Peace and Unity

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Lighthouse Rescue Sports Outreach (LRSO) in July 2025 signed a contract to facilitate the Sports for Development (S4D) project under the German Cooperation and GIZ initiative.

In August 2025, the organization deployed three Sports Consultants — Geoffrey Bottson, Choji David Bot, and Yop Bottson — to Taraba State to conduct a week-long training for 30 coaches and 50 players, forming Cohort 1 of the program.

The participants were equipped with practical skills and knowledge on how to use sports as a tool to promote peace, unity, empathy, leadership, and teamwork in their respective communities across Taraba State. The training concluded with a friendly football tournament featuring six teams made up of the trained players, each mentored by five of the newly trained coaches. During the matches, both players and coaches demonstrated the lessons they had learned, showcasing sports as a vehicle for social transformation.

Following the success of the first phase, LRSO returned to Taraba State from October 6–10, 2025, to conduct another week-long Sports for Development (S4D) training for Cohort 2, comprising another set of 30 coaches and 50 players. This second group also benefited from modules on how to use sports to foster peaceful coexistence, strengthen relationships, and build community resilience.

The Sports for Development (S4D) initiative is part of a larger project titled “Strengthening Capacities for Conflict Transformation and Livelihood for Groups in Vulnerable Situations in Nigeria’s Central Zone (PEACECORE II)”. The project engages selected government institutions, non-governmental organizations, national and international consultants, and grassroots actors to support conflict transformation and livelihood security in Taraba, Plateau, and Kaduna States.

These three states have, over the years, faced recurring cycles of violence fueled by ethno-religious tensions, farmer–herder clashes, and competition over land and resources. The conflicts have caused loss of lives, displacement, and erosion of trust among communities.

Recognizing the central role of young people in peacebuilding, Sports for Development leverages the universal appeal of sports to break barriers of language, religion, and ethnicity, creating safe spaces for dialogue, teamwork, and mutual respect. When combined with peace education and inclusion-focused interventions, sports have proven to be an effective means of promoting social cohesion, reducing tensions, and building leadership among youths.

Indeed, sports can play a crucial supporting role in preventing violence and fostering unity in divided societies.

For partnership or expert facilitation in sports-based peacebuilding programs, contact Lighthouse Rescue Sports Outreach (LRSO).

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Italy Calling! — Buruj Midfield Stars Raheem Salaudeen, Fawas Adeleke Shortlisted by European Scouts After Stunning U-20 Tournament Performances

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Buruj Football Club’s rising stars Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen and Fawas Ayomide Adeleke have taken another giant step toward international football after emerging among the shortlisted players selected by European scouts during the prestigious Italian Consulate General U-20 Football Tournament Cup 2026.

The talented midfield duo produced outstanding performances throughout the competition, dazzling spectators and scouts alike with their creativity, composure, intelligence, and attacking brilliance in midfield.

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Their performances did not go unnoticed.

Following the conclusion of the scouting phase of the tournament, both players were officially identified among the competition’s most promising young talents and are now being considered for a potential football development opportunity in Italy.

The tournament, organized to create international pathways for talented Nigerian footballers, has become one of the most important youth football showcases in the country, attracting scouts and football development partners from Europe.

For Buruj Football Club, the recognition of Raheem and Fawas represents another major breakthrough in the academy’s growing reputation for producing elite young talents capable of competing on the global stage.

A major highlight of the initiative is the opportunity for selected players to travel to Italy for a two-week football trial programme, where they will further showcase their abilities while gaining international exposure and professional development experience.

The Grand Finale of the competition is scheduled for 7th June 2026, where participating teams and exceptional players will receive awards and recognition for their performances during the tournament.

Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen, already regarded as one of the academy’s leading young prospects, continues to strengthen his profile with consistent performances, leadership qualities, and national youth team experience.

Fawas Ayomide Adeleke has also continued to attract attention with his technical quality, attacking vision, and ability to influence games at crucial moments.

Together, both midfielders are becoming symbols of Buruj Football Club’s ambitious football project and its commitment to producing future Nigerian and international stars.

For Buruj Football Club, Italy may just be the next chapter in a rapidly growing success story.

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OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks

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OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious chatbot instructions are hidden in webpages and other content sources.

Among other things, Lockdown Mode will disable live web browsing (so you can only access cached content), the retrieval and display of images from the web (you can still generate images), deep research, and agent mode.

The company says that even with Lockdown Mode turned on, ChatGPT could still be vulnerable to prompt injections — which could, for example, “appear in cached web content or in an uploaded file, and could still affect the behavior or accuracy of a response.”

But the goal is to reduce the likelihood that sensitive data gets shared in the process.

“Lockdown Mode is not intended for everyone,” OpenAI says. “It is designed for people and organizations that handle sensitive data and want stricter protection from data exfiltration risks related to prompt injection.”

The company says it’s currently rolling Lockdown Mode out to self-serve ChatGPT Business accounts, as well as eligible personal accounts.

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