Olukayode Jaiyeola Photojournalist in Nigeria

19/04/2026

At the ABP Newport Wales Marathon Festival 2026 on Sunday 14 April, more than 10,000 runners filled the streets under warm, sunny skies.
Races began with the marathon and half marathon at 9am, followed by the 10K at 9:45am and junior events at midday.
The course led north along the riverfront before climbing Skinner Street into a city-centre loop past High Street, Newport Market and Newport Castle.
Runners then pushed on through Newport’s International Sports Village, passing the velodrome, stadium and Dragon Park, including a lap of the athletics track.

23/09/2023

23/09/2023

Hundreds of young Nigerians in white shirts converged at Unity Fountain, Abuja for a candlelight procession in honour of the rising Afrobets star Ilerioluwa Aloba aka "Mohbad" who died mysteriously on Tuesday, 12 September, in Lagos.

The music star demise has continued to generate conversations among Nigerians with many taking ti the streets demanding for justice, accountability, clarity from the authorities. News of the 27 years old death in a clinic after treatment for an ear infection brokeout last week Tuesday, he was buried in a hurry by his family members.

Before his death footages of attacks reportedly sponsored by his former record label boss "Naira Mary" whose record label is Marlian Records late MoBad was signed to until last year, when a viral video broke out of him wanting to leave the label. Since his death, his music has dominated the airwaves, his songs is currently occupying top three places on the Apple Music Top 100 in Nigeria and on Billboard's trending songs global chat.

Some of his fans are yet to come to terms with his death, Autopsy has been carried out on MoBad's body to know the real course of his death while members of the general public/fans await the results from the Authorities.

26/09/2022

Military Veterans under the aegis of the Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces and the Coalition of the Concerned Military Veterans, staged thier phase protest over the non-payment of thier Security Department Allowance, at the Ministry of Defence, in Abuja on September 26,2022.

05/09/2022

Yesterday i visited Dei-Dei Zuba Community, along Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria, in Abuja where the street fight Dambe takes place.

Dambe is a traditional boxing associated with Hausa people in Nigeria and West Africa sub-Region. In Dambe, there are no formal weight categories, competitors are matched mostly based on age and size. Though the fight rarely exceed three rounds, a fighter is declared winner when an opponent's hand, knee, body touches the ground, or is Knocked down. Unlike the Western traditional boxing style which allow boxers to wear gloves to cover fists, Dambe boxers simply wraps their strong-side fist with a piece of cloth and covered by tightly knotted cord.

It often results in serious bodily injuries for the challengers such as broken Jaws and ribs.

20/09/2021

Photographs from GOTV BOXING NIGHT 23, on September 18,2021.

Photographs are from the following fight.

National Featherweight Challenge (8 Rounds), Rilwan 'SHOWBOY' Lawal Vs Nurudeen 'PRINCE' Fatai.

National Light Heavyweight Challenge (6 Rounds), Fatai 'HIT MAN' Balogun Vs Segun 'SUCCESS' OLanrewaju.

National Cruiserweight Challenge (8 Rounds), Micheal 'Emirate' Godwin Vs Abiodun 'Infiniti' Affini.

International Super Welterweight Challenge (8 Rounds), Naimou Aziz Samson (Rep of Benin) Vs Rilwan 'Babyface' Babatunde (Nigeria).

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16/04/2021

Muslim devotees, pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Lagos Island Central Mosque, Nigeria, on April 16, 2021.

28/03/2021

Members of the Celestial Church of Christ, OGUDU CATHEDRAL holds a holy cross walking in Lagos, to commemorate Palm Sunday on March 28, 2021.

Palm sunday commemorates Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, hailed by a crowd waving palm branches, before his eventual betrayal, Crucifixion and Resurrection.

08/03/2021

As today marks the world international women's day  , Women across the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all.

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is . It indicates that a “challenged world is an alert world, and from challenge comes change”.

This year, we can all choose to challenge everything that has been holding us back, and become better allies.

18/02/2021

HERE TODAY, THERE TOMORROW

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.

James Freeman Clarke

Supporters/Party Members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) attend a campaign rally in Lagos, Nigeria, February 12, 2019.