Never has Nigeria been in the news as she is right now, with the news of the abduction of the 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok on April 14, 2014, by the infamous Boko Haram. The event, which took place just before the World Economic Forum in Abuja sparked off an outrage all over the world from politicians, business people, celebrities and almost everybody who read or heard of it.
Reporters from across the world poured into the country to cover and report on the incident, which continues to baffle a lot of Nigerians and the world at large.
Individual Nigerians all over the world have excelled in a number of fields and industries, but Nigeria as a nation has not been very popular globally. For these individuals for news that is not only positive, but of world standard, inspiring, challenging and one of a kind.
Enter the Eagle Motorcycle Club and the Out Of Nigeria Round The World Motorcycle Adventure. The Eagle Motorcycle Club is a closely knit group of friends who are professionals and yet avid motorcycle lovers and riders which was established in 2013. The club has been involved in a number of charity and community development projects in Ilorin and Abuja.
Specifically, a motherless babies home and the Ilorin Borstal Home, a juvenile delinquency correction institution in Ilorin, and the Gilali Balls Basketball Academy in Abuja.
The Out Of Nigeria Round The World ride is already progressed in planning and will be filmed and produced for an internet audience by Tanglewood Productions, one of the best adventure film companies in the United Kingdom. An estimated 40 million to 50 million viewers are expected to view and follow the ride in what is expected to be an epic adventure.
The trip will take the team through 17 countries in West and North Africa, Europe and North America.
On the trip will be Toyin Adebola, an entrepreneur in the petroleum industry, Opeyemi Fodeke, an architect, furniture and interior designer, and Captain Samuel Koledoye, a pilot and entrepreneur.
Documentation for the visas are ongoing right now and the trip is expected to commence any time from January 2015.
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