Archives Tag: Scrabble

SPORTS

April 19, 2022

The 2015 Scrabble World Champion, Wellington Jighere, has unveiled a new line of affordable high quality scrabble boards at the Abuja National Stadium. The board, named ‘Welly Board’, is made from durable materials that are aesthetically pleasing and its considerable finish makes it a great board for both beginners and professionals in the game. Jighere … Continue reading Jighere Unveils Low-budget Quality Scrabble Boards In Abuja

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

The Nigeria Scrabble national team have arrived in Kenya for the 13th edition of the Africa Scrabble Championship (ASC), which will take off from Thursday, November 29, 2018 to Sunday, December 2, 2018. Speaking to NAN in Abuja, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Farouq Baba-Inna, said the 11-man delegate team to the … Continue reading 13th Africa Scrabble Championship: Team Nigeria Arrive Kenya

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Scrabble has officially been readmitted into the 2018 National Sports Festival (NSF), scheduled for November in Abuja. The decision came after months of protests and petitions to the sports ministry by Nigerian scrabble pundits over the exclusion of the sport from Nigeria’s biennial multi-sport event. dissatisfaction Scrabble players and officials were quite dissatisfied with the … Continue reading Scrabble Readmitted Into 2018 NSF

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Athletes’ Representative on the board of Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Kayode Fashola has spoken up against the recent sport listings preceding the National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to hold in the FCT, Abuja later this year. Fashola has demanded that the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development remove scrabble from the optional list of sports … Continue reading “Scrabble Deserves More” – Kayode Fashola

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Opinion

April 19, 2022

Scrabble is a decompression game invented in 1938 by American Architect Alfred Mosher, it’s a word game consisting of two to four players or two separate teams. However, the match-up score points are made by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words which, in crossword style, … Continue reading Scrabble and Pidgin English

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Interviews

April 19, 2022

Last year, professional scrabble player Wellington Jighere made Nigeria and Africa proud when he became the first African to win the World Scrabble Championship, defeating England’s Lewis MacKay in 4 straight wins. Joy Ehonwa had 10 questions for the talented scrabble player whose greatest strength, according to Nigerian Scrabble Federation President Suleiman Gora, is humility. … Continue reading 10 Questions for 2015 World Scrabble Champion Wellington Jighere

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

36-year-old Nigerian scrabble player, Wellington Jighere has won the World Scrabble Championship which held in Perth, Australia. Jighere defeated Lewis Mackay, 30, from Cambridge, England, in the final round of the competition to become the new World Scrabble champion. The Delta State born player won the final game with 448 points to Mackay’s 426. Nigeria … Continue reading Nigerian Becomes New World Scrabble Champion

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Entertainment News SPORTS

April 19, 2022

The Association of African Scrabble Federations, (ASF), has named Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, as the Pillar of African Scrabble at a gala night that closed the 7th Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classics (GAISC), in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He was named due to his support for the sport, according to the president of … Continue reading Governor Akpabio Honoured at Scrabble Gala Night

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