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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

A JSS II student of the Federal Government College Ilorin, Ayooluwa Ojurongbe, who will be competing in Saturday’s 800m race alongside well-versed athletes, is confident she will stun her opponents to a gold medal finish at the ongoing 2018 National Sports Festival in Abuja. For an 11-year-old, Ojurongbe’s courage is quite reassuring of Nigeria’s future in … Continue reading 2018 NSF: 11 Year Old Long Distance Runner, Ojurongbe, Eyes 800m Gold

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

In the years leading to the 2007 All Africa Games, Nigerian athletes had established themselves as the team to best in Africa, having ended every continental event the country has participated in, in the top-four cluster. The 9th All Africa Games staged in Algiers, Algeria, would be no different; Nigeria finished the competition with a … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Nigeria’s 100m Win At The 2007 All Africa Games

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigeria made her first Olympic appearance in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland, and the country has participated in every Summer Olympic Games (except for the boycotted 1976 Olympics) ever since. Nojim Maiyegun A total of 25 medals have been won by Nigerians at the Olympics with our nation’s first by veteran boxer Nojim Maiyegun, who won … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigerian Olympic Gold Medalists

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