Team Nigeria capped off their dominance of the athletics event at the 2023 African Games in Ghana in style on Friday by winning two gold, two silver and two bronze medals on the last day of the event. Chinecherem Nnamdi set a new national record to win gold in the men’s javelin event just as quartet Esther Joseph, Patience Okon-George, …

Team Nigeria have moved up one place on the medal table after winning two gold medals to reclaim their second spot at the ongoing African Games in Ghana. Having stayed in second position since the commencement of the event, Nigeria dropped to third position on the medal table on Thursday with South Africa claiming the second spot. Nigeria ended Day …

After picking just a bronze medal on Day 7 of the ongoing African Games in Ghana, Nigeria have dropped to third position on the medal table with South Africa claiming the second spot. Nigeria started Day 7 of the event in second position with 54 medals (22 gold, 13 silver and 19 bronze) but a third-place finish by the country’s …

After missing out on the podium finish in the table tennis event of the 13th African Games, Team Nigeria on Sunday claimed seven gold medals on Day 3 of the event. A gold medal from Badminton and six gold medals from wrestling ensured the country moved up in the medals table. African Games champion Anuoluwapo Opeyori opened the floodgate for …

A team comprising eight high school students has been selected to represent Nigeria at this year’s First Global Robotics challenge in Singapore between 7th and 10th October 2023. The students – Osadebanwen John-Nejoh, Adetayo Kalejaiye, Daanish Mehra, Temitope Johnson, Abdulazeez Adekunle, Bashirat Sulaiman, Fiyinfoluwa Oluokun and Adeshina Mojoyinoluwa – aged between 14 and 18 were selected and coached by Association …

Team Nigeria finished in fifth position on the medals table after the final day of the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Nigeria’s Destiny Agbo claimed the first gold medal for Nigeria and made history as she won the first-ever Para gold medal in Women’s Discus Throw – F42-44 / F61-64 at the ongoing Commonwealth Youth Games in …

Team Nigeria’s highest gold medal haul in the Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ends today with Nigeria not in the finals of any of the six events, which include Table Tennis, Hockey, Badminton and Squash. But the team – particularly the women – have already hauled 12 gold medals, the highest in Nigeria’s 15th appearance at the Games. …

Adijat Adenike Olarinoye won the first medal – a gold – for Nigeria in the 55kg weightlifting event on Saturday, which is Day 3 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She recorded a total of 203kg and had set two records in 10 minutes, lifting 90kg and 92kg in the snatch category. India’s Bindrayani Sorokhaibam came second while England’s …

Nigeria’s 4×100 metres team at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States broke the 30-year-old African record in that event on Sunday morning. The quartet of Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha ran the race of their lives in the final with a time of 42.22 seconds to break the long-standing 42.39 seconds national/African record …

With two days to conclude the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championship in Mauritius, Team Nigeria has moved to the third spot have won two more gold medals and a bronze on Friday, increasing Nigeria’s medal haul to six –  three gold, two silver, and a bronze. South Africa and Kenya currently occupy the top two spots with five and four …