Tag: team Nigeria
Team Nigeria dominant on opening day of African Youth Scrabble Championships
The President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, had some pleasant words for the Kwara State government…
Ten players to represent Nigeria at the Pan African Youth Scrabble championship
Four of the players are sponsored by Kwara State government, two other players are heading to Nairobi on the bill…
Bolaji wins first medal for Nigeria at Paris Paralympics
With this feat, Bolaji became the first African to win a medal in para badminton. Team Nigeria is parading 24…
Why Nigerian Athletes failed woefully at Paris Olympics – Sports Minister
Onoh said he was also reminded that the Olympic Games is the world's supreme sports competition, and countries required at…
Paris Olympics: Peter Obi expresses displeasure over Team Nigeria’s performance
According to him, "This is over N136 million (about $85,000) spent on each of the 88 Nigerian contingents to the…
Nigeria fails to reach Women’s 4 x 100m Relay final
The Nigerian quartet of Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Tima Godbless finished 6th in heat 2 of women's…
More woes as Nigeria crashes out of Men’s 4 x 100m Relay
The United States of America (USA) won the race in a time of 37.47 seconds to advance to the final…
Tinubu sends important message to Team Nigeria at 2024 Paris Olympics
A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on Friday said Tinubu assured these bold and courageous ambassadors representing the…
Olympics: Team Nigeria ready to compete among world’s leading athletes
Nigeria will also be represented in Basketball, Badminton, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Football, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and Wrestling at the…
Paris Olympics: Tinubu approves full budget for Team Nigeria
The Minister said that the approval of the entire budget submitted for the Olympics and Paralympics was a sign of…
FG hails gallant Team Nigeria’s performance at African Games
“As your Sports Development Minister, dubbed Nigeria’s GamesMaster General, I sure will be with you all the way, ” he…
Team Nigeria jets out to New Zealand for World Squash Team Championship
Team Nigeria on Tuesday jetted out of Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to participate in the Men’s World Squash Team…
Tinubu salutes Team Nigeria after Commonwealth Games success
Team Nigeria won 35 medals, including 12 gold to finish seventh at the Commonwealth Games which ended on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria finishes 74th, trails Kenya, Uganda, others
Team Nigeria was placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games on Sunday and eighth-best among the 54…
Tokyo 2020: Team Nigeria arrive Abuja
It was a dismal outing for Team Nigeria, failing to reach the medal zone in most of the games they…