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Eke Progress: Nigeria’s Future Golden Girl in Athletics

By Wale Mustapha on August 14, 2022 News, Sports

On Sunday, 6th August 2022, the nation stood still in admiration for Nigeria’s golden girls who won gold in the 4×100 metres relay in Birmingham. Before that race, Tobi Amusan, the world champion and record holder in the 100 metres hurdles had defended her Commonwealth title. These ladies brought joy to the nation. Now, this […]

Team Nigeria claims historic Women’s 4x100m gold at Commonwealth Games

By Wale Mustapha on August 7, 2022 News, Sports

Team Nigeria women’s 4x100m quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha made history Sunday afternoon at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham by becoming the first women’s relay team to win a Commonwealth Games gold. The quartet achieved this feat in record breaking fashion, running 42.10 seconds to break the barely one […]

Tobi Amusan wins 100m hurdles Gold, make Commonwealth Games history

By Wale Mustapha on August 7, 2022 News, Sports

Tobiloba Ayomide Amusan has made history as the first Nigerian track and field athlete and the second in history to successfully defend a Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title. The petite, 25 year old also set a new 12.30 seconds Games Record on the way to winning the event’s gold. Amusan, the reigning World champion and […]

Kogi State indigene, Olajide Peters granted visa to represent Nigeria in Finland for World Master is stranded

By Wale Mustapha on June 20, 2022 News, Sports

… Appeals to Gov. Yahaya Bello for assistance The only Nigerian, of Kogi State extraction, Olajide Peters, given a visa to represent the Country in Finland world Masters ATHLETIC championship is stranded and may not be able to travel for the international event. Speaking with the Nigerian Post, Olajide Peters, who hails from Yagba East […]

Kenya 2021: Team Nigeria’s Nnamdi wins Bronze Medal in Men’s Javelin

By Wale Mustapha on August 21, 2021 News, Sports

This is the second medal for team Nigeria at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Kenya. Nnamdi who set a National U20 record of 78.02m in qualifying on Thursday finished in the 3rd position with a throw of 74.48m. He becomes the first Nigerian Athlete in 19 years to win a field event medal at […]

Athletes arrive Nairobi for U20 championship

By Wale Mustapha on August 18, 2021 News, Sports

The Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi is hosting athletes from over 200 countries for the championship which begins today with the final of the 4×400m mixed relay event with Team Nigeria fielding Bamidele Ajayi, Johnson Chidira (men), Oke Opeyemi, and Ofili Favour (women) in the race, this will run till August 22. Team Nigeria will begin its […]

Lagos 2021: Okagbare sets new record to claim 100m title

By Wale Mustapha on June 17, 2021 News, Sports

… as Adegoke emerges Nigeria’s fastest man It was a great spectacle for the fans that thronged the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in Lagos on Thursday, June 17, the opening day of the 2021 National Olympic Games trial as Nigeria’s undisputed queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare and rave of the moment Enoch […]

Lagos 2021: Okagbare faces Nwokocha hurdle, eyes eighth 100m title

By Wale Mustapha on June 16, 2021 News, Sports

Nigeria’s undisputed queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare will on Thursday, June 17, face what should count as her toughest hurdle in recent years at the National Championships (2020 Olympic Trials) when she takes on the home base rave of the moment, Grace Nwokocha in the women’s 100m. Okagbare, who is eyeing her eighth 100m […]

Lagos agog as 2020 Olympic Trials take centre stage

By Wale Mustapha on June 16, 2021 News, Sports

The atmosphere around the Yabatech Sports Complex is currently wearing a new look ahead of the 2021 National Championships and Invitational Relays starting on Thursday, June 17. The trials, which will be used to select Nigeria’s contingent to the delayed Games of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo which is scheduled to hold from July 23 […]

Solomon Alao unveils plans for Athletics in Lagos, Southwest

By Wale Mustapha on June 16, 2021 News, Sports

After emerging as the representative of the Southwest on the newly constituted board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, the chairman of the Lagos State Athletics Association, Solomon Alao, has revealed his plans to develop track and field in Lagos State and at the zonal level. Speaking during the inauguration of the new AFN board […]