Tag: team nigeria

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Op-Ed EditorJuly 26, 2021

Amstel Malta Ultra to sponsor Team Nigeria for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Premium drink brand Amstel Malta Ultra, the malt drink of choice for health enthusiasts announced its’ official sponsorship of Team ...

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AzeezSeptember 25, 2016

Team Nigeria performed better at Rio Olympics – Dalung

Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung on Saturday said Team Nigeria had a better performance at the Rio Olympics compared to previous ...

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AzeezSeptember 22, 2016

House of Reps donate N18m to victorious paralympics team

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday donated N50,000 each to Nigeria Paralympics team for their impressive performance at ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 19, 2016

Buhari applauds Paralympics team for outstanding performance

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s team to the Rio 2016 Paralympics games. Buhari said the team had an outstanding ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 18, 2016

Just In: Paralympics team arrive Nigeria to warm reception

Nigeria’s team to the Rio 2016 Paralympics games on Sunday arrived the country to a warm reception. The team set ...

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AzeezSeptember 16, 2016

Rio Paralympics: Iyiazi gets 12th medal for Team Nigeria

Veteran Paralympic athlete, Eucharia Iyiazi on Thursday increased Team Nigeria’s medal tally to 12 at the ongoing 2016 Rio Paralympics after ...

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AzeezSeptember 14, 2016

Nigeria gets 7th gold medal at Rio paralympics

Nigeria has gotten its 7th gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil, through Flora Ugwunwa at the women’s javelin ...

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RoqeebahSeptember 14, 2016

Nigeria’s laudable performance at the Paralympics

Nigeria has been attending the Summer Paralympics since 1992, making this their 7th time at the multi sport event set ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 12, 2016

Paralympics: Nwosu, Omolayo win 2 more gold medals for Nigeria

Team Nigeria on Monday landed their fifth and sixth gold medals at the ongoing Paralympics games in Rio. Ndidi Nwosu ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 12, 2016

Lucy Ejike wins Nigeria’s 3rd gold in Paralympics

Team Nigeria’s Captain at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Lucy Ejike has won a third gold medal for the country. ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 22, 2016

#RioOlympics: Team USA makes it a double in basketball [See medal table]

America’s basketball team clinched gold in both the male and female events in Rio 2016. The female team trashed Spain ...

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YWriterAugust 21, 2016

This Japanese man that is just ‘dashing’ our athletes money – 5 things we found out about him

by Tolu Omoyeni More interesting than the news of the Nigerian Dream Team winning their first medal (bronze) at the ...

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AzeezAugust 13, 2016

#RioOlympics2016: Okagbare qualifies for Semis, others crash out

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s 100m after coming second place within 11:16 seconds. Okagbare finished ...

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AzeezAugust 13, 2016

#RioOlympics2016: Dream Team gets allowances, Etebo to miss Denmark game

Nigeria Olympic team have reportedly received their camp allowances for 22 days after threatening to boycott their quarter-final game against ...

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Oreoluwa PetersAugust 9, 2016

5 takeways from Nigeria’s performance so far at the Rio Olympics

by Olaoniye Roqueebah So every four years we get this thing called the Olympics which a lot of people will ...

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AzeezAugust 6, 2016

Is this why Team Nigeria wore tracksuits to Rio Olympics opening ceremony?

An international sports writer, Alexander Wolff who is currently covering the Rio Olympics has inferred that Team Nigeria wore tracksuits to ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 5, 2016

Dream Team’s victory was sweet – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his delight over the victory by the U-23 football over their opponents Japan. According to ...

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AzeezAugust 4, 2016

See full schedule of Team Nigeria’s activities at Rio Olympics

A full schedule of activities Team Nigeria will be involved in has been released, just hours to the kick-off of ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJuly 28, 2016

No player here is hungry, I didn’t donate $30,000 to anyone – Mikel Obi

Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, John Mikel Obi has denied reports that he gave $30,000 dollars to ...

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AzeezJuly 27, 2016

Rio Olympics: Union Bank donates N30m to Team Nigeria

The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has donated N30 million to the Nigeria Olympic Committee. The bank said the donation ...

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AzeezJuly 13, 2016

2016 Rio Olympics: Okagbare to compete in three events

Nigeria and Commonwealth double sprints champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor will compete in three events during the 2016 Rio Olympics Games- the ...

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August 15, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: How to win Olympic medals or fail woefully – A case study of Team GB and Team Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)

                Based on what I now understand “expectations” to mean with respect to ...

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August 7, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Unjust miracles (YNaija Frontpage)

‘So sick of niggas “I want money like Cosby” (Who wouldn’t?)             – Jay Z (Dead Presidents) Nigerians have always ...

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July 29, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Nigeria has never been great at sports (YNaija Frontpage)

I’ve noticed a trend in the last couple of months since the run up to London 2012 began with Nigerians. ...

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July 29, 2012

SNAPSHOT: #TeamNigeria resplendent at the Olympics

by Hauwa Gambo No matter how angry you get about the dysfunction in Nigeria, surely to see the beautiful simplicity ...

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