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FOURTEEN MEDALS, NO CAMERAS
Nigeria’s Para Badminton team won 14 medals in Uganda last week. Nine gold, five silver. Most people are hearing about it here first. Nigeria’s Para Badminton team took nine gold and five silver medals at the 2026 Uganda Para Badminton International Championship, held…
A FESTIVAL IN ZAMFARA
Nigeria just won a global cricket award nobody outside the sport was watching for. The Nigeria Cricket Federation’s Criiio Cricket Festival, held in Zamfara, won the ICC x Rexona Festival of the Year award. It recognises grassroots cricket development built…
NO ASTERISK NEEDED
Kayinsola Ajayi just beat a field that included a former world champion, in front of a Diamond League crowd, with a legal wind reading. No qualifier needed on this one. At the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Kayinsola Ajayi crossed the line in 9.84 seconds…
THREE THINGS FOR THE WEEKEND
Three things from this week worth carrying into Saturday. 1. A ₦10 billion threat and a court date Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened Adeyemi with a ₦10 billion defamation suit over the bribery allegations Adeyemi made against him. Adeyemi’s own…
BUKAYO SAKA JUST MADE WORLD CUP HISTORY, AND THERE’S A NIGERIAN NAME IN IT
England needed a hero in the early hours of this morning. The player who delivered was born in London to Yoruba parents. Bukayo Saka set up England’s opener in the wildest game of this World Cup so far. It was a 3-2 win over co-hosts Mexicoat the Azteca that sent…
ONE WIN FROM MOROCCO
Nigeria’s under 17 girls need one more result to book their World Cup ticket. Nigeria’s under 17 women’s team, the Flamingos, play Benin Republic on Saturday. It is the first leg of the final qualifying round for a place at this year’s FIFA U 17 Women’s…
WEEKEND BRIEF
Three things from this week worth carrying into the weekend. 1. Stability is a number. Feeling it is a different exercise. Finance minister Taiwo Oyedele told a room of employers in Abuja that Nigeria has moved from economic decline to stability. The reforms that…
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