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Team Nigeria Paralympians Assure Of Medal Haul In Tokyo

With less than a week to the commencement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Team Nigeria athletes have assured supporters of an impressive...

IOC President Declares Tokyo Olympics Closed

The Tokyo 2020 Games were declared closed by IOC chief Thomas Bach on Sunday, ending the “most challenging Olympic journey” after a...

Tokyo Olympics: Third Gold For Thompson-Herah as Jamaica Wins 4X100m Women Relay

Double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah collected a third gold of the Tokyo Olympics when she helped Jamaica to win the 4x100m relay...

PUMA Terminates Four-Year Contract With Nigeria

German sportswear manufacturing giants PUMA has terminated its four-year contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. In the letter...

Tokyo Olympics: FG Triples Prize Money For Oborodudu, Brume, Medallists

Nigerian authorities have tripled the prize money award for medallists at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Director of...

Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Guaranteed Medal As Oborududu Reaches Wrestling Final

Nigeria on Monday was guaranteed its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics after Blessing Oborududu won her women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling semi-final...

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins First Post-Bolt Olympic 100m Gold

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres on...

Olympics: Nigeria’s Adegoke Beats 2021 World Fastest Man, Runs New Personal Best

Nigerian sprinter, Enoch Adegoke, has used the biggest platform in sports, the Olympics to join the exclusive club of sub-10 seconds runners...

Okagbare Banned From Tokyo Olympics After Failing Drug Test

One of Nigeria’s brightest chances of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended from the competition.

10 Nigerian Athletes Banned From 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on...

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Hilda Bassey Effiong, the 27-year-old Nigerian Chef and owner of MyFoodByHilda Restaurant, has made history by breaking the world cooking record. Her non-stop cooking marathon lasted for an impressive 100 hours, 40 minutes, surpassing the previous Guinness World Record set by Indian chef Lata Tandon in 2019. Hilda's remarkable achievement has not only captured the attention of Nigerians but also garnered global recognition.