by Mark Bassey The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has announced that it will intensify its effort in educating and enlightening athletes on the demerits of using performance- enhancing substances. The Secretary-General of the NOC, Mr Tunde Popoola, disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday, 2 October, saying that the body had held several talks with athletes... Read More

athletes, lagos, Nigeria Olypmic Committee, noc, Secretary-General, Tunde Popoola

August 3, 2014

0 Comment

Commonwealth Federation strips Nigerian teenage weightlifter of gold medal | Read why

by Kolapo Olapoju Nigeria’s 17-year-old weightlifter, Chika Amalaha has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the ongoing 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Amalaha won a weightlifting gold in the 53 kg class on July 25 but subsequently failed a drug test on Tuesday after her... Read More

chika amalaha, Commonwealth Games Federation, doping, Drug test, Failed test, Gbenga Elegbeleye, Glasgow, National Sports Commission, nigeria, noc, Scotland, teenager, weightlifting

October 2, 2013

0 Comment

Opinion: 53 cheers and jeers for Nigeria at Independence

by Steve Nwosu Suddenly, we have all stopped thinking as Nigerians. Everyone now is either a Northerner, a Southerner, a Middle Belter, an Igbo man, a Niger Deltan, a Yoruba, Hausa, Tiv, of the Anambra League of Professionals, Arewa Youth Front, Muslim or Christian. Our journey of the last 53 years, even if I joined... Read More

Arewa, Church, corruption, Festus Odimegwu, government, hausa, igbo, independence, mosque, motorway, noc, opinion, president, Steve Nwosu, ynaija, Yoruba

Olympic Committee to talk with athletes about drugs

Commonwealth Federation strips Nigerian teenage weightlifter of gold medal | Read why

Opinion: 53 cheers and jeers for Nigeria at Independence

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Tags