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Nigerian Athletes With A Chance of Earning A Medal At The 2024 Paris Olympics
The 2024 Olympics is happening in Paris, France, the city of love and the heart of Europe. This year's Olympics has taken a turn of events, as athletes from participating…
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Weekend Recap In Case You Missed It | Bobrisky, Big Brother Naija, D’Tigress Olympics, Asake
Bobrisky is released from Kirikiri prison “Tami” duo leave Big Brother Naija in its first eviction show Nigeria's D’Tigress first African basketball team to reach Olympics quarterfinals Asake enlists Wizkid,…
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Tobi Amusan Named Nigeria’s Flagbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Nigerian athlete and World 100m hurdle record holder Tobi Amusan has been named the official Flagbearer for the Nigerian delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which…
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Nigerian historic Bobsled Team features on Ellen Degeneres Show (WATCH)
The Nigerian Bobsled team who pushed through, shocking the world to qualify for the winter Olympics were featured on America's most popular TV Show, Ellen on December 4. Why it…
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Trump says he is working hard to get the Olympics hosted by the U.S
President Donald Trump tweeted his plans to bring the Olympics to the United States, with Los Angeles as the host state, Tuesday. The president wrote; "Working hard to get the…
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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 25th of January
Read the full stories and analyses here now!
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PROFILE: Is Solomon Dalung the worst minister ever liveth?
by Wilfred Okiche After securing a historic mandate, President Muhammadu Buhari finally named his ministers in October of 2015, completing a five-month period in which he made Nigerians wait and…
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YNaija’s 12 days of Christmas: The paralympics team
In a lot of ways, 2016 has been a very stressful year. Hopefully, it hasn’t been as stressful for you as it has been for our dear nation, Nigeria. Still,…
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Nigeria will no longer prepare late for Olympics – Dalung
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says the era of late preparation for the Olympics is over. Dalung made the declaration when he met with sports journalists at…
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Reuben Abati: Nigeria and the Rio Paralympics
Whoever came up with the aphorism that “like attracts like” deserves a special place in the Guinness Book of World Records. How true! Our country Nigeria went to the Rio…
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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 aside for people with physical disabilities, ranging from amputations to…
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Opinion: As bold, confident and resilient as a Nigerian, as rude as Jamaicans
by Simon Utsu I did a write-up yesterday where I castigated the arrogance that oozed out of a popular Chinese newspaper's article, where blacks, Indians and Pakistanis were profiled and despicable…
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Rio Olympics: Buhari appreciative of Nigeria’s performance – Dalung
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung on Tuesday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari was appreciative of the performance of Team Nigeria at the just concluded 2016 Olympic Games.…
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‘I am not the problem of Nigerian sports’ – Dalung
The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung on Tuesday said he is not the problem of sports in Nigeria. He said this while speaking to State House Correspondents after briefing President…
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NFF should pay me every kobo they owe me – Siasia
Olympic bronze medal winning coach Samson Siasia has demanded that he be paid every kobo he is being owed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In an interview with The Punch on…
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Opinion: These are the heroes of 2016 Rio Olympics
by Lolade Ajekigbe The 2016 Rio Olympics have come and gone, but like any other sporting event or tournament it has left us with memories. The good, and the not-so-good. There…
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Opinion: The wobbling giant called Nigeria
by Aduratomi Bolade For some curious reason, we have become used to low or at best average performance. Nigeria has become a synonym for mediocrity. Whether in governance, education or sports.…
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#RioOlympics: Brazil plans to transform Olympic Village after the games
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has come to an end after two weeks of intense competitions smeared in controversies, scandals, revelations and loses. Soon the memories will…
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Nigeria’s Winner and Losers at the #RioOlympics – A quick roundup
by Tolu Omoyeni The curtains have been drawn on Rio 2016 today and it's been a roller-coaster two weeks of victory, losses, tears, boos, cheers, emotions and unending drama. The…
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#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 101-72, while the male team outclassed Serbia 96-66. Serbia beat…
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Recap: All the important things that happened for Nigeria at the #RioOlympics
As the Rio Olympics comes to an end today, Nigeria's participation has been, to put it mildly, dramatic. All summed and considered, he Nigerian delegation to Rio was able to…
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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 Olympics since 2008 is the news of this Japanese man…
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#RioOlympics: Neymar leads Brazil to its first Olymics football gold
Barcelona superstar and Brazilian captain Neymar led Brazil to its first ever Olympics victory in the football event. Before the Rio 2016 victory, the football event had been the only…
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The top 10 stories that made headlines this week
These are the top news headlines this week. 1. Disengaged Immigration officers camp outside Aso Rock Disgruntled officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), who were disengaged from the service, took…
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#RioOlympics: Not even cancer can stop this athlete from competing…
There have been so many shockers and unusual events at this year's Olympics at Rio Janeiro, Brazil. It was first a winning dive by Bahamian sprinter, Shaunae Miller to win…
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The BBC is a doing a good job of embarrassing us – and we roundly deserve it
by Roqeebah Olaoniye It’s really exhausting to continue being fixated on the “whys” and “hows” of where we currently find ourselves as regards the competitions. It’s exhausting we tell you,…
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#RioOlympics: We deserved to lose against Germany – Siasia, Mikel
Coach of the National Under-23 team Samson Siasia and captain Mikel Obi have said that Nigeria did not deserve to win against Germany as the Europeans were the better side on…
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#RioOlympics: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won gold in the men's 200m athletics event. Bolt who ran a time of 19.78 seconds beat Canadian Andre De Grasse and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre to second and…
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#RioOlympics: Germany beats Nigeria 2 – 0 to reach finals
Germany beat Nigeria 2-0 in the semi final of the football event of the Rio Olympics and will now face hosts Brazil in Saturday's final. The Germans started the game…
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PODCAST: 7 graduates get scholarship awards from Tompolo + other good news from Nigeria in the past week
We bring the newest edition of #GoodVibesOnly, a podcast designed to lift your spirits and give you hope for the week ahead by bringing you the most positive stories -…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy