Tag: olympics
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 ...
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 ...
The YNaija Cover this evening – the 25th of January
Read the full stories and analyses here now! RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant editor.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
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 ...
#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 ...
#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 ...
#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 ...
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 ...
#RioOlympics2016: China wins women table tennis as Nigeria’s medal hopes slimmer
Chinese trio, X.X Li, S.W Liu, and Ning Ding on Tuesday put up a classic performance, defeating the German team ...
#RioOlympics: Boxer, Efe Ajagba crashes out in quarterfinals
Nigeria’s only boxer at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics Efe Ajagba has crashed out of the Games. The 22-year-old who was ...
#RioOlympics: Okagbare crashes out of 200m
Blessing Okagbare on Wednesday missed out on qualifying for the women’s 200m final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Okagbare, clocked 22.69secs ...
The September Standard
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- 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