Tag: olympics
Olympics: U-23 team stranded in Atlanta
Nigeria’s football team to the 2016 Rio Olympics are yet to arrive the games due to delay in flight arrangements. ...
Nigeria’s women relay team banned from Rio Olympics
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has thrown out Nigeria’s 4x400m women’s relay team out of next month’s Olympic ...
Athletes’ ticket controversy: Dalung summons AFN secretary general
Last weekend, Nigerian social media was awash with news that athletes representing the country in Rio 2016 Olympics, in Brazil ...
Pres. Buhari receives Nigerian team to the Rio Olympics (PHOTOS)
President Muhammadu Buhari this afternoon received the country’s delegation to the Rio 2016 Olympics, starting next month. See photos below: ...
Buhari to officials: Stay home if you’ve no business in Rio Olympics
President Muhammadu Buhari has told officials who have no business being at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil to stay ...
Uzoma Erondu: Understanding the business of power Vs. the power of business (Naira&Kobo)
by Uzoma Erondu With the dire need for a long lasting solution in the power sector in Nigeria, most Nigerians struggle ...
Arsenal and Nigeria are fighting over Alex Iwobi
Arsenal have been reported to be reluctant about granting Nigerian International, Alex Iwobi permission to partake in the Rio 2016 ...
It’s official – We’ve been kicked out of the Youth Olympics, because of Ebola
by Olorunwa Lawal The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned athletes from west African countries affected by the deadly Ebola ...
Opinion: Ending the poverty of aspiration in Nigeria
by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi A society that cannot awaken the creative imagination of succeeding generations and create enabling environments for ...
Just In: Lance Armstrong stripped of Sydney Olympics medal
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won in Sydney in 2000, the International Olympic Committee ...
Chelsea wins, Messi breaks record – The top 10 sporting moments of 2012
by ‘Ifreke Inyang It has been another great year in Sports. Whether it in Tennis, Basketball, Football or Athletics, the ...
Opinion: To whom it may concern, if I die
by Olabode Emmanuel Olawumi The question is; If I die, who killed my dream? If I die, who killed my ...
Akintunde Oyebode: A prophet’s paradise (YNaija Frontpage)
The unerring efficiency with which we repeat mistakes of the past makes Nigeria the perfect location for a latter day ...
Yes we can: Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter Yakubu Adesokan wins gold, breaks world record
by Akan Ido Yakubu Adesokan has taken gold in the men’s 48kg power-lifting competition at the ongoing Paralympics taking place ...
Reuben Abati: Jonathan and the London Olympics
The president’s clear message was that winning glory for the nation through sports is not always about finance and money ...
“We’re targeting five gold medals in Rio” – Sports Minister
by Akan Ido Forward ever… The minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has revealed that Nigeria will be aiming for ...
Rafael Nadal withdraws from US Open
by Hauwa Gambo The U.S. Open says that Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of ...
WATCH: Brazil releases official Rio 2016 Olympics theme song
by Adeniyi Abdul Well, well. That was fast. It’s only been three days since the closing ceremony of the London ...
Not-so-Sweet November: British immigration says Africa’s runaway athletes have just 3 months free pass
by Isi Esene It’s no longer news that several African athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games have chosen ...
Japheth Omojuwa: How to win Olympic medals or fail woefully – A case study of Team GB and Team Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)
Based on what I now understand “expectations” to mean with respect to ...
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Olympics that matter (YNaija FrontPage)
Difficult takes a day, Impossible takes a week – Jay Z (Diamonds are Forever) Given our poor showing at the ...
Photo of the Day: Blade runner to another, “I did it, therefore you can”
by Isi Esene Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic athlete and the fastest man on the planet on no legs, ...
Opinion: With nothing we went, with nothing we returned
by Oluwatobi Odetola “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire” – Arnold H. Glasgow. ...
Gone with the wind: Congo athlete, officials disappear after London Games
by Stanley Azuakola For all of Nigeria’s shortcomings at the Olympic Games where our athletes failed to clinch a single ...
Opinion: The Greatest Shame of London 2012
by Luke McGee For me, the Olympics are over. As I sat on my train home having left the Olympic ...
Tolu Ogunlesi: B-complex – Mr. Bolt, Mr. Biggs and bragging rights to greatness (YNaija FrontPage)
Now how does one blame Nigerians for being unruly in an ...
YNaija Editorial: What next after the Sports Minister’s ‘It wasn’t me’ tour?
The Nigerian contingent to the London Olympics will return back to the country this week without a single medal. Not ...
Dele Momodu: My dream team for Nigeria
What Nigeria needs today is a government of the brightest Nigerians regardless of political affiliations. Fellow Nigerians, I’m not about ...
He denies us: Nigerian Olympic basketballer Al-Faruq Aminu says he’s not from Nigeria
by Adeniyi Abdul Al-Farouq Aminu is a basketball player who was part of the Nigerian Olympic team. He used to ...
Olympics worker arrested for child molestation
by Adeniyi Abdul A worker at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been arrested by police on suspicion of child ...
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YMonitor
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
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