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The Nigerian National Sports Festival is a biennial multi-sport event organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes from the 36 States of Nigeria. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Started and staged in 1973 at the National Stadium, Surulere in Lagos, the game was originally conceived as a "unifying tool" with the ...
The National Sports Festival was first held in 1973 in Lagos State. The festival has always been celebrated with the aim of fostering unity and harnessing talents in the different states of Nigeria. The festival is also known to be called Nigerias version of the Olympic Games. The festival for 2020 was the 20th edition of the competition and it ...
World U20 Championships. 2021 Nairobi. 400m. 2021 Nairobi. 4×400m relay. 2021 Nairobi. mixed 4x400 m. Imaobong Nse Uko (born 20 February 2004) is a Nigerian athlete. [1] She competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2][3] The 17-year-old won the 400 metres at the 2021 World Under 20 Championships.
He won the 100 meters final at the Nigeria National Sports Festival (EDO 2020) with a time of 10.28s ahead of teammate Alaba Akintola who placed second with 10.29s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , Adegoke ran a personal best of 9.98 in his 100m event heat, becoming the eleventh Nigerian sprinter to break the 10-second barrier . [ 16 ]
National Youth Games in Nigeria. The National Youth Games Sports event in Nigeria is a brain child of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. [1] It is a multi-sporting event organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes from the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria .
In 2021, she posted a new personal best time in the 100m of 11.09 and, in the process, became the first Nigerian athlete to qualify for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [3] She also won the 100m at the National Sports Festival in Benin .
Tennis. Triathlon. Volleyball. In 2021, like the previous year, the sport of athletics was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the elite and local level. The main competition was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which had been rescheduled. The rescheduling meant that the World Athletics Championships, originally set for 2021, was postponed given ...
The annual Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) is an international film festival held in Lagos, Nigeria. The Eko International Film Festival was founded and established in 2009 by Hope Obioma Opara, [34] the CEO of Supple Communications Limited, under which the festival is held. He is also the publisher of Supple magazine, an African ...