Team Nigeria is currently in the second position behind runaway leaders, Egypt, but the country is being trailed by Algeria and South Africa, who are third and fourth respectively on the medals table.
Nigeria is banking on athletics events to shore up its gold haul, which determines where every country finishes.
number of gold medals won , while the athletics contingent hauled a record 38 medals four years earlier in Cairo, Egypt with 13 gold, 16 silver and nine bronze medals. Now, the soft-spoken Brume is seeking to become the second Nigerian woman and second athlete after Modupe Oshikoya to successfully defend along jump title in African Games history.
It could be an all Nigerian affair in the event for the first time ever as the duo of Ashley Anumba and Pamela Obiageri will join Onyekwere in battling for the three medals on offer in Ghana. In the men’s 400m event, the trio of Dubem Nwachukwu, Chidi Okezie and Nathaniel Ezekiel will be looking to put Nigeria on the map again 37 years after Innocent Egbunike became the first and only Nigerian man to win gold in the event.
Key quotes from the UEFA Champions League last-16 second legs on Tuesday between Barcelona and Napoli, and Arsenal and Porto:Team Nigeria’s weightlifters have been at their imperial best at the ongoing African Games in Ghana. Nigeria was fourth on the medals table at the weekend before the lifters took centre stage on Monday and yesterday, weighing in with 15 gold medals to raise the country’s haul to 22 gold medals.
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