Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame what are usually considered much stronger teams, such as Brazil and finally Argentina to earn the gold.
Clemens Westerhof is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, having qualified female athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton.
Shuaibu Amodu was a Nigerian football player and coach who played as a forward.
Adebayo, also spelled Adébáyọ̀ or Adebayor in French, is a given name and surname. It is a traditional Yoruba name which could mean any of the following “he came in a joyful time”, or "the king/crown/royalty meets joy" or "greatness/nobility/primacy/power enjoined with joy".
Emmanuel TV is a Christian television network with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded by the late T.B. Joshua, former senior pastor of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), in Lagos, Nigeria. It is also the most subscribed Christian ministry channel on YouTube worldwide with well over 1,000,000 subscribers, as of January 2019.
Samuel or Sam Francis may refer to:
May Odegbami, known professionally as May7ven, Queen of Afrobeats, is a Nigerian-born singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress, model and entrepreneur.
Okoro is a surname of Igbo origin with a meaning of "greatness", especially in one's character. Notable people with the name include:
Notable people with the name Sunday include:
Sunday Emmanuel was a Nigerian athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country in the 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semi-finals.
Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogbah is a Nigerian American football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State, and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Emmanuel Okala is a former footballer who played for the Nigerian national football team from 1972 to 1980. He won the award for "Footballer of the Year" in 1978 after winning the 1980 African Cup of Nations tournament while representing Nigeria.
FC RoboQueens is a women's association football club based in Mushin Lagos State, Nigeria and a member of the Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL) and have competed in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the highest division for women association football in the country.
Nigeria competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, 308 athletes represented Nigeria at the games. Athletes representing Nigeria won 46 gold medals, 33 silver medals and 48 bronze medals and the country finished 2nd in the medal table.
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