Kanyinsola Ajayi has ran an equal personal best of 9.92 seconds (1.7) to win the men’s 100 meters race event at the 2025 Meeting de Sotteville.
He equalled his personal best set at the NCAA Championships, beating a quality field that had Emmanuel Eseme in 10.04 seconds and Mamadou Fall Sarr in 10.10 seconds.
Eugene Amo-Dadzie followed in 10.16 seconds.
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has set a new African record with a throw of 22.10 meters to finish third at the 2025 Eugene Diamond League.
Joe Kovacs won the event throwing a World Leading mark of 22.48 meters.
Roger Steen narrowly edged out Enekwechi for second place, throwing a Personal Best of 22.11 meters on his fifth attempt to secure second place.
Enekwechi tried to better that on his last attempt, but finished with a mark of 21.68 meters.
Adeomi Adesewa and Okeke Chukwudumebi Daniel have emerged winners of the 2025 CDEC National Awards in the junior and senior categories respectively.
Aaron Ajogwu has emerged overall winner of the inaugural Babalakin & Co (B & C) Art Exhibition, held to mark the firms 37th anniversary.
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Favour Ofili has emerged winner of the women’s 100 meters final at the 2025 ATX Sprint Classic in Texas with a time of 10.78 seconds (3.1).
She defeated Gabby Thomas who ran 10.95 seconds and Kayla White in 10.97 seconds.
Rosemary Chukwuma was also in action and posted 10.98 seconds to finish fifth.
Ofili had run a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.87 seconds in qualification.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been awarded the 2025 Cressey Award by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) for her lifetime contribution to the detection and deterrence of fraud.
Alaba Akintola recorded a new Personal Best (PB) of 20.23 seconds (0.1) to win the men’s 200 meters race event at the 2025 Meeting Ciudad de Malaga in Spain.
He broke his PB from 2022 and is now the fastest Nigerian man over the distance this year.
He had finished second in the 100 meters, moments before that, running a Season’s Best of 10.17 seconds.