Sylvester Emeka Igboun Emerge Ufa’s All-time Leading Goalscorer [2019]

Sylvester Emeka Igboun, a striker and attacking midfielder for the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa has become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 24 goals in official games.

The former FC Midtjylland attacker attained this following his brace over the weekend in their 4-1 win over Ural in a league game.

According to Sylvester Emeka Igboun:

“I feel so good about this achievement. It is not easy.

My target as always been to score as many goals as I can, and do better than past seasons. I am delighted to have been able to achieve that and setting a record as Ufa’s all-time top goals scorer.”

On 13 July 2015, Igboun signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa. He made his international debut for Nigeria in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.

Team Nigeria Wins 2019 All Africa Senior Badminton Championships

Team Nigeria have emerged champions of the 2019 All Africa Senior Badminton Championships, which ended in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Nigeria won four gold medals, two silver and one bronze to top the medal table.

The team had earlier secured the most coveted gold medal in the team event on  and followed that up with further three gold medals in the individual championships.

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Nigeria Records First African Win At World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2019

Tijani and Susana Cole have won Nigeria its first world curling championship match at Stavanger, Norway at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2019.

Tijani Cole and wife, Susana, defeated their French opponents 8-5 to help Nigeria become the first African nation to win a curling game at a world championship.

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Oduduru Divine Runs 2019 World Fastest Time In 100 & 200 Meters Michael Johnson Invitational

Oduduru Divine has emerged winner at the Michael Johnson Invitational Event with a 2019 world fastest time In 100 meters and 200 meters.

Oduduru Divine made the 100 meters run under 10 seconds in 9.95 seconds, later rounded off to 9.94 seconds to achieve the win.

The new feat is not just a new Personal Best (PB) for Oduduru Divine, it is also a new School Record (SR) and the fastest time in the 100m in the world this year.

Since Nigerian sprint legend, Olusoji Fasuba, ran a time of 9.85 seconds, in 2006 to set a new African record, no runner from the country has been able to run the 100 meters event under 10 seconds in the last 13 years.

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United Nations Honors 140 Nigerian Peacekeepers Serving With MINUSMA

The United Nations has honoured 140 Nigerian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for their courage and commitment to peacekeeping.

Deputy chief of the United Nations Police Component (UNPOL), Brig-Gen. Jean Voillot, presided over the ceremony that held in Timbuktu.

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Folashade Salako Wins Inaugural SYTA Best Pharmacy Brain [2018-2019]

Folashade Salako has won the 2018-2019 maiden edition of the Shalina Young Talent Award (SYTA) also dubbed the ‘Best Pharmacy Brain’ Award.

Folashade Salako, a final year student of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), clinched the award to emerge the best pharmacy brain in Nigeria. She beat two other contestants from Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan – Temiwunmi Akinmuleya and Adeboye Bamgboye to second and third places respectively.

Organised by Shalina Healthcare, the Shalina Young Talent Award (SYTA), seeks to promote pharmacy as a profession in Nigeria by engaging tertiary health institutions in the country in the professional development of young pharmacists.

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Winners Of 9th Korean-Nigerian Poetry Feast

Winners have emerged in the 9th Korea-Nigeria Poetry Feast organised by the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN) held in Abuja.

The adult category saw a total of 51 entries in which Silas Sharamang emerged winner with the poem ‘Blessings’ and got a cash prize of 100,000.

King-David Chisom emerged first runner up with the poem ‘The Needed Reflection for Nigeria at 59’ and got the cash prize of 75,000.

The second runner up position was clinched by Roseben Anyanwu with the poem titled ‘The Perfect Ceremony’ with a cash prize of 50,000.

Similarly seven other poets won consolation prizes of 25,000 each.

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