Aniekeme Etim Wins 2021 Women’s 60 Meters Race At NAIA Indoor Championships

Aniekeme Etim has recorded a Season’s Best (SB) time of 7.35 seconds to win the women’s 60 meters at the NAIA Indoor Championships.

She defeated Raheema Westfall who ran 7.50 seconds to finish 2nd, while Brittany Jones placed 3rd in 7.52 seconds.

Aniekeme Etim on the same day returned back to track to win the 200 meters title in an SB of 24.13 seconds, ensuring that she defended both of the titles she won in 2020 whilst finishing again ahead of Westfall who clocked 24.30 seconds, as Derica Gibson finished 3rd in 24.85 seconds.

Joy Abu with a time of 56.47 seconds, placed 3rd in the women’s 400m final won by Rachel Battershell in 56.03 seconds, followed by Emma Bakker in 56.30 seconds.

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Joseph Oreva-Edafiadhe Wins Men’s Field Athlete Of The Year (Southeast Region) At 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Regional Award

Joseph Oreva-Edafiadhe has won the Men’s Field Athlete of the Year (Southeast Region) at 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Regional Award.

Joseph Oreva-Edafiadhe is ranked first nationally in the long jump at 7.84 meters (25-8¾). He is undefeated this season and won every competition by at least 30 cm (1 foot).

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Favour Chukwuka Ofili Sets New African And National Record At Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships 2021

Favour Chukwuka Ofili has set a new African And national record at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships 2021 on February 27, 2021.

18-year-old Favour Chukwuka Ofili finished third in the 200 meters with a new Personal Best time of 22.75 seconds which dwarfs the former Nigeria national record of 23.00 secondss held by Regina George and by extension the African record hitherto held by Ivorian athlete, Murielle Ahouré at 22.80 seconds.

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Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape Wins African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Award For Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE) 2020

Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape of Physics Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has emerged one of the winners of African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Award for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE) 2020.

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South-South Team Win Under-17 Boys Cricket National Championship [2021]

South-South Team emerge winner of the second edition of the Under-17 Boys Cricket National Championship sponsored by PwC.

Having recorded 93 runs in a tight 40 over finals match, the North-west team seemed set for a defence of the title they won last year in Abuja until the second innings when the bowling firepower of the South-south team came to the fore.

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