Nigeria during the week won two medals at the 2024 IWF World Weightlifting Championship held in Manama, Bahrain. Didih Onome Omolala competed in 55kg class lifted 90kg in snatch and 110kg in clean and jerk had a total of 200kg, narrowly missed the podium as she finished 5th on the table.&nbs... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Chairman, National Sports Commission, NSC, Alhaji Shehu Dikko has disclosed the commission's readiness to support the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF in the development of the sport in Nigeria. The NSC Boss disclosed this while interacting with journalist at the 1st... Read more...
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By Amaechi Agbo The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, has felicitated with Bukola Olapade on his appointment as the Director-General of Nigeria Sports Commission, NSC. NWF President, Dr Ibrahim Abdul in his congratulatory message on Tuesday said that Mr Olopade’s appointment is not on... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The President of Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, Dr Ibrahim Abdul has described the demise of coach Sunday Mathias as a tragic loss to the federation and Nigeria sports in general. Dr Abdul who received Coach Mathias sad news on Sunday said that his passing has cr... Read more...
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…Thumbs up Lawal, Eze and Nigerian sports stakeholders The President, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), Dr Ibrahim Abdul has stressed that important lessons have been gleaned from the country's outing at the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Dr. Abdul also used the medium t... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Team Nigeria's hope of a medal at the on-going Paris Olympic Games was all but dashed on Friday evening after weightlifter Joy Eze missed out on medals table. The 2023 Africa Games champion went into the weightlifting event at the South Paris Arena hoping to out Nigeria's nam... Read more...
By Tunde Liadi Nigeria's second representative in the Weightlifting event, Joy Ogbonne Eze will have her Olympics moment of glory on Friday, August 9th at the South Paris Arena inside Paris Expo Complex in the Women's 71kg at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Eze dazzled other weightlifte... Read more...
By Tunde Liadi One of Nigeria’s weightlifters to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Rafiatu Lawal remains confident of podium finishing despite facing the rest of the world at the quadrennial event for the first time. The Team Nigeria women’s weightlifter, Lawal assured Nigerians the weightlif... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, (NWF) President, Dr Ibrahim Abdul (PhD), FCISM, OCP, CMC has praised the performance of Team Nigeria Weightlifting following their excellent performances at the on-going Africa Games in Accra, Ghana's capital. The weightlifting event ended on... Read more...
By Timothy Nwobodo Team Nigeria in Weightlifting will begin their quest to win medals at the ongoing 2023 Africa Games in Ghana on Saturday, March 9, 2024. According to the Media Officer, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, Mr Amaechi Agbo, the Weightlifting team is Made up of 12 lifters inclu... Read more...